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Country |
Comments |
| AC-1986-000001-SGP
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Tech. Disaster |
Singapore |
The Hotel New World disaster happened on 15th March 1986 at 11.25am. The 6 level building with 1 basement carpark collapsed suddenly killing 33 people. The subsequent rescue effort saved 17 lives out of the 50 people trapped in the rubble. The immediate area of disaster was divided into 3 sectors for easy control and management of all rescue operations.The rescue operations were terminated on 21st March 1986 when all the survivors had been rescued and dead bodies removed. |
| CW-1985-000007-USA
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Cold Wave |
United States |
A cold wave brought extreme temperatures and winter storms to much of the Eastern half of the United States in mid to late January. |
| TC-1985-000006-USA
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Tropical Cyclone |
United States |
Hurricane Gloria struck the eastern seaboard and caused more than $11 billion worth of damage to states from North Carolina to Maine. |
| TC-1985-000005-USA
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Tropical Cyclone |
United States |
Hurricane Elena was listed as a Category 3 hurricane as it made landfall from Florida to Louisiana causing more than $3 billion in damage. |
| VO-1985-000004-COL
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Volcano |
Colombia |
Eruption of Mt.Ruiz |
| EQ-1985-000003-MEX
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Earthquake |
Mexico |
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.1 Richter scale hit Mexico City and other area at 7:19AM, September 19,1985. About 8800 people were killed according to EM-DAT, CRED. |
| TC-1985-000002-USA
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Tropical Cyclone |
United States |
Hurricane Elena (category 3 hurricane) hit Florida to Louisiana; $1.3 (2.4) billion damage/costs; 4 deaths. |
| TC-1985-000001-USA
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Tropical Cyclone |
United States |
Hurricane Juan (category 1 hurricane) hit Louisiana and Southeast U.S causing severe flooding; $1.5 (2.8) billion damage/costs; 63 deaths. |
| LS-1983-000002-USA
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Land Slide |
United States |
Unusually late snowmelt combined with precipitation in mid to late April caused a massive landslide that dammed the Spanish Fork River and created Thistle lake. The lake flooded and destroyed the town of Thistle. |
| TC-1983-000001-USA
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Tropical Cyclone |
United States |
Hurricane Alicia (category 3 hurricane) hit Texas causing $3.0 (5.9) billion damage/costs; 21 deaths. |
| TC-1982-000001-MMR
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Tropical Cyclone |
Myanmar |
90% destroyed in Gwa,27 dead inStates and Devision,
damage estimated 82.4 million kyat |
| TC-1980-000003-USA
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Tropical Cyclone |
United States |
Hurricane Allen affected Louisiana and Texas when it made landfall on August 7. The storm caused more than $2 billion in damage. |
| VO-1980-000002-USA
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Volcano |
United States |
The May 18, 1980, eruption was the most destructive in the history of the United States. Novarupta (Katmai) Volcano, Alaska, erupted considerably more material in 1912, but owing to the isolation and sparse population of the region affected, there were no human deaths and little property damage. In contrast, Mount St. Helens' eruption in a matter of hours caused loss of lives and widespread destruction of valuable property, primarily by the debris avalanche, the lateral blast, and the mudflows.
Landscape changes caused by the May 18 eruption were readily seen on high-altitude photographs. Such images, however, cannot reveal the impacts of the devastation on people and their works. The May 18 eruption resulted in scores of injuries and the loss of 57 lives. Within the United States before May 18, 1980, only two known casualties had been attributed to volcanic activity - a photographer was struck by falling rocks during the explosive eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, in 1924; and an Army sergeant who disappeared during the 1944 eruption of Cleveland Volcano, Chuginadak Island, Aleutians. Autopsies indicated that most of Mount St. Helens' victims died by asphyxiation from inhaling hot volcanic ash, and some by thermal and other injuries. Accurate cost figures remain difficult to determine. Early estimates were too high and ranged from $2 to $3 billion, primarily reflecting the timber, civil works, and agricultural losses. A refined estimate of $1.1 billion was determined in a study by the International Trade Commission at the request of Congress. A supplemental appropriation of $951 million for disaster relief was voted by Congress, of which the largest share went to the Small Business Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. |
| DR-1980-000001-USA
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Drought |
United States |
Central and eastern U.S.; estimated $20.0 (48.4) billion damage/costs to agriculture and related industries; estimated 10,000 deaths (includes heat stress-related). |
| HT-1980-000001-USA
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Heat Wave |
United States |
Central and eastern U.S.; estimated $20.0 (48.4) billion damage/costs to agriculture and related industries; estimated 10,000 deaths (includes heat stress-related). |
| TC-1979-000001-USA
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Tropical Cyclone |
United States |
NOAA reports $2.3 billion in losses.
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| EQ-1976-000001-MMR
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Earthquake |
Myanmar |
M=6.8,several pagodas in Bagan Ancient City were
severely damaged. |
| TC-1975-000001-MMR
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Tropical Cyclone |
Myanmar |
303 dead,10191 cattle lost,246700 homes destroyed,
estimated loss 446.5 million kyat. |
| CE-1972-000003-PHL
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Complex Emergency |
Philippines |
In 2003, Manila opened peace negotiations with the MILF in the hope of ending the group's 32-year war for an independent Muslim state on Mindanao. Large-scale fighting broke out in late 2008. The conflict is ongoing.
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| TC-1972-000002-USA
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Tropical Cyclone |
United States |
NOAA reports $2.1 billion in losses. Agnes caused 122 deaths in the United States. Nine of these were in Florida (mainly from severe thunderstorms) while the remainder were associated with the flooding.
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| FL-1972-000001-USA
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Flood |
United States |
NOAA reports $165 million in damages and 238 deaths.
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| EQ-1971-000001-USA
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Earthquake |
United States |
This destructive earthquake occurred in a sparsely populated area of the San Gabriel Mountains, near San Fernando. It lasted about 60 seconds, and, in that brief span of time, took 65 lives, injured more than 2,000, and caused property damage estimated at $505 million. |
| TC-1970-000001-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
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| TC-1969-000001-USA
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Tropical Cyclone |
United States |
This powerful, deadly, and destructive hurricane formed just west of the Cayman Islands on August 14. It rapidly intensified and by the time it reached western Cuba the next day it was a Category 3 hurricane. Camille tracked north-northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico and became a Category 5 hurricane on August 16. The hurricane maintained this intensity until it made landfall along the Mississippi coast late on the 17th. Camille weakened to a tropical depression as it crossed Mississippi into western Tennessee and Kentucky, then it turned eastward across West Virginia and Virginia. The cyclone moved into the Atlantic on August 20 and regained tropical storm strength before becoming extratropical on the 22nd. A minimum pressure of 26.84 inches was reported in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, which makes Camille the second most intense hurricane of record to hit the United States. The actual maximum sustained winds will never be known, as the hurricane destroyed all the wind-recording instruments in the landfall area. The estimates at the coast are near 200 mph. Columbia, Mississippi, located 75 miles inland, reported 120 mph sustained winds. A storm tide of 24.6 ft occurred at Pass Christian, Mississippi. The heaviest rains along the Gulf Coast were about 10 inches. However, as Camille passed over the Virginias, it produced a burst of 12 to 20 inch rains with local totals of up to 31 inches. Most of this rain occurred in 3 to 5 hours and caused catastrophic flash flooding. The combination of winds, surges, and rainfalls caused 256 deaths (143 on the Gulf Coast and 113 in the Virginia floods) and $1.421 billion in damage. |
| TC-1968-000001-MMR
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Tropical Cyclone |
Myanmar |
1037dead,17537cattle lost,57663 houses destroyed,
estimated damage 10.0million kyat. |
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FL-2025-000216-LKA
Flood,Sri Lanka: GDACS - High humanitarian impact in for Sri Lanka.Disaster authorities in Sri Lanka reported heavy rain, flooding and landslides in several parts of the country from mid-November 2025.
The situation worsened considerably from 26 November due to the oncoming Cyclonic Storm Ditwah. As of 01 December, DMC reported 355 fatalities.
<em>Note: There was a significant rock slide in Mawanella on 22 November 2025 causing 6 deaths according. There's no evidence this was caused by rainfall judging from DMC and local media reports.</em>
FL-2025-000213-LKA
Flood,Sri Lanka: At least 56 people have been killed and 21 are missing in Sri Lanka after floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains wreaked havoc on the week of 23 November 2025, in one of its worst weather related disasters the country has seen in recent years.
TC-2025-000218-LKA
Tropical Cyclone,Sri Lanka: Tropical storm DITWAH made landfall over the central-eastern coast of Sri Lanka on 27 November just before 12:00 (UTC), with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h. After that, it continued northward inland, and on 28 November at 6:00, its centre was located over northern Sri Lanka, with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h. As of 28 November, media report 31 fatalities, 14 people missing, around 1,790 displaced, approximately 4,000 affected people and nearly 400 damaged houses across the island due to floods and landslides. DITWAH is expected to continue northward over the Bay of Bengal on 28-29 November, slightly weakening. After that, it is forecast to pass very close to the Pondicherry territory, south-eastern India in the morning of 30 November as a tropical depression. (ECHO, 28 Nov 2025)
LS-2025-000212-IDN
Land Slide,Indonesia: Heavy rainfall has caused widespread flooding and landslides across North Sumatra Province in northwestern Indonesia, resulting in casualties and significant damage.The National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB) reports that eight people have died, 58 have been injured, and nearly 3,000 individuals have been evacuated in South Tapanuli Regency due to floods and landslides. In Central Tapanuli Regency, almost 2,000 houses have been affected by floods.
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