Disasters
- On 15 August 1950 an earthquake and floods in Assam, India killed 574 and left 5,000,000 homeless.
- Mount Lamington erupted in Papua New Guinea on 18 January 1951, killing 3,000 people.
- On 31 January 1953 the North Sea flood of 1953 killed 1,835 people in the southwestern Netherlands (especially Zeeland) and 307 in the United Kingdom
- On 9 September 1954 an earthquake centered on the city of Orléansville, Algeria killed 1,500 and left thousands homeless.
- On 11 October 1954 Hurricane Hazel crossed over Haiti, killing 1,000.
- On 19 August 1955 Hurricane Diane hit the northeastern United States, killing over 200 people, and causing over $1.0 billion in damage.
- On 27 June 1957 Hurricane Audrey demolished Cameron, Louisiana, US, killing 400 people.
- In April 1959, the Río Negro flooded central Uruguay.
- Typhoon Vera hit central Honshū on 26 September 1959, killing an estimated 5,098, injuring another 38,921, and leaving 1,533,000 homeless. Most of the damage was centered in the Nagoya area.
- On 2 December 1959, Malpasset Dam in southern France collapsed and water flowed over the town of Frejus, killing 412.
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Famous quotes containing the word disasters:
“Those who escape death in great disasters are surely destined for good fortune later.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace
The day’s disasters in his morning face.”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)
“The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.”
—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)