Disasters

Natural catastrophes and man-made calamities have caused loss of life and destruction throughout human history.

A large passenger ferry on the Baltic Sea
852 die as the Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea

Disasters
Challenger space shuttle explodes in a cloud of smoke
Challenger space shuttle explodes

Disasters
A wide angle shot of the destruction of buildings as a result of a hurricane
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans

Disasters
Woman walks through a passageway amongst houses flattened by the hurricane.
Galveston, Texas devastated by hurricane

Disasters
Modern photo of Krakatau erupting
Krakatau erupts

Disasters
Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens erupts

Disasters
Old photograph of the Titanic
New video footage of Titanic wreckage revealed

Disasters
Two days after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Tsunami sweeps through Asia

Disasters
Abandoned brick houses in the village of Karmadon. Karmadon gorge. North Ossetia Alania Republic, Russia.
Avalanche thunders into Russian village

Disasters
From E.C. Barrett's Climatology from Satellites,
Typhoon ravages Bangladesh

Disasters
Olympic rings at Kiel Schilksee Olympic Centre

The story of the Munich Massacre, the Olympics' darkest day

Disasters
Large queue of people outside a shop serving free soup, coffee and doughnuts during the Great Depression.

Six decades worse than the 2020s

Disasters
RMS Lusitania torpedoed by a German submarine

The deadliest shipwrecks in history

Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter
Rendering of the Titanic on the ocean next to a photo of J. Bruce Ismay, president of the White Star Line - Shutterstock

The Titanic's biggest heroes and worst villains

Disasters
Professor Alice Roberts

Everything you need to know about Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Curse of the Ancients
The Triumph of Death

What was the worst year in history?

Disasters
The Hindenburg disaster - three air disasters caught on camera

Crash and burn: three air disasters caught on camera

Disasters
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Molly Brown

Disasters
The Charge of the Light Brigade

What was the worst military decision in history?

Battles
Charles Lightloller

The Second Officer who survived Titanic and saved 130 lives at Dunkirk

Battles
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What Would Happen if a Supervolcano Erupted?

Apocalypse How
Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum by John Martin

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and the destruction of Pompeii

Ancient History
Lower Matlock Wheel - Malcolm Nunn

The Great Sheffield Flood

Disasters
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Top Five Worst Man-Made Disasters

James Nesbitt Disasters That Changed Britain
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The Day London Vanished

Popular Culture
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Remembering the Heysel Stadium Disaster

Sport

The Unsung Heroes of 9/11

Road to 911
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10 Things You May Not Know About the Titanic

Billion Dollar Wreck