Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1999  a powerful earthquake shakes Taiwan, killing nearly 2500 people.   

1999  A Boeing 737 jet crashes during takeoff from Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 72 people   

1999  Izmit earthquake in Turkey killing 17,127 people   

2000  tornadoes rip through southwestern Georgia just after midnight, killing 19 people and injuring more than 100 others.   

2000  An Ilyushin-18 aircraft ploughs into a mountain in ex-Soviet Georgia, killing more than 80 people   

2000  dengue fever in Central America   

2001  Cholera in South Africa   

2001  Gujarat earthquake in India killing 20,085 people   

2002  SARS outbreak in Worldwide killing 774 people   

2002  indian heat wave in India killing 1,030 people   

2003  Plague in Algeria   

2003  European heat wave in France, Portugal, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Luxemburg, Ireland killing 70,000 people   

2004  cholera in Bangladesh   

2004  dengue fever in Indonesia   

2004  cholera in Senegal   

2004  Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in Indian Ocean killing 227,898 people   

2004  Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Somalia killing 227,898 people   

2005  hurricane Stan hits Mexico and Central America killing over 1,620 people.   

2005  An Iranian C-130 Hercules airplane crashes into a ten-story building in a civilian area of Tehran, the capital of Iran, killing all 94 people aboard and 34 residents of the building - a total of 128 people   

2005  southwest Airlines Flight 1248 overshoots the runway at Chicago Midway Airport, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring 11 other people.   

2005  hurricane Dennis strikes near Navarre Beach, Florida as a Category 3 storm killing 10 people, after killing over 50 people in the Caribbean.   

2005  Armed militants enter into Israel from Gaza and open fire near the border, killing 6 people and wounding 5 others. Hamas and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim joint responsibility for attack.[1]   

2005  three trains collide in the Ghotki rail crash in Ghotki, Pakistan, killing over 150 people.   

2005  u.S. Helicopters and warplanes bomb two villages near Ramadi in western Iraq, killing about 70 people.   

2005  a time bomb explodes in a Muslim shrine in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 29 people and wounding 40.   

2005  Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashed shortly after takeoff killing 23 people   

2005  a passenger train derails in Amagasaki Hyogo Prefecture Japan killing 107 people and injuring another 456. (see Amagasaki rail crash)   

2005  A train in Andhra Pradesh, India derails, killing at least 77 people   

2005  Yellow fever in Mali   

2005  dengue outbreak in Singapore in Singapore killing 27 people   

2005  kashmir earthquake in India, Pakistan killing 87,351 people   

2006  Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border in Ukraine, killing 171 people, including 45 children   

2006  a roof collapses on a Moscow market, killing 56 people.   

2006  an oil pipeline explodes in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos killing at least 200 people.   

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