ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS

  • Dust bow (United States)

    Dust bow (United States)
    Due to wrong management of resources by farmers , mixed with a natural phenomenon of prolonged drought.
  • Toxic Cloud Of Seveso ( Italy )

    Toxic Cloud Of Seveso ( Italy )
    On July 10, 1976 there was a toxic cloud of Seveso. In Italy,
    skin disease- chloracne,
  • Colombian Earthquake

    Colombian Earthquake
    Powerful tsunamI that struck the coasts of the departments of Nariño and Cauca, especially the area between Guapí and San Juan de la Costa.
  • Disaster Of Bhopal

    Disaster Of Bhopal
    There was a chemical leak from a pesticide plant in India, causing the release of a toxic gas
  • Disaster Of Armero

    Disaster Of Armero
    The natural disaster of Amero is the second most deadly volcanic eruption of the twentieth century, leaving behind more than 20,000 dead.
  • Disaster Of Chernobyl (Ukraine)

    Disaster Of Chernobyl (Ukraine)
    On April 26, an increase in power in reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (Ukraine) overheated the nuclear reactor, causing a hydrogen explosion and ejecting radioactive toxic materials.
  • Ship Oll Spill Exxon Valdez (Alaska)

    Ship Oll Spill Exxon Valdez (Alaska)
    On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez ran aground on a ship along the Prince William Sound in Alaska, with 41 million gallons of crude
  • Kuwait Oll Fires

    Kuwait Oll Fires
    Around 700 oil wells were set on fire by the retreating Iraqi army and the fires were not completely extinguished until November 6, 1991, eight months after the end of the war.
  • Spill Guif Of Mexico

    Spill Guif Of Mexico
    An explosion on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum, killed 11 workers and broke the Macondo well, which caused the worst oil spill offshore in history.
  • Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

    Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
    The earthquake and tsunami in Japan caused severe damage to the Central Fukushima, which implies technological failures that ultimately caused the total loss of control of the plant and its reactors, causing one of the largest nuclear disasters
  • Disaster Of Mocoa

    Disaster Of Mocoa
    Heavy rains caused the overflows of the Mocoa, Mulato and Sancoyaco rivers, generating landslides and mudflows in several sectors of the municipal capital that caused the destruction of houses, bridges and dragged vehicles in its path