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March 2005 Disasters
March 9, Mabini, Philippines: food poisoning killed 29 school children after they ate food from a local vendor.March 15, Arctic coast, Russia: a Russian twin-engine Antonov-24 plane, on…2008 Year in Review - Science News
Top events for the nation and the world Science 2008 Science Milestones, 2008 New Lab on ISS • Polar Bears Listed as a Threatened Species • Reducing Greenhouse…November 2001 Disasters
Nov. 4–5, Cuba: Hurricane Michelle destroyed tens of thousands of homes and caused widespread agricultural damage; five people died. Before striking Cuba, Hurricane Michelle wiped out homes,…July 2002 Disasters
July 1, nr. Ueberlingen, Germany: Russian airliner and cargo jet collided in midair over Germany near the Swiss border, killing 71 people. The Russian plane was a Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev…July 2003 Disasters
July 1, Louisiana Tropical Depression Bill moved through Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, leaving four dead and 30 million dollars in damage.July 8, Port Sudan,…December 2003 Disasters
Dec. 2–3, southeastern France: Floods, resulting from three days of rain and winds, killed 7 and left thousands homeless in the Rhone River and its tributaries in southeast France.Dec. 5,…January 2004 Disasters
Jan. 3, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt: A Egyptian charter Boeing 737 crashed into the Red Sea shortly after take-off, killing 148 people many of whom were French tourists going home from holidays.…February 2004 Disasters
Feb., Canada, U.S., and Europe: Record cold and record snowfalls in the month of February were seen: blizzard conditions in North Dakota, exceedingly heavy snowfalls in North Carolina, and…May 2004 Disasters
May 1–6, southern Calif.: Six blazes raged through 20,000 acres this week. Many were evacuated from their homes and eight buildings at the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony retreat burned to the…July 2004 Disasters
June, July, and Aug., South Asia: The worst monsoon flooding in fifteen years in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh left up to 5 million homeless, killed more than 1800 people with at least 600 in…Trending
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