Top 10 Most Notorious Disasters
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10 worst disasters in human history
A person lives in a world that can constantly present him with unpleasant surprises. The most common of these is bad weather. But there are also more serious problems. They "break" our cities and take the lives of people. Someone thinks that this will not affect him, but everyone thinks so. In the end, it affects someone and very strongly. It's good if it turns out to be something temporary, but some people then "rake" the consequences all their lives. The ten deadliest disasters on our planet, how many people died and what this should teach us.
1. What do sparrows eat
Yes, it's the sparrows. They caused an estimated 10 to 15 million deaths in China between 1958 and 1961. The cause of death was hunger, which in turn caused the mass extermination of sparrows.
At that time, as part of China's environmental policy, some types of pests that spoiled or ate grain stocks were being controlled. Such pests include rats, flies, mosquitoes and sparrows.
2. Mass poisoning in Iraq
The mass death of people due to poisoning in Iraq is still a mystery in terms of the number of victims. According to official statistics, between 500 and 6,000 people died, and according to unofficial statistics, up to 100,000 people died. This is just directly from the mistake made. According to various sources, there were another three million people who could have suffered indirectly.
3. Massive gas leak in India
One of the worst man-made disasters occurred in the Indian city of Bhopal.
In this city, there was a large chemical plant of the American company Union Carbide, which produced pesticides. On December 3, 1984, there was a massive explosion at this plant in one of the chemical storage facilities. A huge tank exploded, which contained an extremely toxic substance - methyl isocyanate.
4. The most destructive tsunami
In Southeast Asia. Most of the lives were claimed by the tsunami that hit the region on December 26, 2004.
The formation of waves occurred in the Indian Ocean due to the tectonic activity of the bottom. As a result, waves reached the shore, the height of which was more than 10 meters. It may not seem like much, but approximately 240,000 people died as a result of this phenomenon.
5. Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
The accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant also occurred due to the tsunami. It hit Japan on March 11, 2011. The tsunami itself claimed the lives of 15,000 people and about 9,000 more were missing.
As for the accident at the nuclear power plant, it occurred due to the destruction of the means of cooling the reactors. As a result, they began to overheat and break in.
6. Accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
The accident occurred on April 26, 1986, and in the first minutes after the explosion, 31 people from the Chernobyl NPP duty shift and fire brigades, who arrived at the scene to extinguish the fire, died.
The Chernobyl accident. The destruction of this station cost almost the entire planet dearly.
In the ten years since the accident, another 4,000 liquidators and local residents have died. But the largest number of people suffered from a radioactive cloud that moved away from the station. According to various estimates, their number varies from 600,000 to a million people.
7 Huascaran Debris Avalanche 1970
On May 31, 1970, due to an earthquake, the epicenter of which was in the Pacific Ocean, a stone-ice avalanche broke off from Mount Huascarana in Peru and, moving at a speed of a thousand kilometers per hour. In just a few minutes, the avalanche wiped them and several other small villages, including the ports of Kasma and Chimbote, off the face of the earth. The result of the cataclysm: 70 thousand dead, among whom were Czech climbers who were going to conquer the Andes, and 150 thousand wounded.
8. Seveso disaster
This industrial accident took place at a chemical plant near Milan in Italy. The factory produced a chemical called trichlorophenol, which was used as an ingredient in pesticides.
On that day, July 10, 1976, a chain reaction ruptured the reactor, causing an explosion and the release of six tons of toxic chemicals into the environment.
9. Collision of planes at the airport of Los Rodeos
It happened on March 27, 1977 in the Canary Islands (Tenerife). As a result of the accident, 583 people died - members of both crews of the colliding aircraft and most of the passengers. In total, there were 644 people on two planes.
10 Cyclone Bhola 1970
Tropical cyclone Bhola is one of the worst natural disasters of the 20th century. On November 13, 1970, a wave 15 meters high hit the islands and coast of East Pakistan, washing away entire settlements and agricultural land in its path. In a short time, 500 thousand people died - mostly elderly people and children.
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