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Peru Earthquake
On 31 May 1970, a huge earthquake struck off the coast of Peru. The quake and the massive landslides it triggered killed approximately 70,000 people. A wall of ice came loose from Peru's highest mountain, Mount Huascarán, careered down the mountain at incredible speed and buried the town of Yungay. -
British Aircraft Crashes in Barcelona
It's been described as Manchester's forgotten air disaster. Forty eight years ago, on July 3, 1970, a Dan-Air Comet jet from Manchester to Barcelona crashed in the mountains of northern Spain, killing all 105 holidaymakers and seven crew on board. Most of the victims were from Greater Manchester and Lancashire. this affected the industry because a lot of people were weary to fly after that incident. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. -
opening of Alton Tower Resort
Alton Towers opened as a theme park on 4th April 1980. The theme park has been open each summer season for almost 40 years. Alton Towers Resort is a theme park and resort complex in Staffordshire, England, near the village of Alton. The park is operated by Merlin Entertainments Group and incorporates a theme park, water park, spa, mini golf and hotel complex. This affected the industry in a positive way as it brought people from around the world to the UK to experience Alton Towers. -
India Earthquake
The 1984 Cachar earthquake rattled much of Southern Assam on December 31, 1984, at 5:03 am with an epicenter 20 kilometers southwest of Lakhipur. The quake measured with a magnitude of 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale and an estimated intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. -
Raleigh Tornado
The 1988 Raleigh tornado outbreak was the most destructive of the seven tornadoes reported in northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia on November 28, 1988, between 1:00 AM and 5:45 AM. The Raleigh tornado produced over $77 million in damage, along with four fatalities and 154 injuries. -
World Trade Centre Terrorist Attack
The 1993 World Trade Center bombing was a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, U.S., carried out on February 26, 1993, when a van bomb detonated below the North Tower of the complex. This affected the tourism industry really badly as the United States experienced an immediate drop in international visitors particularly the ones flying overseas. -
Oklahoma Bombing
The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, on April 19, 1995 -
Singapore Plane Crash
SilkAir Flight MI 185, while on its way to Singapore from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, nosedived into Musi River near the city of Palembang in South Sumatra, Indonesia, on 19 December 1997 at about 4.13 pm local time. The plane was almost completely destroyed and all 104 people on board were killed. -
Salvador Earthquake
The January 2001 Salvador earthquake struck Salvador on January 13, 2001 at 17:33. The 7.6 quake struck with the epicenter 60 miles SW of San Miguel, Salvador at a depth of 60 km. This affected the industry badly as it put people off going to Salvador in fear it might happen again. -
Indian Tsunami
An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. -
Grayrigg derailment
The Grayrigg derailment was a fatal railway accident that occurred at approximately 20:15 GMT on 23 February 2007, just to the south of Grayrigg, Cumbria, in the North West England region of the United Kingdom. -
Costa Concordia disaster
On 13 January 2012, the eight-year-old Costa Cruises vessel Costa Concordia was on the last leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when she deviated from her planned route at Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, sailed closer to the island, and struck a rock formation on the sea floor. This caused the ship to list and then capsize, landing unevenly on an underwater ledge. Although a six-hour rescue effort brought most of the passengers ashore, 34 people died. -
Dhaka Garment Factory Collapse
The 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse was a structural failure that occurred on 24 April 2013 in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka District, Bangladesh, where an eight-story commercial building called Rana Plaza collapsed. The search for the dead ended on 13 May 2013 with a death toll of 1,134 -
Jiangsu tornado
On the afternoon of June 23, 2016, a severe thunderstorm produced a large, violent tornado over Jiangsu province, China. Striking areas northeast of Yancheng around 2:30 p.m. local time, the tornado killed 98 people and injured 846 others. -
Hurricane Delta
Hurricane Delta was the record-tying fourth named storm of 2020 to make landfall in Louisiana, as well as the record-breaking tenth named storm to strike the United States in that year. -
Hamid Karzai
A suicide bombing took place at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 26 August 2021, at 17:50 local time, during the evacuation from Afghanistan. -
Michoacán earthquake
On 19 September 2022, a moment magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck between the Mexican states of Michoacán and Colima at 13:05 local time. The earthquake had a depth of 16.9 km, resulting in a maximum intensity of VIII on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. This affected the industry badly as nobody wanted to visit the country after the earthquake. -
Bibliography
https://earthquaketrack.com/r/michoacan-mexico/recent
https://amcmuseum.org/history/peruvian-earthquake/
https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1970/jul/06/aircraft-accident-spain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_in_the_Vietnam_War
https://www.altontowers.com/about-alton-towers/
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/12/31/An-earthquake-jolted-east-India-early-today-toppling-mud-and-brick/8502473317200/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=81919&page=1