Unit5Thepowerofnature-section2PartTwo:TeachingResources(第二部分：教学资源)Section2:BackgroundinformationondisastersI.ListofdisastersThisisalistofdisasters,bothnaturalandman-made.●Classical-EradisastersVesuviusvolcaniceruption,ItalyAlexandriaearthquakewhichdestroyedthePharosofAlexandriaRhodesearthquakedestroyedtheColossusofRhodesSodomandGomorrahwhichweredestroyedinanundeterminedBiblicaldisaster.morethanlikelymeteors●Modern-EradisastersMobilemagazineexplosion(May25,1865)Krakatoa,Indonesia,volcaniceruption,(August26,1883)GreatGalvestonHurricaneandFlood,Galveston,Texas(September8,1900)1906SanFranciscoearthquake,SanFrancisco,California(April18,1906)Halifaxexplosion,Halifax,NovaScotia(December6,1917)TheBostonMolassesDisaster,Boston,Massachusetts(January151919)Tri-StateTornado,Missouri,Illinois,andIndiana(March18,1925)TheBombayExplosion,VictoriaDockBombay,India(April141944)ThePortChicagoExplosion(July171944)HartfordCircusFire,Hartford,Connecticut(July6,1944)TexasCityExplosion,TexasCity,Texas,(April16,1947)GreatSmogof1952,London,England24hoursofLeMansdisaster,France,(June11,1955)ThePalmSundayTornadoOutbreak,Midwest,UnitedStates(April11,1965)BLEVEexplosionatarefineryinFeyzin,France(January4,1966)Aberfandisaster,MerthyrTydfil,Wales(October21,1966)Ibroxdisaster,Glasgow,Scotland(January2,1971)Summerlanddisaster,IsleofMan(August2,1973)TheSuperOutbreak,tornadoesin13U.S.states(April3,1974)TheFlixboroughdisaster,NorthLincolnshire(June11974)HyattHoteldisaster,KansasCity,Missouri(July171981)HeyselStadiumdisaster,Brussels,Belgium(May29,1985)PiperAlphaDisaster,NorthSea,Scotland,(July61988)Hillsboroughdisaster,Sheffield,England(April15,1989)Bijlmerrampdisaster,Bijlmerramp,Netherlands(October41992)ChicagoHeatWaveof1995,Chicago,IllinoisMay3rdtornados,OklahomaCity,OklahomaEnschedefireworksdisaster,Enschede,Netherlands(May13,2000)Kaprundisaster,Kaprun,Austria(November11,2000)EuropeanHeatWaveof2003,EuropeBamEarthquake,Iran(December26,2003)用心爱心专心116号编辑DamdisastersGreatSheffieldflood,Sheffield,England(March11,1864)Johnstownflood,Johnstown,Pennsylvania,(May31,1889)St.FrancisDamDisaster,LosAngeles,California,(March12,1928)EnvironmentaldisastersLoveCanal,NiagaraFalls,NewYork(1970s)Sevesodisaster,Italy,1976BhopalDisaster,Bhopal,India(December3,1984)ExxonValdezoilspill,PrinceWilliamSound(March24,1989)Prestigeoilspill,offtheSpanishcoast,(November13,2002)NucleardisastersDecember12,1952ChalkRiverTorontoCandadaNovember1955IdahoFalls,IdahoOctober1957Sellafield,EnglandMarch1958Fyshtym,SovietUnionJanuary1961IdahoFalls,IdahoOctober5,1966IdahoFalls,IdahoDecember7,1975Lubmin,EastGermanyMarch28,1979ThreeMileIsland.PennsylvaniaApril26,1986Kiev,UkraineAlsoknownasChernobylMarch24,1992St.Petersburgh,RussiaNovember1995JapanMarch1997Tokaimura,JapanSeptember20,1999Tokaimura,JapanWardisastersTheBlitz,(Germanmassivebombing),causedthedeathsofanestimated42,000civiliansinmajorBritishcities.Dresdenfire-bombattacks,between35,000and135,000civillianskilledinfewdays,byUnitedKingdomandUnitedStatesmassivebombinginDresden,Germany(betweenFebruary13andFebruary15,1945).Tokyofire-bombattacksbyUSA,isestimatedtohavekilled83,000civilians.NagasakiandHiroshimanuclearbombingbyUSAinJapanVietnamagentorangeherbicidesprayedonfewmillionsvietnamciviliansandUStroops,byUSAduringtheVietnamWarbetween1961and1970.AirdisastersHydraviondisaster...
