Natural Disasters & Epidemics

2006  A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes central Java in Indonesia, killing more than 6,000, injuring at least 36,000 and leaving some 1.5 million people homeless   

2006  A trade hall roof collapses in Katowice, Poland, killing 65 people   

2006  a Greyhound Lines bus from New York City to Montreal, carrying 52 people, crashes at mile 115 on Interstate 87 near Elizabethtown killing 5 people including the driver and several are seriously injured.   

2006  The al-Dana capsizes off the coast of Bahrain, killing at least 48 people   

2006  cholera in Luanda, Angola   

2006  dengue outbreak in India in India killing 50+ people   

2006  chikungunya outbreaks in India   

2006  dengue outbreak in Pakistan in Pakistan killing 50+ people   

2006  dengue fever in Philippines   

2006  East Africa Rift Valley fever outbreak in East Africa killing 394 people   

2006  yogyakarta earthquake in Indonesia killing 5,782 people   

2007  The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge on I-35W over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota between University Avenue and Washington Avenue collapses at 6:05 pm CST during the later part of rush hour, killing 13 people   

2007  An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, north of Manila, killing four people, including Basilan Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding 6 others   

2007  An 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean   

2007  greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis declares a national state of emergency after a series of devastating wildfires ravage western Peloponese and southern Euboea, killing 68 people.   

2007  atlasjet Flight 4203 crashes near Keçiborlu, Turkey, killing all 56 people on board.   

2007  mweka ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of the Congo killing 187 people   

2007  cholera in Ethiopia   

2007  Iraq cholera outbreak in Iraq killing 10 people   

2007  Dengue fever in Puerto Rico; Dominican Republic; Mexico   

2007  cholera in Somalia   

2007  cholera in Vietnam   

2007  cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, India killing 15,000 people   

2008  dengue fever in Brazil   

2008  Dengue fever in Cambodia   

2008  cholera in Chad   

2008  bubonic plague in Madagascar   

2008  dengue fever in Philippines   

2008  cholera in Vietnam   

2008  Zimbabwean cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe killing 4,293 people   

2008  cyclone Nargis in Myanmar killing 138,373 people   

2009  Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes near Buffalo in e ate of New York killing 50 people   

2009  Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails killing at lea 99 people   

2009  yemenia Flight 626 crashes off e coa of Moroni, Comoros killing 152 people and leaving 1 survivor.   

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