Natural Disasters & Epidemics In The Year 1998

A Swissair MD-11 jetliner crashes off the coast of Nova Scotia, killing 229 people.

A Cuban airplane bursts into flames and crashes during takeoff from Quito, Ecuador, killing 79 people.

A powerful earthquake rocks northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000 people

Malaysia Nipah virus outbreak in Malaysia killing 105 people

Hurricane Mitch in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico killing 11,374 people