It is considered the worst nuclear disaster Catastrophe in history and is one of only two nuclear energy disasters Catastrophe rated at seven—the maximum severity—on the International Nuclear Event Scale , the other being the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster Catastrophe in Japan .

The 2013 Colorado floods Catastrophe were a series of natural disasters Catastrophe occurring Coming_to_be in the U.S. state of Colorado .

Her sinking Motion two hours and forty minutes later at 02:20 ( ship 's time ; 05:18 GMT ) on Monday , 15 April , resulted Causation in the deaths of more than 1,500 people , making it one of the deadliest peacetime marine disasters Catastrophe in history .

For a time , geopolitical events Confronting_problem and natural disasters Catastrophe had strong short-term effects Influence on oil prices Cost , such as North Korean missile tests Testing , the 2006 conflict Hostile_encounter between Israel and Lebanon , worries over Iranian nuclear plans Arranging in 2006 , Hurricane Catastrophe Katrina Catastrophe , and various other factors .

The shock Catastrophe measured 5.6 on the Richter magnitude scale and was one of Australia 's most serious natural disasters Catastrophe , killing Killing 13 people and injuring Bodily_harm more than 160 .

Throughout 2014 and the first 6 months of 2015 , 18 fires Catastrophe were declared Expressing_publicly `` national disasters '' affecting Influence a total of 68 local government areas across New South Wales , South Australia , Victoria and the Northern Territory .

The Johannisthal air disaster was one of the first multiple-fatality air disasters in history .

Initially forecast Statement to remain offshore , the system curved Motion_directional northeast and moved Motion ashore , becoming Becoming one of Mexico 's worst natural disasters Catastrophe at the time .

The hurricane Catastrophe is considered one of the worst natural disasters in Cuban history .

The death Death toll in Sweden was 7 victims Death , making it Causation one of the biggest environmental disasters Catastrophe in Swedish history , while four were killed Killing in Denmark and one in Estonia .

cyclone sidr ( jtwc designation : unk , also known as extremely severe cyclonic storm sidr ) was a tropical cyclone Catastrophe that resulted in Causation one of the worst natural disasters in bangladesh .

The death Death toll remains the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California 's history and high in the lists of American disasters .

Tropical Cyclone Alan was considered to be one of the worst natural disasters Catastrophe experienced Change_sentiment in French Polynesia .

Ash Wednesday was one of Australia 's costliest natural disasters Catastrophe .

It failed when seven transports and one storeship were wrecked Destroying and some 850 soldiers drowned Killing in one of the worst naval disasters in British history .