List of building and structure collapses

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This is a list of non-deliberate structural failures and collapses of buildings and other structures including bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers.

## Antiquity to the Middle Ages

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226 BCE | Colossus of Rhodes Collapse | City of Rhodes, Island of Rhodes | Statue |
27 | Fidenae amphitheatre collapse | Fidenae, Italia, Roman Empire | Amphitheatre | ~20,000 dead
ca. 27–30 | Tower of Siloam | Jerusalem, Judea, Roman Empire  | Tower | 18 dead
140 | Upper tier collapse of the Circus Maximus | Rome, Italia, Roman Empire  | Amphitheatre | ~13,000 dead
312 | Milvian Bridge | Rome, Italy  | Bridge |
558 | Dome of Hagia Sophia | Constantinople, Byzantine Empire | Church |
1091 | London Bridge | London, England  | Bridge
1275  | St. Servatius Bridge | Maastricht, Netherlands | Bridge  | ~400 dead
1284 | Choir of Beauvais Cathedral | Beauvais, France | Church |
1303 | Lighthouse of Alexandria | Alexandria, Mamluk Sultanate (now Egypt)  | Tower |
1322 | Ely Cathedral Tower collapse | Ely, Cambridgeshire, England | Church |
1342 | Judith Bridge | Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia | Bridge |
1382 | Bell tower of St. Mary's Church | Stralsund, Duchy of Pomerania, Hanseatic League | Church |
1444 | Rialto Bridge | Venice, Republic of Venice | Bridge |
1500 | Malmesbury Abbey | Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England  | Church |
1529 | St Elizabeth's Church | Breslau, Silesia, Hapsburg lands, Holy Roman Empire (now Poland)  | Church |
1549 | Lincoln Cathedral | Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England  | Church |
1573 | Tower of Beauvais Cathedral | Beauvais, France  | Church |
1577 | Martinikerk | Groningen, free city, Spanish Netherlands | Church |

## 17th–19th centuries

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1625 | Tower of St. Olaf's Church | Tallinn, Sweden (now Estonia)  | Church |
1647 | Tower of St. Mary's Church | Stralsund, Duchy of Pomerania | Church |
1661 | Tower of St. Reinold's Church | Dortmund, Hanseatic League  | Church |
1666 | St. Peter's Church | Riga, Sweden (now Latvia)  | Church | 8 buried in rubble
17th century | Abbaye-aux-Hommes | Caen, France  | Church |
1674 | Nave of the Dom Church | Utrecht, Netherlands  | Church |
1697 | Tower of St. Michael's Church | Klausenburg, Habsburg monarchy (now Romania)  | Church |
1713 | St. Mary's Church | Twickenham, England, Great Britain | Church |
ca. 1715 | Marsalforn Tower | Xagħra, Gozo, Malta | Tower |
1721 | St. Peter's Church | Riga, Sweden/Russia (now Latvia)  | Church |
1763 | Tower of St. Michael's Church | Klausenburg, Habsburg monarchy (now Romania)  | Church |
1807 | Eitai Bridge | Tokyo, Japan  | Bridge | 500–2,000 dead
1809 | Ponte das Barcas | Porto, Portugal  | Bridge | 4,000 dead
1821 | Saalebrücke bei Mönchen-Nienburg | Nienburg, Germany  | Bridge | 55 dead
1831 | Broughton Suspension Bridge | Broughton, Greater Manchester, England, UK  | Bridge | 0 dead, 20 injured
1845 | Yarmouth suspension bridge | Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK  | Bridge | 79 dead
1847 | Dee bridge disaster | Chester, England, UK  | Bridge | 5 dead, 9 injured
1850 | Angers Bridge | Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France  | Bridge | 226 dead
1854 | Wheeling Suspension Bridge | Wheeling, West Virginia, United States  | Bridge |
1860 | Pemberton Mill | Lawrence, Massachusetts, US  |  | ~145 dead, ~166 injured
1860 | Wootton bridge collapse | Wootton, Warwickshire, England, UK  | Bridge | 2 dead
1860 | Bull bridge accident | Ambergate, Derbyshire, England, UK | Bridge |
1861 | Chichester Cathedral spire collapse | Chichester, West Sussex, UK  | Church |
1863 | Chunky Creek Bridge | between Meridian and Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States | Bridge
1864 | Dale Dike Reservoir | South Yorkshire, England, UK  | Dam | 240+ dead[1]
1868 | Saint Peter's Church spire collapse | Fritzlar, Hesse, Prussia, North German Confederation | Church | 21 dead, 31 injured
1870 | 1870 Virginia Capitol collapse | Richmond, Virginia, US  | Government building | 62 dead, 251 injured
1873 | Dixon Bridge Disaster | Dixon, Illinois, United States  | Bridge | 46 dead, 56 injured
1876 | Ashtabula River railroad disaster | Ashtabula, Ohio, US |  | 92 dead, 64 injured
1879 | Tay Bridge disaster | Dundee, Scotland | Bridge | ~75 dead, With 60 known
1887 | Bussey bridge disaster | Boston, Massachusetts, US  | Bridge | 38 dead, 40 injured
1888 | Big Four Bridge | Kentucky, United States  | Bridge | 37 dead
1889 | South Fork Dam | Johnstown, Pennsylvania, US  | Dam | 2,209 dead
1890 | Walnut Grove Dam[2] | Wickenburg, Arizona Territory, US  | Dam | 100–150 dead
1891 | Münchenstein rail disaster | Münchenstein, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland | Bridge | 73 dead, 171 injured
1895 | Ireland Building | New York City, New York, US | Office building | 16 dead, 12 injured
1896 | Point Ellice Bridge disaster | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | Bridge | 55 dead
1897 | Maddur Railway Bridge | Maddur, India  | Bridge | 150 dead

## 1900–1949

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1900 | 1900 Big Game disaster | San Francisco, California, United States  | Factory | 23 dead, 100+ injured
1902 | St. Mark's Campanile | Venice, Italy |  |
1902 | Ibrox disaster | Glasgow, Scotland, UK | Stadium | 25 dead, 500+ injured
1903 | North Inch disaster | Perth, Scotland, UK | Stadium | 150+ injured
1904 | Eden railroad bridge collapse | Eden, Colorado, US  | Bridge | 111 dead
1905 | Egyptian Bridge | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Bridge |
1905 | Portage Canal Swing Bridge | Houghton, Michigan, United States  | Bridge |
1905 | Grover Shoe Factory | Brockton, Massachusetts, US  | Factory | 58 dead, 150 injured
1906 | National Electric Signaling Company mast | Machrihanish, Scotland  | Guyed mast |
1906 | Amsden Building | Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.  | Office building | 13 dead, 8 injured
1907 | Quebec Bridge | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada  | Bridge | 75 dead, 11 injured
1911 | Romanov Bridge | Zelenodolsk, Russian Empire  | Bridge | 13 dead
1912 | Mast of Nauen Transmitter Station | Nauen, Germany | Radio tower |
1915 | Division Street Bridge | Spokane, Washington, US  | Bridge | 5 dead, 12 injured
1916 | Quebec Bridge | Quebec City, Canada  | Bridge | 13 dead
1919 | Molasses Tank | Boston, Massachusetts, US | Tank | 21 dead, 150 injured
1921 | Shukhov Tower (under construction) | Moscow, Russia | Radio tower |
1922 | Knickerbocker Theatre | Washington, D.C., US | Cinema building | 98 dead, 133 injured
1925 | Three masts of Norddeich Transmitting Station | Norddeich, Germany | Radio tower |
1925 | Pickwick Club | Boston, Massachusetts, US | Building | 44 dead, 24 injured
1927 | Western mast of Deutschlandsender Zeesen | Zeesen, Germany | Guyed mast |
1928 | St. Francis Dam | Santa Clarita, California, US  | Dam | ~600 dead[3]
1930 | Towers of Sender Stadelheim | Munich, Germany | Radio tower |
1935 | Wooden tower of Rundfunksender Langenberg | Langenberg (Rheinland), Germany | Radio tower |
1937 | New London School | New London, Texas, US | School | ~300 dead
1938 | Kugaiza Cinema collapse [ja] | Tokamachi, Niigata, Japan | Cinema building | 69 dead, 92 injured
1939 | Sandö Bridge | Kramfors, Ångermanland, Sweden | Bridge | 18 dead
1939 | Collapse of Utbremen Radio Tower | Bremen, Germany | Radio tower |
1940 | First Tacoma Narrows Bridge | Tacoma, Washington, US  | Bridge |
1940 | Theodor Heuss Bridge | Ludwigshafen, Germany  | Bridge |
1945 | Hindenburg Bridge | Cologne, Germany  | Bridge | Unknown
1945 | Ludendorff Bridge | Remagen, Germany  | Bridge | ~18–33 dead, ~63–93 injured
1949 | Two masts of the Langenberg transmission tower | Langenberg (Rheinland), Germany | Radio tower |
1949 | Inotani wire bridge | Toyama, Toyama, Japan  | Bridge | 29 dead
1949 | Mast of the Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt | Hamburg, West Germany | Radio tower |

## 1950–1979

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1951 | Duplessis bridge collapse | Quebec, Canada | Bridge | 4 dead
1953 | Tangiwai Bridge | Tangiwai, New Zealand | Bridge | 151 dead
1957 | WSM-TV Tower | Nashville, Tennessee, US | Guyed mast (under construction) | 4 dead
1957 | Rail bridge near St Johns railway station | Lewisham, London, UK | Bridge | 90 dead, 173 injured
1958 | Second Narrows Bridge | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Bridge | 19 dead
1958 | LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach | Carolina Beach, North Carolina, US | Radio tower |
1958 | Collapse of the Ochsenkopf Transmitter | Ochsenkopf, Germany | Guyed mast |
1959 | Vega de Tera | Ribadelago, Spain | Dam | 144 dead
1959 | Malpasset | Côte d'Azur, France | Dam | 423 dead
1959  | October cinema collapse [ru] | Bryansk, USSR  | Cinema  | 46 dead, at least 123 injured
1960 | KOBR-TV Tower | Caprock, New Mexico, US | Guyed mast |
1962 | LORAN-C transmitter Ejde | Ejde, Faroe Islands, Denmark | Radio tower |
1962 | King Street Bridge | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Bridge |
1963 | Beaver Dam Bridge | Murdochville, Quebec, Canada | Bridge | 6 dead
1963 | Vajont Dam | Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy | Dam | ~1,900–2,500 dead
1963 | Baldwin Hills Reservoir | Los Angeles, California, US | Dam | 5 dead
1964 | General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge | Maracaibo, Venezuela | Bridge |
1965 | Mast of Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter | Iwo Jima, Ogasawara Subprefecture, Japan | Radio tower | 6 dead
1966 | Heron Road Bridge | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Bridge | 9 dead, 60+ injured
1967 | Queen Juliana Bridge | Willemstad, Curaçao | Bridge | 15 dead
1967 | Waltham transmitting station | Waltham, UK | Guyed mast |
1967 | Silver Bridge | Point Pleasant, West Virginia, US | Bridge | 46 dead
1968 | Ronan Point collapse | London, UK | High rise | 4 dead, 17 injured
1968 | KELO TV Tower | Rowena, South Dakota, US | Guyed mast |
1969 | FM-/TV-Mast of Marnach transmitter | Marnach, Luxembourg | Guyed mast |
1969 | Emley Moor TV mast collapse | Emley, West Yorkshire, UK | Guyed mast |
1970 | Orlunda radio transmitter central mast collapse | Orlunda, Sweden | Guyed mast |
1970 | West Gate Bridge | Melbourne, Australia | Bridge | 35 dead, 18 injured
1970 | Britannia Bridge | Menai Strait, Wales, UK | Bridge |
1970 | Cleddau Bridge | Pembroke Dock and Neyland, Wales, UK | Bridge | 4 dead, 5 injured
1970 | Wau Apartment collapse [ko] | Seoul, South Korea | Residential building | 34 dead, 40 injured
1971 | 2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse | Boston, Massachusetts, US | Condominium building under construction | 4 dead, 30 injured
1971 | South Bridge [de] | Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany | Bridge under construction | 13 dead, 13 injured
1971 | 1971 Certej dam failure | Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania | Dam | 89 dead, 76 injured
1972 | Buffalo Creek Flood | West Virginia, US | Dam | 125 dead, 1,121 injured
1972 | Königs Wusterhausen Central Tower | Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany | Lattice tower |
1973  | Skyline Towers collapse | Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia, US  | Building under construction  | 14 dead, 35 injured
1973 | Broadway Central Hotel, Mercer Arts Center | New York, NY, US | Hotel and theaters | 4 dead, at least 12 injured
1973 | Zeulenroda Artificial Lake bridge | Zeulenroda, East Germany (GDR) | Bridge (under construction) | 4 dead
1974 | Makahali River bridge | Baitadi, Nepal | Bridge | 140 dead
1974 | Miami DEA building collapse | Miami, US | 4-story office building | 7 dead[4]
1975 | Tasman Bridge disaster | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | Bridge | 12 dead
1975 | Banqiao and Shimantan Dams | Zhumadian, Henan, China | Dam | ~85,600 to 240,000 dead
1976 | Teton Dam | Idaho, US | Earthen dam | 11 dead
1976 | Sendeanlage Burg SL-3 | Burg bei Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, East Germany | Guyed mast |
1976 | Reichsbrücke | Vienna, Austria | Bridge | 1 dead
1976 | Pic de Nore transmitter | Pic de Nore, France | Guyed mast |
1977 | KSLA-TV Tower | Mooringsport, Louisiana, US | Guyed mast |
1977 | Kelly Barnes Dam | Georgia, US | Dam | 39 dead
1977  | Granville rail disaster | Granville, NSW, Australia  | Bridge  | 83 dead (including an unborn child), 213 injured
1977  | Pushkino bridge collapse [ru] | Pushkino, Moscow Oblast, USSR  | Bridge  | 23 dead, 125 injured
1978 | Hartford Civic Center | Hartford, Connecticut, US | Arena |
1978 | Sender Zehlendorf | Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, East Germany | Guyed mast |
1978 | Willow Island Cooling Tower | Willow Island, West Virginia, US | Cooling tower under construction | 51 dead
1978 | Connor Hotel | Joplin, Missouri, US | Hotel slated for demolition | 2 dead, 1 injured
1979 | Penmanshiel Tunnel | Grantshouse, Scottish Borders, UK | Tunnel | 2 dead
1979 | Kemper Arena | Kansas City, Missouri, US | Stadium |
1979 | Sender Krasch | Bernklau, Czechoslovakia (now part of Czech Republic) | Guyed mast |
1979 | Blåbärskullen transmitter | Sunne, Sweden | Pinnacle of guyed mast |

## 1980–1999

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1980 | Almö Bridge | Stenungsund, Sweden | Bridge | 8 dead
1980 | Corralejas stadium collapse | Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia | Stadium | 200+ dead
1980 | Hayakawa wire bridge | Saito, Kyūshū, Japan | Bridge (suspension) | 7 dead
1980 | House of World Cultures | West Berlin, West Germany | Building | 1 dead
1980 | Sunshine Skyway Bridge | Tampa Bay, Florida, US | Bridge | 35 dead
1981 | Harbor Cay Condominium collapse | Cocoa Beach, Florida, US | Building | 11 dead, 23 injured
1981 | Hyatt Regency walkway collapse | Kansas City, Missouri, US | Walkway | 114 dead, 216 injured
1981 | Chimney of Matla Power Station | Mpumalanga, South Africa | Chimney | 4 dead
1982 | Aviamotornaya escalator collapse | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | Escalator | At least 8 dead, at least 30 injured
1982 | Lawn Lake Dam | Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, US | Dam | 3 dead
1982 | Tous Dam | Valencia, Spain | Dam | 30+ dead or injured
1982 | Senior Road Tower collapse | Missouri City, Texas, US | Guyed mast | 5 dead
1982 | Sophia Gardens Pavilion | Cardiff, Wales, UK | Concert hall |
1983 | Mianus River Bridge | Greenwich, Connecticut, US | Bridge | 3 dead, 3 injured
1983 | CKX-TV Craig Television Tower | Souris, Manitoba, Canada | Guyed mast |
1983 | Wavre TV Mast | Wavre, Belgium | Guyed mast |
1983  | Kurgan dormitory collapse [ru] | Kurgan, USSR  | Dormitory  | 15 dead
1985 | Val di Stava Dam collapse | Italy | Dam | 268 dead
1985 | Apartment building collapse | Castellaneta, Italy | Apartment building | 21 dead, 9 injured[5]
1986 | Hotel New World Disaster | Little India near Serangoon Road, Singapore | Hotel | 33 dead, 17 injured
1987 | L'Ambiance Plaza collapse | Bridgeport, Connecticut, US | Residential tower | 28 dead
1987 | Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse | Fort Hunter, New York, US | Bridge | 10 dead
1988 | Dzhrashen School | Spitak, Armenia | Elementary school | 400 dead[6]
1988 | Multrå transmitter | Sollefteå, Sweden | Pinnacle of guyed mast |
1988 | Mainbrücke Stockstadt (Aschaffenburg Main River Freeway Bridge) | Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, West Germany | Bridge under construction | 1 dead
1988 | Station Square collapse (Save-On-Foods collapse) | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | Rooftop parking structure | 21 injured
1988 | Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge | Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia | Bridge |
1988 | Green Bank Telescope | Green Bank, West Virginia, US  | Parabolic dish (diameter: 90.44 m (297 ft)) |
1989 | Tennessee Hatchie River Bridge | Tennessee, US | Bridge | 8 dead
1989 | Civic Tower | Italy | Tower | 4 dead, 15 injured
1989 | Cypress Street Viaduct | Oakland, California, US | Bridge | 42 dead
1991 | Astram Line steel bridge | Hiroshima, Japan | Bridge | 15 dead
1991 | Festival Pier | London, England, UK | Pier |
1991 | Warsaw Radio Mast collapse | Gąbin, Poland | Guyed mast (646 m (2,119 ft)) |
1992 | Armand Césari Stadium disaster | Bastia, Haute-Corse, France | Stadium | 18 dead, 2,300+ injured
1993 | Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter mast collapse | Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | Mast |
1993 | Collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel | Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand | Hotel | 137 dead, 227 injured
1993 | Highland Towers collapse (Block 1) | Selangor, Malaysia | Residential tower | At least 48 dead, unknown injured
1994 | Casino supermarket collapse | Nice, France | Roof of the commercial building | 2 dead, 94 injured
1994 | Retirement home collapse | Motta Visconti, Italy | Retirement home | 27 dead
1994 | Marja store collapse | Tallinn, Estonia | Commercial building | 5 dead
1994 | Seongsu Bridge disaster | Seoul, South Korea | Bridge | 32 dead, 17 injured
1995 | Cave Creek disaster | Paparoa National Park, New Zealand | Viewing platform | 14 dead, 4 injured
1995 | Sampoong Department Store collapse | Seoul, South Korea | Commercial building | 502 dead, 1,445 injured
1995 | Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building | Oklahoma City, US | Government building | 168 dead, 680 injured
1995  | Taganrog Iron & Steel Factory collapse  | Taganrog, Russia | Factory  | 14 dead, 17 injured
1996 | Baikong Railway bridge | Ruyuan County, Guangdong, China | Bridge | 29 dead
1996 | Koror-Babeldaob Bridge | Koror and Babeldaob, Palau | Bridge | 2 dead
1996 | Walnut Street Bridge collapse | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US | Bridge |
1997 | Opuha Dam | New Zealand | Dam |
1997 | Maccabiah bridge collapse | Tel Aviv, Israel | Bridge | 4 dead, 62 injured
1997 | University of Virginia Lawn pavilion | Charlottesville, Virginia | Balcony collapse | 1 dead, 24 injured
1997 | KXJB-TV mast collapse | Traill County, North Dakota, US | Guyed mast |
1997 | WLBT Tower collapse | Raymond, Mississippi, US | Tower | 3 dead
1997 | Knick-Ei | Halstenbek, Germany | Sports hall |
1998 | Palace II collapse | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Residential tower | 8 dead
1998 | Knick-Ei | Halstenbek, Germany | Sports hall |
1998 | Chimney of Rutenberg Power Station | Ashkelon, Israel | Chimney (under construction) | 9 dead
1998 | Eschede train disaster | Eschede, Germany | Bridge | 101 dead, 88 injured
1998  | Nalchik sport center balcony collapse  | Nalchik, Russia  | Balcony in sport center  | 23 dead, 47 injured
1999 | Gdynia Shipyard crane crash | Gdynia, Poland | Crane |
1999 | Via Giotto in Foggia building collapse | Foggia, Italy | Residential building | 67 dead, 3 injured
1999  | Aggie Bonfire collapse | College Station, Texas, US  | Bonfire  | 12 dead, 27 injured
1999 | Big Blue Crane collapse | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US | Crane | 3 dead, 5 Injured
1999 | Ricomex Factory collapse | Mount Parnitha, Athens, Greece | Factory | 39 dead

## 2000–2009

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2000 | 2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill | Baia Mare, Romania | Embankment dam |
2000 | Pier Number 34 (Club Heat) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | Pier converted to nightclub | 3 dead, dozens injured
2000 | Boulevard du Souvenir overpass collapse over Highway 15 | Laval, Quebec, Canada | Overpass | 1 dead, 2 injured
2000 | 1601 Park Avenue apartment building collapse | Los Angeles, California | Residential apartment building | 1 dead, 36 injured
2000 | Hoan Bridge | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US | Bridge |
2000 | Lowe's Motor Speedway | Concord, North Carolina, US  | Bridge | 107 Injured
2001 | Hintze Ribeiro Bridge | Entre-os-Rios, Castelo de Paiva, Portugal | Bridge | 59 dead
2001 | Versailles wedding hall collapse | Jerusalem, Israel | Wedding hall | 23 dead, 380 injured
2001 | Queen Isabella Causeway | Port Isabel and South Padre Island, Texas, US | Bridge | 8 dead
2001 | Kadalundi River rail bridge | India | Bridge | 57 dead
2002 | Buran hangar collapse | Baikonur, Kazakhstan/Russia | Hangar | 8 dead
2002 | I-40 bridge disaster | Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, US | Bridge | 14 dead, 11 injured
2002  | VertiGo | Sandusky, Ohio, US  | Amusement ride[7] |
2003  | Hengzhou Towers | Hengyang, China  | Mixed-use apartment [8] | 20 dead
2003 | Silver Lake Dam failure | Marquette County, Michigan, US | Embankment dam |
2003 | Kinzua Bridge | Kinzua Bridge State Park, Pennsylvania, US | Bridge |
2003 | 2003 Chicago balcony collapse | Chicago, Illinois, US | Balcony | 13 dead, 57 injured
2004 | Big Bay Dam | Mississippi, US  | Dam | [9]
2004 | Camará Dam | Brazil  | Dam | At least 3 dead
2004 | Collapse of the Terminal 2E roof, Charles de Gaulle Airport | Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise, France | Airport terminal | 4 dead, 3 injured
2004 | Transvaal Park | Moscow, Russia | Water park | 28 dead, 193 injured
2004 | Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge crane collapse | Connecticut, US | Bridge-deconstruction crane | 1 dead
2004 | Peterborough radio mast | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK | Guyed mast |
2004 | Nicoll Highway collapse | Kallang, Singapore | Tunnel under construction | 4 dead, 3 injured
2004 | Sai Building | Tondo, Manila, Philippines | 8th-story building |
2005 | Shakidor Dam | Pakistan | Dam | ~70 dead
2005 | Margalla Towers | Islamabad, Pakistan  | Residential building | 78 dead, 100+ injured
2005 | Taum Sauk Reservoir | Lesterville, Missouri, US | Dam | 5 injured
2005 | School No. 4 | Zverevo, Rostov Oblast, Russia | School | 3 dead, 1 injured[10]
2005 | Gerrards Cross Tunnel | Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England, UK | Tunnel |
2005 | Sadaf Manzil | Nagpada, Mumbai, India | Residential building | 11 dead, 24 injured
2005  | Chusovoy swimming pool collapse  | Chusovoy, Russia  | Swimming pool  | 14 dead, 11 injured
2006 | Bad Reichenhall Ice Rink roof collapse | Bad Reichenhall, Germany | Stadium roof | 15 dead, 32 injured
2006 | Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse | Katowice, Poland | Market roof | 65 dead, 170 injured
2006 | Basmanny market roof collapse | Moscow, Russia | Market roof | 66 dead, unknown injured
2006 | 2006 Lagos building collapses | Lagos, Nigeria | Three buildings – one residential, commercial and under construction, respectively | At least 28 dead, at least 86 injured
2006 | Interstate 88 bridge collapse | Unadilla, New York, US | Bridge | 2 dead[11]
2006 | Big Dig ceiling collapse | South Boston, Massachusetts, US | Ceiling tile | 1 dead, 1 injured
2006 | De la Concorde overpass collapse | Laval, Quebec, Canada | Overpass | 5 dead, 6 injured
2007 | Crab House – Floor collapsed into the water | Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, US | Building | 9 injured
2007 | Neurath Power Station Scaffold collapse | Grevenbroich-Neurath, Germany | Power station under construction | 3 dead, 6 injured
2007 | WNEP-TV Tower | Penobscot Knob, Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, US | Guyed mast |
2007 | I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse | Minneapolis, Minnesota, US | Bridge | 13 dead, 145 injured
2007 | Collapse of bridge over the Jiantuo River during construction | Hunan, China | Bridge | 50+ dead, ~90+ injured
2007 | Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge | Cần Thơ, Vietnam | Bridge | 52–59+ dead, 140–189+ injured
2007 | Estádio Fonte Nova | Salvador, Brazil | Stadium | 7 dead, 40 injured
2007 | Charleston Sofa Super Store | Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. | Furniture store | 9 firefighters killed, 18 injured
2008 | Hornslet wind-turbine collapse | Hornslet, Denmark | Wind turbine |
2008 | 303 East 51st Street crane collapse | Manhattan, New York City, US | Crane | 7 dead, 24 injured
2008 | Belyayevka School | Belyayevka, Orenburg Oblast, Russia | School | 5 dead, 4 injured[12]
2008 | Christian rock concert stage collapse | Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada | Stage | 40+ injured
2009 | Historical Archive of the City of Cologne collapse | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Building | 2 dead
2009 | Collapse of Lotus Riverside Block 7 | Shanghai, China | Residential building | 1 dead
2009 | Broadmeadow viaduct | Malahide, Ireland | Bridge |
2009 | Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium | Terengganu, Malaysia | Stadium |
2009 | 2009 Korba chimney collapse | Korba, Chhattisgarh, India |  | At least 45 dead, 7+ injured
2009 | Big Valley Jamboree stage collapse | Camrose, Alberta, Canada | Stage | 1 dead, ~75 injured
2009 | Jaya Supermarket | Petaling Jaya, Malaysia | Supermarket | 7 dead, unknown injured
2009 | Kota Chambal Bridge collapse | Kota, India | Bridge | 48 dead, unknown injured

## 2010–2019

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2010 | Collapse of 45J Ma Tau Wai Road | Hong Kong | Building | 4 dead
2010 | Bab Berdieyinne Mosque minaret collapse | Meknes, Fès-Meknès, Morocco | Religious building |
2010 | Myllysilta (Mill Bridge) | Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland | Bridge |
2010 | Lalita Park building collapse | New Delhi, India | Building |
2010 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome roof collapse | Minneapolis, Minnesota, US | Stadium roof |
2010 | Ikeja City Mall | Lagos, Nigeria | Mall | 5 injured
2010  | Stadium Southland | Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand  | Stadium roof  |
2011 | Lift bridge Waddinxveen | Waddinxveen, Netherlands | Bridge |
2011 | WEAU-TV, WAXX-FM Tower | Fairchild, Wisconsin, US | Guyed mast |
2011 | De Grolsch Veste stadium roof collapse | Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands | Stadium roof | 2 dead, 14 injured
2011 | Ottawa Bluesfest stage collapse | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Stage | 3 injured
2011 | Indiana State Fair stage collapse | Indianapolis, Indiana, US | Stage | 7 dead, 58 injured
2011 | Pukkelpop stage collapse | Hasselt, Flemish Community, Belgium | Stage |
2011 | QAL scaffold collapse | Gladstone, Queensland, Australia | Scaffold |
2011  | PGC Building collapse[13] | Christchurch, South Island New Zealand | Commercial building  | 18 dead
2011 | Canterbury Television Building collapse | Christchurch, South Island New Zealand | Commercial building | 115 dead (collapsed during earthquake)
2011 | Kutai Kartanegara Bridge Collapse | Kutai Kartanegara Regency, Indonesia | Bridge | 20 dead, 39 injured
2011  | O'key hypermarket collapse  | Saint Petersburg, Russia  | Shopping mall  | 1 dead, 17 injured
2012 | Vieira Fazenda office block collapse | Praça Floriano, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Office buildings | 17 dead
2012 | Radiohead stage collapse | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Stage | 1 dead, 3 injured
2012 | Algo Centre Mall | Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada | Shopping mall | 2 dead, 22 injured
2012 | Miami Dade College parking garage | Miami, Florida, US | Parking garage | 4 dead, 7 injured[14]
2012 | Longwave transmitter Europe 1, Mast 2 | Felsberg-Berus, Saarland, Germany | Guyed radio mast |
2012 | Sasago Tunnel | Border of Kōshū and Ōtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan | Ceiling tile | 9 dead, 2 injured
2013 | Dar es Salaam building collapse | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Residential building | 36 dead, 17/18 injured
2013 | Thane building collapse | Thane, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | Building under construction[15][16] | 74 dead, 60–62 injured
2013 | Rana Plaza collapse | Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh | Commercial building[17] | 1,134 dead, 2,500+ injured
2013 | 22nd and Market building collapse | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | Building | 6 dead, 13 injured[18]
2013 | Penang Second Bridge | Penang Island, Malaysia | Bridge | 1 dead, 3 injured
2013 | Row houses collapse 400 block of Daly Street | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | Row houses | 8 injured[19]
2013 | I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse | Skagit County, Washington, US | Bridge | 3 injured[20]
2013 | Building under construction | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Building | At least 6 dead, at least 20 injured[21]
2013 | Residential building | Mumbai, India | Building | At least 61 dead, at least 32 injured[22]
2013 | Collapse of the Space Building | Medellín, Colombia | Residential building | 12 dead[23]
2013 | Maxima superstore | Riga, Latvia | Commercial building | 54 dead[24]
2013 | Apollo Theatre | London, UK | Theatre | 76 injured[25]
2014 | Gyeongju Mauna Resort Gymnasium collapse [ko] | Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea | Gymnasium | 10 dead, 124 injured[26]
2014  | Death of Keane Wallis-Bennett | Edinburgh, Scotland  | Freestanding wall  | 1
2014 | Croce del Papa collapse | Cevo, Italy | Guyed mast (inclined) | 1 dead
2014 | P'yŏngch'ŏn apartment block collapse | Pyongyang, North Korea | Building | 100+ dead (unconfirmed)[27]
2014 | Vilémov Bridge collapse | Vilémov, Czechia | Bridge | 4 dead (cs)
2014 | Synagogue Church building collapse | Lagos, Nigeria | Building | 115 dead[28]
2015 | Military training center barracks | Omsk, Russia | Building | 23 dead[29]
2015 | I-10 bridge collapse | Desert Center, California, US | Bridge | 1 injured[30]
2015 | Mecca crane collapse | Mecca, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia | Crane | 118 dead, 394 injured
2015 | Dharahara (earthquake, 25 May) | Kathmandu, Nepal | 19th-century tower | 200 dead
2015 | Mariana dam disaster | Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Tailings dam | 19 dead, ~16 injured
2016 | Weiguan Jinlong (earthquake, 6 Feb) | Tainan, Taiwan | Residential building | 114 dead
2016  | Perkolo Bridge (sv) | Nord-Fron Municipality (near Sjoe in Sel Municipality), Norway  | Bridge, with trusses and glued laminated timber | 0 dead, 1 injured[31]
2016 | 2016 Lagos building collapse | Lagos, Nigeria | Building under construction |
2016 | Vivekananda Flyover Bridge | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Flyover bridge | [32]
2016 | Hu Fa Kuang Sports Centre, City University of Hong Kong | Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong | Roof collapse | 3 injured[33]
2016 | Fengcheng power station collapse | Fengcheng, Jiangxi, China | Cooling tower under construction | 74 dead, 2 injured[34]
2016  | Copper Lounge building collapse  | Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US  | Building  | 1 dead, 1 injured[35]
2016  | Uyo Church collapse | Uyo, Nigeria | Church  | 60 dead[36]
2017 | Juice Tank | Lebedyan, Russia | Tank
2017 | Plasco Building | Tehran, Iran | Shopping mall | 21 dead, 70 injured, 1 missing
2017 | Troja Pedestrian Bridge collapse | Prague, Czechia | Bridge | 4 injured
2017 | Eindhoven Airport parking garage collapse[37] | Eindhoven, Netherlands | Building under construction  |
2017 | Interstate 85 bridge collapse | Atlanta, Georgia, US | Overpass | No deaths or injuries reported
2017  | Highway overpass collapse during maintenance works[38] | Camerano, Italy | Highway overpass  | 2 dead, 3 injured[39]
2018 | Merriweather Post Pavilion collapse | Columbia, Maryland, US | Pavilion | [40]
2018  | Indonesia Stock Exchange floor collapse  | Jakarta, Indonesia | Suspended walkway  | 72 injured[41]
2018  | Chirajara bridge collapse | Chirajara, Colombia | Partially constructed motorway bridge  | 9 dead, 5 injured[42]
2018  | Cirebon dance hall collapse  | Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia | Building  | 7 dead[43]
2018  | Yun Tsui residential building collapse  | Hualien City, Taiwan | Residential building  | 14 dead[44]
2018  | Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse | Miami, Florida, United States | Walkway  | 6 dead, 9 injured[45]
2018  | Edifício Wilton Paes de Almeida collapse | São Paulo, Brazil  | Building  | At least 7 dead[46]
2018  | Kundal Shahi bridge collapse | Kundal Shahi, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan  | Walkway  | At least 12 dead, 11 injured, unknown missing[47]
2018  | Zhejiang bridge collapse  | Zhejiang, China  | Bridge  | 8 dead, 3 injured[48]
2018  | Ponte Morandi collapse  | Genoa, Italy  | Highway bridge  | 43 dead, 16 injured
2018  | San Giuseppe dei Falegnami collapse  | Rome, Italy  | Church  | 0 dead or injured
2018  | 2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse | Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia  | Apartment building  | 39 dead, 17 injured
2018  | 2018 Marseille building collapse | Marseille, France  | Apartment building  | 8 dead, 2 injured
2019  | 2019 Lagos school collapse | Lagos, Nigeria  | Residential building  | 20 dead, over 60 injured
2019  | Zadra | Zator, Poland  | Roller coaster |
2019  | Notre-Dame de Paris fire | Paris, France  | Cathedral roof and spire collapse  | 3 injured
2019  | Sihanoukville building collapse[49] | Sihanoukville, Cambodia  | Partially constructed building collapse  | 28 dead, 26 injured
2019  | Montana State University gym roofs collapse  | Bozeman, Montana, United States  | 2 gymnasiums  | 0
2019  | Building collapse in Mumbai  | Mumbai, India  | Residential building  | 2
2019  | Dharwad building collapse | Dharwad, India  | commercial complex  | 19 dead, 82 injured
2019  | AFAS Stadion roof collapse[50] | Alkmaar, Netherlands  | Stadium roof  | 0
2019  | Hard Rock Hotel collapse | New Orleans, United States | Partially constructed hotel collapse  | 3 dead, 18 injured
2019  | Mirepoix-sur-Tarn bridge collapse  | Mirepoix-sur-Tarn, Occitanie, France  | Bridge  | 2 dead
2019 | Brumadinho dam disaster | Brumadinho, Brazil | Tailings dam | 270 dead

## 2020–present

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2020  | Kep building collapse  | Kep, Cambodia  | Tourist guesthouse under construction  | 36 dead, 26 injured[51]
2020  | Palmerah West Jakarta four-story building collapse  | Jakarta, Indonesia  | Building  | 11 injured[52]
2020  | Collapse of Xinjia Express Hotel | Quanzhou, Fujian, China  | Hotel  | 29 dead, 42 injured
2020  | Caprigliola bridge collapse | Caprigliola, Tuscany, Italy  | Bridge  | 2 injured
2020  | Lecheng Bridge | Sanxi, Jingde County, Anhui, China  | 1543-c. 1700 bridge as a tourist attraction  | 0 dead or injured
2020  | Zhenhai Bridge | Huangshan City, Anhui, China  | 1536-1699 bridge as a tourist attraction  | 0 dead or injured
2020  | Collapse of Juxian Restaurant[53] | Linfen City, Shanxi, China  | Building  | 29 dead, 28 injured
2020  | Nest on Wonderland  | London, Ontario, Canada  | Apartment building under construction  | 2 dead, at least 4 injured[54]
2020  | Arecibo Telescope[55] | Arecibo, Puerto Rico  | Telescope  | 0 dead or injured
2021  | Brindisi warehouse collapse  | San Michele Salentino, Apulia, Italy  | Warehouse  | 1 dead, 4 injured[56]
2021  | Cairo apartment collapse  | Gesr El-Suez, Cairo, Egypt  | Apartment building  | 25 dead, 25 injured[57]
2021  | 2021 Bangkok residence collapse  | Kritsadanakhon 31 Village, Bangkok, Thailand  | Residence building  | At least 4 dead, 5 injured[58]
2021  | Mexico City Metro overpass collapse | Tláhuac, Mexico City, Mexico  | Overpass  | 26 dead, 79 injured
2021  | Gwangju building collapse | Gwangju, South Korea  | Collapsed onto a bus during demolition  | 9 dead, 8 injured[59]
2021  | Antwerp building collapse | Jos Smolderenstraat, Antwerp, Belgium  | Primary school under construction  | 5 dead, 20 injured[60]
2021  | Rucheng residential building collapse  | Rucheng County, Hunan, China  | Residential building  | 5 dead, 7 injured[61]
2021  | Champlain Towers South | Surfside, Florida, United States  | Condominium tower  | 98 dead, 11 injured[62]
2021  | Sangam Bridge  | Arunachal Pradesh, India  | Bridge  | 3 missing
2021  | Collapse of Siji Kaiyuan Hotel | Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China  | Hotel annex  | 17 dead, 5 injured[63]
2021  | Kelowna crane collapse | Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada  | Construction crane  | 5 dead[64]
2021  | Font Nova residential development apartment collapse  | Peñíscola, Valencian Community, Spain  | Residential building  | 2 dead[65]
2021  | AdventHealth Orlando parking garage crane collapse  | Orlando, Florida, United States  | Parking garage  | 1 injured[66]
2021  | Lagos high-rise | Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria  | Apartments (under construction)  | 42 dead[67]
2022  | Nemiga pedestrian bridge  | Minsk, Belarus  | Bridge  | 0 dead or injured[68]
2022  | Gwangju construction site collapse | Gwangju, South Korea  | Wall (under construction)  | 3 injured, 0-3 missing[69]
2022  | Fern Hollow Bridge collapse | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States  | Bridge  | 10 injured
2022  | Alfamart Gambut collapse | Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan, Indonesia  | Building  | 5 dead, 9 injured
2022  | Changsha building collapse | Changsha, Hunan, China  | Building  | 54 dead, 10 injured[70]
2022  | Abadan Metropol building collapse | Abadan, Iran | Building  | 41 dead[71]
2022  | Tretten Bridge collapse | Øyer Municipality, Norway  | Bridge, with trusses and glued laminated timber | 0 dead[72][73][74]
2022  | 2022 Morbi bridge collapse | Morbi, Gujarat, India  | Bridge  | 141 dead[75]
2022  | AquaDom collapse | Berlin, Germany  | Aquarium  | 2 people injured
2022  | Jakarta Islamic Centre dome collapse  | Jakarta, Indonesia  | Mosque  | No deaths reported
2023  | Charlotte scaffolding collapse  | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States  | Construction site  | 3 dead, 2 injured
2023  | Belvidere Apollo Theatre collapse | Belvidere, Illinois, United States  | Theatre building  | 1 dead, 28 injured[76]
2023  | 2023 Marseille building collapse | Marseille, France  | Building  | 8 dead, 5 injured, 200 displaced
2023  | Collapse of crane on pier of Rutenberg Power Station | Ashkelon, Israel  | Crane  | 2 dead, 1 injured
2023  | 2023 New York City parking garage collapse | New York City, United States  | Parking garage  | 1 dead, 5 injured
2023  | Interstate 95 bridge collapse | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  | Highway overpass  | 1 dead
2023  | Davenport apartment collapse | Davenport, Iowa, United States  | Apartment building  | 3 dead, 1 injured[77]
2023  | Surry Hills Building collapse  | Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia  | Abandoned heritage building (nearby entrance to Central station damaged)  | No deaths[78]
2023  | Santa Cruz church collapse  | Ciudad Madero, Mexico  | Church  | 11 dead, 60 injured[79]
2024  | First Church of Christ spire collapse  | New London, Connecticut, United States  | Church  | No deaths reported
2024  | Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse | Baltimore, Maryland, United States  | Bridge  | 6 dead, 2 injured
2024  | Apartment building collapse in George | George, Western Cape, South Africa  | Apartment building under construction  | 34 dead[80]
2024  | Medusa Beach Club collapse | Palma, Spain  | Bar with restaurant  | 4 dead[81]
2024  | San Pedro Garza García stage collapse | San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico  | Stage  | 10 dead, 213 injured
2024  | Saints Academy college collapse | Jos, Nigeria  | Two story school  | 22 dead[82]
2024  | Graffiti Pier collapse  | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  | Abandoned coal pier  | No deaths nor injuries[83]
2024  | Kröv Hotel collapse  | Kröv, Germany  | Low-rise building  | 2[84]
2024  | Dresden Carola Bridge collapse  | Dresden, Germany  | Pillar bridge  | No deaths or injuries[85]
2024  | Dubrovnik Hotel collapse[86] | Villa Gesell, Argentina  | 10-story apartment building  | 9 dead, 1 injured[87]
2024  | Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse | Novi Sad, Serbia  | Canopy  | 16 dead, 1 injured[88][89]
2025  | 2025 Kerdasa building collapse | Kerdasa, Egypt  | Residential building  | 10 dead, 8 injured, several missing.[90]
2025  | Real Plaza Trujillo roof collapse | Trujillo, Peru  | Shopping mall  | 8 dead, 84 injured.[91]
2025  | Telangana tunnel collapse | Telangana, India  | Tunnel  | 2 dead, 6 injured[92]
2025  | Cabagan-Santa Maria Bridge Collapse | Isabela, Philippines  | Bridge  | 6 Injured[93]
2025  | Valkenburg Wilheminatoren collapse | Valkenburg, The Netherlands  | Tower  | No deaths[94]
2025  | 2025 Bangkok skyscraper collapse | Bangkok, Thailand  | Skyscraper  | 92 dead, 9 injured, 4 missing[95]
2025  | Jet Set nightclub roof collapse | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic  | Nightclub  | 232 dead, 200+ injured.[96]
2025  | National Highway 66 collapse at Kooriyad, Malappuram | Kerala, India  | National Highway 66 | 7 injured[97]
2025  | Portsmouth Portuguese American Citizens Club porch collapse  | Portsmouth, Rhode Island | Community center  | 1 dead, 3 injured[98]
2025  | Fotan Mansion collapse | Sindh, Pakistan  | Residential building  | 27 dead, 9 injured[99]
2025  | Gambhira Bridge collapse | Gujarat, India  | Bridge  | 21 dead, 9 injured[100][101]
2025  | Piplodi school building roof collapse | Piplodi, India  | Building roof  | 7 dead, 20-28 injured[102]
2025  | Xiata Scenic Area Bridge  | Zhaosu County, China  | Bridge  | 5 dead, 24 injured[103]

## See also

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* Structural integrity and failure
* List of aircraft structural failures
* List of bridge failures
* List of dam failures
* List of catastrophic collapses of broadcast masts and towers

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## External links

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* These Are Some Of The Worst Architectural Disasters in History
* Near-misses and failure part 1
* Near-misses and failure part 2
* How to Avoid Catastrophe

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Disasters

Overview|

* Lists
* by death toll
* by cost
* Australia
* Bangladesh
* Canada
* China
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Estonia
* Fiji
* Finland
* France
* Great Britain and Ireland
* Greece
* Haiti
* India
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Malta
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Taiwan
* Thailand
* United States
* Vietnam

Disasters|

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Natural disasters – list by death toll

Geological|

| Mass wasting|

* Landslide
* Avalanche
* Mudflow
* Debris flow

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Earthquake
(List)|

* Seismic hazard
* Seismic risk
* Soil liquefaction

Volcano eruption|

* Pyroclastic flow
* Lahar
* Volcanic ash

Natural erosion|

* Sinkhole

Hydrological|

| Flood
(List)|

* Coastal flood
* Flash flood
* Storm surge

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Other|

* Tsunami
* Megatsunami
* Limnic eruption

Meteorological|

| Temperature|

* Blizzard
* Cold wave
* Ice storm
* Heat wave

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Drought|

* Megadrought

Cyclonic storms|

* Bomb cyclone
* Thunderstorm (Hail)
* Tornado (Tornado outbreak)
* Tropical cyclone

Other|

* Derecho
* Wildfire
* Firestorm
* ARkStorm

Astronomical|

* Potentially hazardous object
* Impact event
* Meteor shower
* Geomagnetic storm
* Solar flare
* Supernova
* Hypernova

Accidents|

| Health|

* Biosecurity
* Diseases of affluence
* Disease of despair
* Diseases of poverty
* Epidemic
* list
* Famine
* List
* Famine scales
* Opioid epidemic
* Pandemic

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Industrial|

* Bridge
* Dam
* Infrastructure
* Levee breach
* Mast and tower
* Mining
* Oil spills
* Structural failures and collapses

Nuclear
(by death toll)|

* Civilian nuclear
* Civilian radiation
* Military nuclear

Transport|

* Air
* Maritime
* Rail
* Shipwreck
* Spaceflight

Man-made|

* Crowd collapses and crushes
* Economic crises
* Environmental disasters
* Sacrifice zone
* Military
* Nightclub fires
* Riots
* Societal collapse
* Terrorist incidents
* Wars

Preparation|

* Disaster risk reduction
* Earthquake preparedness
* Hurricane preparedness
* Safety
* Survival kit
* Anticipatory action

Countermeasures|

* Crisis management
* Disaster area
* Earthquake warning system
* Emergency Alert System
* Emergency management
* Emergency population warning
* Evacuations
* Humanitarian aid
* Hurricane response

Media|

* Disaster film (List of disaster films)

Organizations|

* Civil defense (List of civil defense organisations)
* Disaster Accountability Project
* International Association of Emergency Managers
* International Disaster and Risk Conference
* International Disaster Emergency Service

* WikiProject

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