ShareChernobyl ($200 Billion) On April 26, 1986, the world witnessed the costliest accident in history. An explosion and fire released large quantities of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere, which spread over much of Western Russia and Europe. The Chernobyl disaster has been called the biggest socio-economic catastrophe in peacetime history. 50% of the area of [...]
05.3.11 | Natural disasters | admin
ShareHere is the list of 5 of the most important event of the year 2010. You can email me your suggestions for changes steve [at] blindloop.com WikiLeaks Wikileaks is an organization established to make public secret documents which are publically not available otherwise.Julian Assange, an Australian Internet activist, is founder of Wikileaks.WikiLeaks has won a [...]
12.15.10 | Natural disasters | admin
ShareSharing its border with India,China,Afghanistan and Iran, Pakistan is a developing country with 160 million population. July 2010 came with world’s worst ever flood in the recorded human history hitting all the four provinces of Pakistan. In this article i am trying to depict the seriousness of the issue and why the world needs to [...]
08.24.10 | Natural disasters | admin
ShareMount Tambora Mount Tambora, one of the deadliest volcanoes of the world, its 1815 eruption caused approx 10000 deaths, its effects were seen as far as London and some people even say that more than 80000 people died due to its environmental and agricultural destruction. Krakatoa Krakatoa is a volcanic island situated between islands of [...]
03.1.10 | Natural disasters, Travel | admin
ShareDeath Caused by Earthquake 2005 Burning Monk Thích Quảng Đức a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963, as a protest against persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam. Iraqi Soldier The image shows a burned-beyond-recognition Iraqi soldier in the front window of a destroyed truck. Burial of [...]
12.12.09 | Natural disasters | admin
ShareShaanxi earthquake (830,000 died) January 23, 1556 was the deadliest day in the history of mankind when a earthquake strike in Shaanxi China killing more approximately 830,000 people which was 60% of the whole population. 8.0 magnitude earthquake destroyed 840-kilometre area affecting other provinces of china including Shanxi, Henan, Gansu, Hebei, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu [...]
11.2.09 | Natural disasters | admin