Natural Disasters & Epidemics
Sunday, 06 October 2024
2014 odisha jaundice outbreak in India killing 36 people
2014 ludian earthquake in China killing 729 people
2015 Indian swine flu outbreak in India killing 2,035 people
2015 Zika virus epidemic in Worldwide killing ~53 people
2015 nepal earthquake in Nepal, India killing 8,964 people
2016 yellow fever outbreak in Angola in Angola, DR Congo, China, Kenya killing 100s (as of 1 April 2016) people
2016 20 Yemen cholera outbreak in Yemen killing 3,886 (as of 30 November 2019) people
2016 Ecuador earthquake in Ecuador killing 676 people
2017 Plane crashes into shopping centre in Essendon, Melbourne, Australia killing the five people on board
2017 State of Emergency declared in Sanaa, Yemen after outbreak of cholera kills 115
2017 Puerto Rico declares its Zika virus epidemic over
2017 UN states Yemen cholera epidemic reached 200,000 cases, with 1,300 deaths. Worst cholera outbreak anywhere in the world
2017 tanker carrying fuel bursts into flames near Ahmedpur East, Pakistan, killing more than 200 people
2017 Sri Lankan government confirms outbreak of dengue fever has killed at least 227
2017 cholera has now infected more than 500,000 people in Yemen and killed over 2,000 according to the World Health Organisation
2017 plague outbreak in Madagascar kills 57, with 684 cases so far reported by WHO
2017 Storm formed from Hurricane Ophelia lashes Ireland, killing 3 people
2017 7.3 earthquake hits near Halabjal, Iraq, on border with Iran, killing over 500 people, with 7,000 injured
2017 militant gunmen attack a Sufi mosque in Bir al-Abed on the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing 305 people, government retaliates bombing the area
2017 the World Health Organization estimates that Yemen has over 200,000 cases of cholera.
2017 Gorakhpur Japanese encephalitis outbreak in India killing 1,317 (as of September 2017) people
2017 united States flu season in United States killing 60,000-80,000+ people
2017 hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, Dominica killing 3,059 people
2018 kitwe in Zambia bans shaking hands and the sale of fresh food in attempt to prevent a cholera outbreak
2018 Insurgent group attacks the town of Muse, Myanmar, killing at least 19 people, Ta’ang National Liberation Army claim responsibility
2018 two suicide bombers attack Damboa in Borno state, Nigeria, killing at least 31 people
2018 floods and landslides begin in south-western Japan, killing at least 200 people with more missing. Evacuation orders for nearly 2 million.
2018 Paraguay has eliminated malaria in announcement by the World Health organization
2018 Measles cases reach record high in Europe with 41,000 infected first six months of 2018 with 37 deaths according to WHO
2018 truck loses control hitting 31 cars and killing at least 15 people near a tollbooth in Lanzhou, China
2018 three car bombs explode in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing 52 people and injuring 100
2018 former Guatemalan soldier Santos López Alonzo sentenced to 5,160 years for killing 171 people in Dos Erres during the civil war
2018 oldest-known plague sample found in 4,900-year-old remains of 20-year old woman in Gökhem, southern Sweden published in "Cell"
2018 saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashes shortly after take-off from Moscow, killing 71 people on board.
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