List of natural disasters in the United Kingdom
- List of natural disasters in the United Kingdom
This is a list of natural disasters in the United Kingdom.
Worst Disasters by Type
*6100 BC A tsunami caused by the Storegga Slide struck east Scotland with 70 foot wave after landslip in Norway.
*1091 London Tornado
*1348 Black Death
*1485 Sweating sickness epidemic
*1507 Sweating sickness epidemic
*1517 Sweating sickness epidemic
*1528 Sweating sickness epidemic
*1551 Sweating sickness epidemic
*1580 Dover Straits earthquake of 1580
*1607 Bristol Channel floods, 20 January 1607 (possible tsunami)
*1607 Lynmouth flooding, Devon]
*1987 The Great Storm of 1987
*1990 The Burns' Day storm
*2000 Severe flooding in many parts of the UK. Among the worst hits are York, Shrewsbury, Lewes and Uckfield [http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/flood_facts.shtml] , [http://www.defra.gov.uk/environ/fcd/floodincidents/2000flood.htm] , [http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/acrobat/126637] , [http://www.bbc.co.uk/southerncounties/nature/wtt/03.shtml] , [http://www.cfspress.com/Kelman-UK-Floods.pdf] , [http://www.rms.com/Publications/UKFLOODS_OCT13-14.pdf] , [http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/00016FE4-50D0-4AD8-99BB-BB06D7BEEF22/0/lewesflood.pdf] , [http://www.lewes.gov.uk/Files/env_floodreport.pdf] ,
*2003 European record breaking heatwave
*2004 Boscastle flooding, Cornwall
*2005 Carlisle flood, 8 January 2005 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/weather/floods_january_2005/floods_gallery2_index.shtml] , [http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/regions/northwest/942672/?lang=_e]
*2005 Birmingham Tornado
*2006 London Tornado
*2007 Summer 2007 United Kingdom floods affected many parts of the UK, especially the Sheffield area, Hull, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.
References
ee also
*List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll
*Climate of the United Kingdom
*Geology of the United Kingdom
*Tsunamis in the United Kingdom
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