The Nyamiha disaster was a deadly human crush that took place at Nyamiha metro station in Minsk, Belarus. On May 30, 1999, a sudden thunderstorm caused a number of young people to race for shelter during an open-air concert nearby. The stampede was funneled toward the underpass of the metro station and many people were killed in the crush when they started slipping on the wet pavement, falling, and trampling each other.
The official death toll was 53.
Belarus had a three-day mourning period after the tragedy.
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Human stampedes
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- 1876 Brooklyn Theater Fire
- 1883 Victoria Hall disaster
- 1896 Khodynka Tragedy
- 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire
- 1908 Barnsley Public Hall disaster
- 1913 Italian Hall disaster
- 1927 Laurier Palace Theatre fire
- 1943 Bethnal Green tube station stampede
- 1946 Burnden Park disaster
- 1954 Kumbh Mela stampede
- 1971 Ibrox disaster
- 1974 Zamalek disaster
- 1979 The Who concert disaster
- 1981 Karaiskakis Stadium disaster
- 1982 Luzhniki disaster
- 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster
- 1988 Kathmandu stadium disaster
- 1989 April 9 tragedy
- 1989 Hillsborough disaster
- 1991 Oppenheimer Stadium disaster
- 1992 Mahamaham stampede
- 1993 Camp Randall Stadium stampede
- 1994 Gowari stampede
- 1996 Ujjain and Haridwar stampedes
- 1996 Estadio Mateo Flores stampede
- 1997 Uphaar Cinema fire
- 1999 Sabarimala stampede
- 1999 Nyamiha disaster
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| Post–2000 |
- 2001 Ellis Park Stadium disaster
- 2001 Accra Sports Stadium disaster
- 2001 Akashi pedestrian bridge accident
- 2003 E2 nightclub stampede
- 2003 The Station nightclub fire
- 2005 Mandher Devi temple stampede
- 2005 Baghdad bridge stampede
- 2005 Chennai floods
- 2006 PhilSports Stadium stampede
- 2008 Naina Devi temple stampede
- 2008 Jodhpur stampede
- 2009 Houphouët-Boigny stampede
- 2009 Rabat stampede
- 2010 Kor Royal Cup stampede
- 2010 Pratapgarh stampede
- 2010 Love Parade disaster
- 2010 Phnom Penh stampede
- 2011 Sabarimala stampede
- 2012 Port Said Stadium riot
- 2012 Satsanga Deoghar disaster
- 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede
- 2013 Kiss nightclub fire
- 2013 Kumbh Mela stampede
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Coordinates: 53°54′19″N 27°33′09″E / 53.9053°N 27.5525°E / 53.9053; 27.5525