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World Disasters Timeline, Year 2004

Mikhail Sidorin

2004-12-31, 7:17 pm

World Disasters Timeline, Year 2004

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Event of the Year:

Dec. 25 2004 INDONESIA. 9.0 Quake leaves 130,000 dead

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SUMMARY:

Jan. 3 IRAN. Woman, 97, found alive in quake ruins
Jan. 8 IRAN. Man found alive in quake rubble
Jan. 16 VIETNAM. WHO: 4th death linked to bird flu
Feb. 1 SAUDI ARABIA. Hajj stampede: 244 pilgrims dead
Feb. 14 MOSCOW. Roof collapse kills 26
Feb. 18 IRAN. Train blast destroys villages, 300 killed
Feb. 23 MOROCCO. Quake kills 600
Feb. 26 MACEDONIA. President Trajkovski killed in plane crash
Apr. 22 NORTH KOREA. Many casualties in train crash
May. 23 FRANCE. Deadly Paris airport roof collapse
May. 27 HAITI. 1,000 people feared dead in flood town
Jun. 24 IRAN. 70 dead in tanker horror smash
Jul. 13 BANGLADESH. Flood havoc mounts in South Asia
Jul. 16 INDIA. School blaze kills 90
Aug. 1 PARAGUAY. Supermarket fire death toll tops 300
Aug. 14 FLORIDA. Hurricane Charley death toll at 13
Aug. 24 RUSSIA. Two passenger jets crash
Sep. 7 CHINA. Flood deaths mount to 143
Sep. 11 GREECE. Top cleric feared killed in helicopter crash
JAMAICA. Hurricane Ivan batters Jamaica
Sep. 11 NORTH KOREA. Big blast reported
Sep. 12 CARIBBEAN. Ivan surges toward Cayman Islands
Sep. 13 CUBA. Hurricane batters Cuba
Sep. 17 USA. U.S. death toll at least 22 in Ivan's wake
Sep. 19 HAITI. Jeanne batters Haiti; 54 dead
Sep. 20 HAITI. Flood death toll nears 600
Sep. 22 HAITI. Jeanne leaves more than 1,050 dead
Sep. 25 FLORIDA. Jeanne eyewall hits Florida
Oct. 4 TUNISIA. Many drown as migrant ship sinks
Oct. 17 SUDAN. Report: Up to 70,000 dead in Darfur
Oct. 20 CHINA. 56 die, 150 missing in blast
Oct. 20 JAPAN. Typhoon kills at least 48
Oct. 23 JAPAN. Quakes: Death toll rising to 15
Oct. 26 THAILAND. 78 die after riot
Nov. 10 IVORY COAST. Foreigners flee Ivory Coast
Nov. 20 CHINA. 53 die in plane crash
Nov. 27 CHINA. Mine blast traps 187
Nov. 30 PHILIPPINES. Storm kills 1000
Dec. 25 INDONESIA. 9.0 Quake leaves 60,000 dead
Dec. 26 SRI LANKA. Asia quake death toll tops 4,700
Dec. 26 INDONESIA. Asia quake death toll 13,000
Dec. 27 SRI LANKA. Asia quake death toll tops 23,000
Dec. 28 SRI LANKA. Tsunami toll rises above 33,000

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DETAILS:
(See more at World Disasters Timeline:
http://www.mapreport.com/subtopics/d.html)

Jan. 3
IRAN. Woman, 97, found alive in quake ruins
8 days after an earthquake, a woman was pulled alive from the rubble by
rescue workers with Red Crescent Society:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast...uake/index.html

Jan. 8
IRAN. Man found alive in quake rubble
13 days after being buried underneath rubble, a 56-year old was found
alive but in poor health in the city of Bam:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast...ivor/index.html

Jan. 16
VIETNAM. WHO: 4th death linked to bird flu
The latest fatality is a 5-year-old boy from Nam Dinh province:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiap....flu/index.html

Feb. 1
SAUDI ARABIA. Hajj stampede: 244 pilgrims dead
The stampede at a stone-throwing ritual lasted for 27 minutes before the
crowd was brought under control:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast...pede/index.html

Feb. 14
MOSCOW. Roof collapse kills 26
The glass roof was covering a bustling water park, the Transvaal Park.
110 injured:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europ...apse/index.html

Feb. 18
IRAN. Train blast destroys villages, 300 killed
A runaway train cars filled with fuel and chemicals derailed and
exploded, destroying 5 nearby villages:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast...rain/index.html

Feb. 23
MOROCCO. Quake kills 600
A strong earthquake shook northern Morocco around the Mediterranean port
city of Al Hoceima:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/afric...uake/index.html

Feb. 26
MACEDONIA. President Trajkovski killed in plane crash
There were no survivors among Trajkovski, 6 of his aides and the 2 pilots:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europ...rash/index.html

Apr. 22
NORTH KOREA. Many casualties in train crash
2 trains carrying flammable materials have exploded in a station and
leaves up to 3,000 people dead or injured:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiap...rain/index.html

May. 23
FRANCE. Deadly Paris airport roof collapse
At least 5 people were killed when a massive section of a vaulted
ceiling collapsed at a new passenger terminal:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europ...apse/index.html

May. 27
HAITI. 1,000 people feared dead in flood town
At least 300 bodies have been found so far in the town of Mapou:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3755643.stm

Jun. 24
IRAN. 70 dead in tanker horror smash
A tanker truck full of gasoline has crashed into public buses in
southeast Iran. 84 people were hurt:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast...h.ap/index.html

Jul. 13
BANGLADESH. Flood havoc mounts in South Asia
More than 10 million people are battling what some officials are calling
the worst monsoon floods for over a decade:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3888953.stm

Jul. 16
INDIA. School blaze kills 90
Mostly children aged between 4 and 9 have been killed after a fire swept
through a school:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiap...fire/index.html

Aug. 1
PARAGUAY. Supermarket fire death toll tops 300
The fire broke out at the Ycua Bolanos supermarket while it was crowded
with Sunday shoppers. Dozens were injured:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/ameri....int/index.html

Aug. 14
FLORIDA. Hurricane Charley death toll at 13
Charley made landfall with winds of 145 mph. At its worst, Hurricane
gusts topped 180 mph in Punta Gorda

Aug. 24
RUSSIA. Two passenger jets crash
2 planes have crashed in nearly simultaneous incidents, with as many as
94 people feared killed:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europ...rash/index.html

Sep. 7
CHINA. Flood deaths mount to 143
About 60 people are missing in flash floods and landslides triggered by
torrential rains:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3636426.stm

Sep. 11
GREECE. Top cleric feared killed in helicopter crash
Patriarch of Alexandria, a top leader of the Greek Orthodox church, was
among feared killed off northern Greece

JAMAICA. Hurricane Ivan batters Jamaica
Powerful Hurricane brushed past Jamaica, lashing the island with heavy
rain and maximum sustained winds of 150 mph:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/...ivan/index.html

Sep. 11
NORTH KOREA. Big blast reported
A big explosion rocked a northern province near the border with China on
the 56th anniversary of the country founding:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3648794.stm

Sep. 12
CARIBBEAN. Ivan surges toward Cayman Islands
Hurricane, blamed for at least 41 deaths in the Caribbean, pounded the
Cayman Islands

Sep. 13
CUBA. Hurricane batters Cuba
Ivan, packing maximum sustained winds near 160 mph is toppling power
lines, uprooting trees and causing extensive flooding

Sep. 17
USA. U.S. death toll at least 22 in Ivan's wake
Residents in 5 states face homes sheared from their pilings, power
outages, floodwaters, looters and a missing alligator:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3664436.stm

Sep. 19
HAITI. Jeanne batters Haiti; 54 dead
Tropical Storm is leaving another 150 unaccounted for, triggering
massive flooding and mudslides

Sep. 20
HAITI. Flood death toll nears 600
At least 556 people died after floodwaters raged in the wake of tropical
storm Jeanne

Sep. 22
HAITI. Jeanne leaves more than 1,050 dead
Workers used dump trucks to empty more than 100 bodies into a
14-foot-deep hole. Up to 1,250 people still missing:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/ameri...e.ap/index.html

Sep. 25
FLORIDA. Jeanne eyewall hits Florida
A dangerous Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds near 115 mph,
began its assault on the state east coast:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/...anne/index.html

Oct. 4
TUNISIA. Many drown as migrant ship sinks
Their boat sank while trying to reach Italy illegally. Another 47 are
missing, presumed drowned:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3712696.stm

Oct. 17
SUDAN. Report: Up to 70,000 dead in Darfur
The WHO: Up to 70,000 refugees have died since March 1 due to various
causes, including diseases and malnutrition:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/afric...udan/index.html

Oct. 20
CHINA. 56 die, 150 missing in blast
A gas explosion in a coal mine occurred at the Daping mine in China's
Henan province:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiap...sion/index.html

Oct. 20
JAPAN. Typhoon kills at least 48
Typhoon Tokage lashed the country with heavy rains that set off
landslides and forced thousands to flee homes:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3759624.stm

Oct. 23
JAPAN. Quakes: Death toll rising to 15
A series of earthquakes and aftershocks injuring more than 700 as
buildings crumbled and a bullet train derailed:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiap...s.ap/index.html

Oct. 26
THAILAND. 78 die after riot
People were suffocated or crushed to death after being arrested and
packed into police trucks in Muslim-dominated south:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiap...e.ap/index.html

Nov. 10
IVORY COAST. Foreigners flee Ivory Coast
The U.N. and France have begun mass evacuations of U.N. staff and
foreign nationals following days of violence:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/afric...tion/index.html

Nov. 20
CHINA. 53 die in plane crash
A China Eastern Airlines jet has crashed into a frozen lake in Inner
Mongolia seconds after takeoff

Nov. 27
CHINA. Mine blast traps 187
A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in the state-owned Chenjiashan
coal mine in Shaanxi province:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiap...e.ap/index.html

Nov. 28
CHINA. Battle to rescue miners

Nov. 30
PHILIPPINES. Storm kills 1000
50 others missing after landslides and flash floods in the eastern
Philippines:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiap...torm/index.html

Dec. 20
PERU. Bus crash kills 49

Dec. 23
NIGERIA. '20 die' in fuel blaze

Dec. 25
INDONESIA. 9.0 Quake leaves 60,000 dead
People across Asia are flocking to morgues seeking lost loved ones after
tsunamis swept across the Indian Ocean:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiap...uake/index.html

Dec. 26
SRI LANKA. Asia quake death toll tops 4,700
Massive tsunamis triggered by the largest earthquake wiped out coastal
areas across Southeast Asia:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiap...uake/index.html

Dec. 26
INDONESIA. Asia quake death toll 13,000
Massive tsunamis triggered by the largest earthquake to shake the planet
in more than 40 years wiped out coastal areas:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiap...uake/index.html

Dec. 27
SRI LANKA. Asia quake death toll tops 23,000
Weeping residents combed through debris and stunned tourists meandered
through litter-strewn streets

UN. UN mobilising biggest relief operation

Dec. 27
SRI LANKA. Survivors face disease threat

Dec. 28
SRI LANKA. Tsunami toll rises above 33,000
The international community scrambles to help the region cope with the
disaster

SOUTHEAST ASIA. Quake prompts massive aid effort

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Mikhail Sidorin
See links to more details at World Disasters Timeline:
http://www.mapreport.com/subtopics/d.html

Blippie

2005-01-01, 7:11 pm

In a morbid way, I always look forward to these regular posts.

Cheers

Blippie
--
Ten minutes of this rain will do more good in half an hour than a fortnight
of ordinary rain in a month.

Blippie

2005-01-06, 11:09 am

In a morbid way, I always look forward to these regular posts.

Cheers

Blippie
--
Ten minutes of this rain will do more good in half an hour than a fortnight
of ordinary rain in a month.