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| May.7 |
Hawaii |
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Kilauea: Hawaii volcano destroys dozens of homes |
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| Apr.19 |
Puerto Rico |
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Puerto Rico hit by first island-wide blackout since Hurricane Maria |
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Philadelphia |
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Southwest Airlines engine explosion linked to prior accident
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| Apr.7 |
Manhattan |
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Trump Tower fire: Man dies in blaze |
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| Mar.19 |
Arizona |
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Uber halts self-driving car tests after death |
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| Mar.16 |
Western Iraq |
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7 dead in US military helicopter crash near Iraq border |
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| Mar.15 |
Miami |
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6 dead in Florida university bridge collapse 
Rescue teams were still searching the rubble on Thursday night for victims trapped beneath the buckled footbridge
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| Jan.10 |
Southern California |
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California mudslides death toll rises with 17 still missing Map of Montecito Santa Barbara County CA USA| Hundreds of rescuers are combing wreckage in Southern California for those missing after mudslides that have killed 17 | |
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| Dec.18 |
Washington State |
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Deaths as carriages fall on US motorway
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| Dec.7 |
San Diego |
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California wildfires: Nearly 200,000 flee amid new blaze Map of Ventura County USA| Nearly 200,000 residents have now been evacuated due to California wildfires as crews pivot to fight a new blaze | |
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| Oct.14 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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California wildfires: Death toll rises as blazes continue |
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| Oct.11 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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California wildfires kill 21 including elderly couple |
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| Oct.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Deadly wildfires sweep through wine country Map of Sonoma county USA| Parts of California's wine region are being ravaged by fast-spreading fires that have killed at least 10 people | |
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| Sep.20 |
Puerto Rico |
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Whole of Puerto Rico without power |
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| Sep.11 |
Florida |
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Hurricane Irma: Two-thirds of Florida without power |
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Florida |
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Irma wallops Florida Map of Cudjoe Key Florida| Hurricane is snapping trees like matchsticks and knocking out power to more than 1 million people with 130 mph winds | |
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Puerto Rico |
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Hurricane Irma: Residents prepare for 'catastrophic' storm |
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| Aug.31 |
Washington |
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Houston floods: White House seeks disaster aid from Congress |
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| Aug.30 |
Houston |
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Flood: 'No way to prevent' chemical plant blast or fire |
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| Aug.29 |
Houston |
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Houston floods: Night curfew to stop robbery and looting |
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| Aug.27 |
Houston |
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Up to 2,000 rescued as Houston hit by 'catastrophic floods' |
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| Aug.26 |
Houston |
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Harvey: Fears grow over severe flooding risk |
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Hurricane Harvey: Texas battered by high winds and rain Map of Rockport Texas| The biggest storm to hit the US mainland in 13 year has slammed into Texas with initial winds of up to 130mph (215km/h) battering coastal areas. Some residents are feared trapped in collapsed buildings. More than 200,000 customers are without electricity. Hurric... | |
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| Aug.20 |
Singapore |
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US Navy ship and oil tanker collide off Singapore
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| Jul.10 |
Mississippi |
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Sixteen dead in Marines Corps plane incident
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| Jun.16 |
Japan |
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USS Fitzgerald crash: 7 navy crew missing off Japan
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US Georgia |
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US storms: At least 18 dead in Georgia and Mississippi |
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| Sep.1 |
Florida |
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Hurricane Hermine makes landfall on Florida coast |
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Florida |
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SpaceX rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral ahead of launch |
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| Aug.18 |
Southern California |
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California wildfires: Ferocious fires evict thousands |
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Delta: Power cut strands thousands of passengers |
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| Jun.25 |
Mid-Atlantic states |
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West Virginia deadly floods: Hundreds rescued, 23 dead |
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| Jun.15 |
Florida |
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Body of boy seized by alligator found |
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| Feb.2 |
Dallas |
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Zika virus infection 'through sex' reported in US |
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| Jan.23 |
New York |
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East coast struck by mammoth snowfall
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| Dec.25 |
Mississippi |
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US storms: At least 14 dead in trail of destruction |
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| Aug.29 |
New Orleans |
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New Orleans marks 10 years since Hurricane Katrina |
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| Jul.28 |
Zimbabwe |
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US dentist 'regrets' killing Zimbabwe lion Cecil |
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| Jun.16 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Balcony collapse in California kills 6 people |
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| May.29 |
Dallas |
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Death toll from floods in Texas and Oklahoma reached 24 |
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| May.12 |
Philadelphia |
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US Amtrak train derails in Philadelphia, 8 killed |
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| Mar.26 |
Manhattan |
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New York buildings collapse after explosion |
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| Mar.11 |
Florida |
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Eleven missing after US army crash |
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| Feb.19 |
Chicago |
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Record-breaking cold in US East |
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| Jan.27 |
New York |
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US admits snow forecast errors |
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| Oct.31 |
Southern California |
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Virgin spacecraft crash kills pilot
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| Sep.30 |
Dallas |
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First Ebola case diagnosed in the US |
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| Mar.23 |
Washington State |
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Many killed by a landslide in US state of Washington
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| Feb.12 |
North Carolina |
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Storm bears down on US east coast
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| Jan.5 |
Toronto |
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'Polar vortex' grips North America Parts of the US are braced for potentially record-breaking low temperatures as a 'polar vortex' brings more freezing weather.
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| Dec.1 |
New York |
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New York train crash kills four |
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| Aug.22 |
California |
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Tourists flee wildfire near Yosemite
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| Jul.22 |
New York |
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Ten hurt as NY plane's wheel fails |
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| Jul.6 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Jet crash-lands at San Francisco International
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| Jul.2 |
Austria |
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'Snowden suspicion' diverts flight
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| Jun.30 |
Arizona |
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19 Firefighters die in Arizona wildfire
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| May.20 |
Oklahoma |
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Dozens dead in Oklahoma tornado At least 24 people have been killed after a huge tornado tore through Oklahoma City suburbs, with the death toll likely to rise
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| May.3 |
Southern California |
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Major wildfires spread in California |
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| Apr.17 |
Texas |
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Explosion at Texas fertiliser plant
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| Mar.1 |
Florida |
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Florida man swallowed by sinkhole |
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| Feb.14 |
Alabama |
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Crippled cruise ship reaches land
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| Feb.8 |
Massachusetts |
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'Historic' snowstorm blankets US
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| Oct.30 |
Manhattan |
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40 people killed by Sandy as transport chaos Millions are without power and transport across the north-eastern US has been severely disrupted as storm Sandy heads north for Canada
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| Oct.29 |
New Jersey |
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Severe flooding as Sandy strikes A major storm bringing torrential rain, high winds, flood surges and heavy snow has made landfall on the east US coast
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| Aug.28 |
Louisiana |
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Isaac bears down on US Gulf Coast |
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| Apr.5 |
Alaska |
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US Coast Guard sinks tsunami 'ghost ship'
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| Mar.2 |
Indiana |
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Fierce storms leave 20 dead in US |
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| Sep.16 |
Nevada |
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Air race crash: 9 people killed, 52 injured |
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| Aug.28 |
New York |
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Huge storm tears across New York |
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| May.23 |
Missouri |
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89 killed by Missouri tornado |
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| Apr.28 |
Alabama |
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Death toll from storms in South nears 300 A barrage of storms claimed nearly 300 lives and reduced once-familiar neighborhoods to piles of bricks and lumber
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| Dec.27 |
New York |
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Travel chaos as blizzards hit US |
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| Jul.15 |
Louisiana |
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BP says oil has stopped leaking |
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| Jun.12 |
Global |
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American teenage sailor rescued |
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| May.30 |
Washington |
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Oil leak 'worst US environment disaster' |
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| Apr.21 |
Louisiana |
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Oil spill after blast on oil rig A 'catastrophic' explosion aboard an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico engulfed the drilling platform in flames
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| Apr.6 |
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Blast killed at least 25 miners
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| Jan.20 |
Haiti |
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US to send 4,000 extra troops to Haiti |
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| Oct.23 |
Puerto Rico |
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Fire rages at fuel depot |
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| Oct.15 |
Colorado |
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'Balloon boy' found alive at home |
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| Sep.29 |
Samoa |
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85 deaths reported after quake |
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| Aug.8 |
Manhattan |
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Helicopter and plane collide, 9 died |
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| Jun.18 |
New Jersey |
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Jetliner lands safely after pilot dies |
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| Apr.29 |
Texas |
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First U.S. swine flu death confirmed |
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| Feb.12 |
Upstate New York |
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50 die after plane crashes into house |
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| Feb.11 |
Siberia |
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Russian and US satellites collide |
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| Jan.15 |
New York |
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Airplane crash-lands into Hudson River
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| Oct.2 |
California |
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Fossett plane found |
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| Sep.13 |
Houston |
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Hurricane Ike pounds Texas coast |
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| Sep.12 |
Los Angeles |
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24 killed, 135 injured in train collision |
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| Oct.23 |
Southern California |
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500,000 flee wildfires
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| Sep.4 |
Nevada |
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Famed flier Fossett missing |
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| Aug.1 |
Minnesota |
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Bridge collapses into Mississippi
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| Aug.27 |
Kentucky |
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49 dead in plane crash |
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| Jan.3 |
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Only one miner reported alive |
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| Sep.20 |
Florida |
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Rita strengthens to hurricane |
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| Sep.3 |
New Orleans |
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Massive airlift rescues thousands |
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| Sep.1 |
New Orleans |
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'Desperate SOS' for city |
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| Aug.29 |
New Orleans |
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Hurricane Katrina lashes coast 1,836 people lost their lives in the hurricane and in the subsequent floods
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| Aug.28 |
New Orleans |
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Katrina now Category 5 |
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| Jun.30 |
Afghanistan |
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16 bodies recovered from crash site |
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| Jan.26 |
Western Iraq |
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31 Marines killed in chopper crash |
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| Aug.14 |
New York |
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Major power outage
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| Feb.20 |
New England |
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96 killed in nightclub inferno
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| Feb.1 |
Texas |
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Space shuttle and crew lost Columbia broke up as it descended toward a planned landing, showering debris across southeastern Texas
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| Nov.12 |
New York |
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Jet crashes, killing 260
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| Sep.13 |
New York |
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5,000 people remain missing |
|
| Sep.11 |
Pennsylvania |
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United Airlines Flight 93 crashed |
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| |
Manhattan |
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Terror attacks hit U.S. Map of World Trade Center USA 3 commercial jets crash into World Trade Center and Pentagon. Both towers collapsed. United Airlines plane crashed
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| Apr.1 |
Southern China |
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U.S. spy plane lands in China Navy reconnaissance plane made an emergency landing. It collided with a Chinese fighter jet
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| Feb.9 |
Hawaii |
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U.S. sub, Japanese trawler collide
before year 2000
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|
| Apr. 19, 1993 |
Texas |
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Waco siege ends, leaving 86 people dead Map of Mount Carmel Center Waco TX Texas A siege of a compound belonging to the religious group Branch Davidians by American federal and Texas state law enforcement and US military
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| Oct. 19, 1991 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Oakland hills firestorm
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| Oct. 17, 1989 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Loma Prieta earthquake
|
| Jan. 28, 1986 |
Florida |
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Space Shuttle Challenger disaster Map of Cape Canaveral Florida Florida The NASA orbiter Challenger (OV-099) (mission STS-51-L) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members
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| Nov. 28, 1942 |
Boston |
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Cocoanut Grove fire Boston's premier nightclub during the post-Prohibition 1930s and 1940s. 492 people died. It led to a reform of safety standards
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| May. 6, 1937 |
New Jersey |
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Explosion of the Hindenburg Map of Lakehurst New Jersey New Jersey The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock. Of the 97 people on board, 35 died
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| Apr. 14, 1912 |
Maritime Provinces |
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S.S. Titanic sank RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocea after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage
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| Apr. 18, 1906 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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San Francisco earthquake and fire Devastating fires broke out in the city that lasted for several days. As a result, about 3,000 people died and over 80% of the city was dest...
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| Feb. 15, 1898 |
Cuba |
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U.S.S. Maine blown up The Maine is best known for her loss in Havana Harbor. She exploded without warning, and sank quickly, killing nearly three quarters of her crew
|
|
| 2018 |
|
| Apr.7 |
Manhattan |
Trump Tower fire: Man dies in blaze |
| 2017 |
|
| Dec.7 |
San Diego |
California wildfires: Nearly 200,000 flee amid new blaze Map of Ventura County USA| Nearly 200,000 residents have now been evacuated due to California wildfires as crews pivot to fight a new blaze | |
|
| Oct.14 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
California wildfires: Death toll rises as blazes continue |
|
| Oct.11 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
California wildfires kill 21 including elderly couple |
|
| Oct.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Deadly wildfires sweep through wine country Map of Sonoma county USA| Parts of California's wine region are being ravaged by fast-spreading fires that have killed at least 10 people | |
| 2016 |
|
| Aug.18 |
Southern California |
California wildfires: Ferocious fires evict thousands |
| 2013 |
|
| Aug.22 |
California |
Tourists flee wildfire near Yosemite
|
| Jun.30 |
Arizona |
19 Firefighters die in Arizona wildfire
|
| May.3 |
Southern California |
Major wildfires spread in California |
| 2009 |
|
| Oct.23 |
Puerto Rico |
Fire rages at fuel depot |
| 2007 |
|
| Oct.23 |
Southern California |
500,000 flee wildfires
| 2003 |
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| Feb.20 |
New England |
96 killed in nightclub inferno
| 1993 |
|
| Apr. 19, 1993 |
Texas |
Waco siege ends, leaving 86 people dead Map of Mount Carmel Center Waco TX Texas A siege of a compound belonging to the religious group Branch Davidians by American federal and Texas state law enforcement and US military
| 1991 |
|
| Oct. 19, 1991 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Oakland hills firestorm
| 1942 |
|
| Nov. 28, 1942 |
Boston |
Cocoanut Grove fire Boston's premier nightclub during the post-Prohibition 1930s and 1940s. 492 people died. It led to a reform of safety standards
|
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| 2005 |
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| Jan.26 |
Western Iraq |
31 Marines killed in chopper crash |
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Jan.20 |
Haiti |
US to send 4,000 extra troops to Haiti |
| 2009 |
|
| Sep.29 |
Samoa |
85 deaths reported after quake |
| 1989 |
|
| Oct. 17, 1989 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Loma Prieta earthquake
| 1906 |
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| Apr. 18, 1906 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
San Francisco earthquake and fire Devastating fires broke out in the city that lasted for several days. As a result, about 3,000 people died and over 80% of the city was dest...
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|
| 2018 |
|
| Mar.19 |
Arizona |
Uber halts self-driving car tests after death |
|
|
| 2016 |
|
| Feb.2 |
Dallas |
Zika virus infection 'through sex' reported in US |
| 2014 |
|
| Sep.30 |
Dallas |
First Ebola case diagnosed in the US |
| 2009 |
|
| Apr.29 |
Texas |
First U.S. swine flu death confirmed |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Aug.20 |
Singapore |
US Navy ship and oil tanker collide off Singapore
|
| Jun.16 |
Japan |
USS Fitzgerald crash: 7 navy crew missing off Japan
| 2013 |
|
| Feb.14 |
Alabama |
Crippled cruise ship reaches land
| 2012 |
|
| Apr.5 |
Alaska |
US Coast Guard sinks tsunami 'ghost ship'
| 2001 |
|
| Feb.9 |
Hawaii |
U.S. sub, Japanese trawler collide
| 1912 |
|
| Apr. 14, 1912 |
Maritime Provinces |
S.S. Titanic sank RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocea after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage
| 1898 |
|
| Feb. 15, 1898 |
Cuba |
U.S.S. Maine blown up The Maine is best known for her loss in Havana Harbor. She exploded without warning, and sank quickly, killing nearly three quarters of her crew
|
|
| 2018 |
|
| Apr.19 |
Puerto Rico |
Puerto Rico hit by first island-wide blackout since Hurricane Maria |
| 2003 |
|
| Aug.14 |
New York |
Major power outage
|
|
| 2018 |
|
| May.7 |
Hawaii |
Kilauea: Hawaii volcano destroys dozens of homes |
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Apr.6 |
|
Blast killed at least 25 miners
| 2006 |
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| Jan.3 |
|
Only one miner reported alive |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Sep.20 |
Puerto Rico |
Whole of Puerto Rico without power |
|
| Sep.11 |
Florida |
Hurricane Irma: Two-thirds of Florida without power |
|
| Sep.10 |
Florida |
Irma wallops Florida Map of Cudjoe Key Florida| Hurricane is snapping trees like matchsticks and knocking out power to more than 1 million people with 130 mph winds | |
|
| Sep.5 |
Puerto Rico |
Hurricane Irma: Residents prepare for 'catastrophic' storm |
|
| Aug.31 |
Washington |
Houston floods: White House seeks disaster aid from Congress |
|
| Aug.26 |
Houston |
Harvey: Fears grow over severe flooding risk |
|
| Aug.26 |
Texas |
Hurricane Harvey: Texas battered by high winds and rain Map of Rockport Texas| The biggest storm to hit the US mainland in 13 year has slammed into Texas with initial winds of up to 130mph (215km/h) battering coastal areas. Some residents are feared trapped in collapsed buildings. More than 200,000 customers are without electricity. Hurric... | |
|
| Jan.22 |
US Georgia |
US storms: At least 18 dead in Georgia and Mississippi |
| 2016 |
|
| Sep.1 |
Florida |
Hurricane Hermine makes landfall on Florida coast |
|
| Jan.23 |
New York |
East coast struck by mammoth snowfall
| 2015 |
|
| Dec.25 |
Mississippi |
US storms: At least 14 dead in trail of destruction |
|
| Aug.29 |
New Orleans |
New Orleans marks 10 years since Hurricane Katrina |
|
| Feb.19 |
Chicago |
Record-breaking cold in US East |
|
| Jan.27 |
New York |
US admits snow forecast errors |
| 2014 |
|
| Feb.12 |
North Carolina |
Storm bears down on US east coast
|
| Jan.5 |
Toronto |
'Polar vortex' grips North America Parts of the US are braced for potentially record-breaking low temperatures as a 'polar vortex' brings more freezing weather.
| 2013 |
|
| May.20 |
Oklahoma |
Dozens dead in Oklahoma tornado At least 24 people have been killed after a huge tornado tore through Oklahoma City suburbs, with the death toll likely to rise
|
| Feb.8 |
Massachusetts |
'Historic' snowstorm blankets US
| 2012 |
|
| Oct.30 |
Manhattan |
40 people killed by Sandy as transport chaos Millions are without power and transport across the north-eastern US has been severely disrupted as storm Sandy heads north for Canada
|
| Aug.28 |
Louisiana |
Isaac bears down on US Gulf Coast |
|
| Mar.2 |
Indiana |
Fierce storms leave 20 dead in US |
| 2011 |
|
| Aug.28 |
New York |
Huge storm tears across New York |
|
| May.23 |
Missouri |
89 killed by Missouri tornado |
|
| Apr.28 |
Alabama |
Death toll from storms in South nears 300 A barrage of storms claimed nearly 300 lives and reduced once-familiar neighborhoods to piles of bricks and lumber
| 2010 |
|
| Dec.27 |
New York |
Travel chaos as blizzards hit US |
| 2008 |
|
| Sep.13 |
Houston |
Hurricane Ike pounds Texas coast |
| 2005 |
|
| Sep.20 |
Florida |
Rita strengthens to hurricane |
|
| Aug.29 |
New Orleans |
Hurricane Katrina lashes coast 1,836 people lost their lives in the hurricane and in the subsequent floods
|
| Aug.28 |
New Orleans |
Katrina now Category 5 |
|
|
| 2018 |
|
| Jan.10 |
Southern California |
California mudslides death toll rises with 17 still missing Map of Montecito Santa Barbara County CA USA| Hundreds of rescuers are combing wreckage in Southern California for those missing after mudslides that have killed 17 | |
| 2014 |
|
| Mar.23 |
Washington State |
Many killed by a landslide in US state of Washington
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Aug.30 |
Houston |
Flood: 'No way to prevent' chemical plant blast or fire |
|
| Aug.29 |
Houston |
Houston floods: Night curfew to stop robbery and looting |
|
| Aug.27 |
Houston |
Up to 2,000 rescued as Houston hit by 'catastrophic floods' |
| 2016 |
|
| Jun.25 |
Mid-Atlantic states |
West Virginia deadly floods: Hundreds rescued, 23 dead |
| 2015 |
|
| May.29 |
Dallas |
Death toll from floods in Texas and Oklahoma reached 24 |
| 2012 |
|
| Oct.29 |
New Jersey |
Severe flooding as Sandy strikes A major storm bringing torrential rain, high winds, flood surges and heavy snow has made landfall on the east US coast
|
|
| 2016 |
|
| Jun.15 |
Florida |
Body of boy seized by alligator found |
| 2015 |
|
| Jul.28 |
Zimbabwe |
US dentist 'regrets' killing Zimbabwe lion Cecil |
|
|
| 2018 |
|
| Apr.17 |
Philadelphia |
Southwest Airlines engine explosion linked to prior accident
|
| Mar.16 |
Western Iraq |
7 dead in US military helicopter crash near Iraq border |
| 2017 |
|
| Jul.10 |
Mississippi |
Sixteen dead in Marines Corps plane incident
| 2016 |
|
| Aug.8 |
|
Delta: Power cut strands thousands of passengers |
| 2015 |
|
| Mar.11 |
Florida |
Eleven missing after US army crash |
| 2013 |
|
| Jul.22 |
New York |
Ten hurt as NY plane's wheel fails |
|
| Jul.6 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Jet crash-lands at San Francisco International
|
| Jul.2 |
Austria |
'Snowden suspicion' diverts flight
| 2011 |
|
| Sep.16 |
Nevada |
Air race crash: 9 people killed, 52 injured |
| 2009 |
|
| Oct.15 |
Colorado |
'Balloon boy' found alive at home |
|
| Aug.8 |
Manhattan |
Helicopter and plane collide, 9 died |
|
| Jun.18 |
New Jersey |
Jetliner lands safely after pilot dies |
|
| Feb.12 |
Upstate New York |
50 die after plane crashes into house |
|
| Jan.15 |
New York |
Airplane crash-lands into Hudson River
| 2008 |
|
| Oct.2 |
California |
Fossett plane found |
| 2007 |
|
| Sep.4 |
Nevada |
Famed flier Fossett missing |
| 2006 |
|
| Aug.27 |
Kentucky |
49 dead in plane crash |
| 2005 |
|
| Jun.30 |
Afghanistan |
16 bodies recovered from crash site |
| 2001 |
|
| Nov.12 |
New York |
Jet crashes, killing 260
|
| Sep.11 |
Pennsylvania |
United Airlines Flight 93 crashed |
|
| Sep.11 |
Manhattan |
Terror attacks hit U.S. Map of World Trade Center USA 3 commercial jets crash into World Trade Center and Pentagon. Both towers collapsed. United Airlines plane crashed
|
| Apr.1 |
Southern China |
U.S. spy plane lands in China Navy reconnaissance plane made an emergency landing. It collided with a Chinese fighter jet
| 1937 |
|
| May. 6, 1937 |
New Jersey |
Explosion of the Hindenburg Map of Lakehurst New Jersey New Jersey The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock. Of the 97 people on board, 35 died
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Jul.15 |
Louisiana |
BP says oil has stopped leaking |
|
| May.30 |
Washington |
Oil leak 'worst US environment disaster' |
|
| Apr.21 |
Louisiana |
Oil spill after blast on oil rig A 'catastrophic' explosion aboard an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico engulfed the drilling platform in flames
|
|
| 2018 |
|
| Mar.15 |
Miami |
6 dead in Florida university bridge collapse Rescue teams were still searching the rubble on Thursday night for victims trapped beneath the buckled footbridge
| 2015 |
|
| Jun.16 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Balcony collapse in California kills 6 people |
| 2007 |
|
| Aug.1 |
Minnesota |
Bridge collapses into Mississippi
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Dec.18 |
Washington State |
Deaths as carriages fall on US motorway
| 2015 |
|
| May.12 |
Philadelphia |
US Amtrak train derails in Philadelphia, 8 killed |
| 2013 |
|
| Dec.1 |
New York |
New York train crash kills four |
| 2008 |
|
| Sep.12 |
Los Angeles |
24 killed, 135 injured in train collision |
|
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| 2010 |
|
| Jun.12 |
Global |
American teenage sailor rescued |
| 2005 |
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New Orleans |
Massive airlift rescues thousands |
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New Orleans |
'Desperate SOS' for city |
| 2001 |
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New York |
5,000 people remain missing |
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| Sep.1 |
Florida |
SpaceX rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral ahead of launch |
| 2014 |
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| Oct.31 |
Southern California |
Virgin spacecraft crash kills pilot
| 2009 |
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| Feb.11 |
Siberia |
Russian and US satellites collide |
| 2003 |
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| Feb.1 |
Texas |
Space shuttle and crew lost Columbia broke up as it descended toward a planned landing, showering debris across southeastern Texas
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| Jan. 28, 1986 |
Florida |
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster Map of Cape Canaveral Florida Florida The NASA orbiter Challenger (OV-099) (mission STS-51-L) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members
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| 2015 |
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| Mar.26 |
Manhattan |
New York buildings collapse after explosion |
| 2013 |
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| Apr.17 |
Texas |
Explosion at Texas fertiliser plant
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