Natural Disasters & Epidemics

2014  odisha jaundice outbreak in India killing 36 people   

2014  ludian earthquake in China killing 729 people   

2015  indian swine flu outbreak in India killing 2,035 people   

2015  Zika virus epidemic in Worldwide killing ~53 people   

2015  nepal earthquake in Nepal, India killing 8,964 people   

2016  yellow fever outbreak in Angola in Angola, DR Congo, China, Kenya killing 100s (as of 1 April 2016) people   

2016  20 Yemen cholera outbreak in Yemen killing 3,886 (as of 30 November 2019) people   

2016  ecuador earthquake in Ecuador killing 676 people   

2017  Plane crashes into shopping centre in Essendon, Melbourne, Australia killing the five people on board   

2017  State of Emergency declared in Sanaa, Yemen after outbreak of cholera kills 115   

2017  Puerto Rico declares its Zika virus epidemic over   

2017  UN states Yemen cholera epidemic reached 200,000 cases, with 1,300 deaths. Worst cholera outbreak anywhere in the world   

2017  Tanker carrying fuel bursts into flames near Ahmedpur East, Pakistan, killing more than 200 people   

2017  Sri Lankan government confirms outbreak of dengue fever has killed at least 227   

2017  Cholera has now infected more than 500,000 people in Yemen and killed over 2,000 according to the World Health Organisation   

2017  plague outbreak in Madagascar kills 57, with 684 cases so far reported by WHO   

2017  storm formed from Hurricane Ophelia lashes Ireland, killing 3 people   

2017  7.3 earthquake hits near Halabjal, Iraq, on border with Iran, killing over 500 people, with 7,000 injured   

2017  Militant gunmen attack a Sufi mosque in Bir al-Abed on the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing 305 people, government retaliates bombing the area   

2017  The World Health Organization estimates that Yemen has over 200,000 cases of cholera   

2017  gorakhpur Japanese encephalitis outbreak in India killing 1,317 (as of September 2017) people   

2017  united States flu season in United States killing 60,000-80,000+ people   

2017  hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, Dominica killing 3,059 people   

2018  kitwe in Zambia bans shaking hands and the sale of fresh food in attempt to prevent a cholera outbreak   

2018  insurgent group attacks the town of Muse, Myanmar, killing at least 19 people, Ta’ang National Liberation Army claim responsibility   

2018  two suicide bombers attack Damboa in Borno state, Nigeria, killing at least 31 people   

2018  Floods and landslides begin in south-western Japan, killing at least 200 people with more missing. Evacuation orders for nearly 2 million   

2018  paraguay has eliminated malaria in announcement by the World Health organization   

2018  measles cases reach record high in Europe with 41,000 infected first six months of 2018 with 37 deaths according to WHO   

2018  truck loses control hitting 31 cars and killing at least 15 people near a tollbooth in Lanzhou, China   

2018  three car bombs explode in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing 52 people and injuring 100   

2018  former Guatemalan soldier Santos López Alonzo sentenced to 5,160 years for killing 171 people in Dos Erres during the civil war   

2018  Oldest-known plague sample found in 4,900-year-old remains of 20-year old woman in Gökhem, southern Sweden published in "Cell"   

2018  Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashes shortly after take-off from Moscow, killing 71 people on board   

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