Natural Disasters in the UK (since 1918)
by Charlie Edwards
I've been looking at a list of natural disasters in the UK on Wikipedia. The list is as follows:
1918–1919 Flu epidemic
1931 Dogger Bank earthquake
1947 Winter of 1946–1947 blizzards and deep freezes followed by heavy spring flooding
1952 Lynmouth flooding, Devon
1952 Great Smog of 1952, London
1953 North Sea Flood of 1953, England
1968 Scotland great storm of 1968 35 dead many homes and trees lost
1968 Great Flood of 1968
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, Uckfield and Maidstone
2003 European record breaking heatwave
2004 Boscastle flooding, Cornwall
2005 Carlisle flood, 8 January 2005
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.
(I'd be interested to know if there are any missing - please comment below!) Should Foot and Mouth be included?
Charlie Edwards
A senior official from HMG has been in touch to say that I have missed loads of examples off the list. I'm pointed towards the National Recovery Guidance which has plenty of case studies. You can find it here: http://tinyurl.com/dm5cea So here's another list: Aberfan, 21 October 1966Avian Influenza (H5N1) outbreak at Bernard Matthews site, 2 February 2007Boscastle Flooding, 16 August 2004 Buncefield Fire, 11 December 2005 Buscot and Coleshill Estate Flooding, 20 July 2007 Calke Abbey Flooding, 15 June 2007Carlisle Flooding, 8 January 2005Flooding in Yorkshire and the Humber, June 2007Foot and Mouth Disease, 2001 Hexham Flooding and Loss of Water Supply, 8 January 2005 Kensal Rise Tornado, 7 December 2006Kent Earthquake, 28 April 2007 Ladbroke Grove Train Crash, 5 October 1999 Lewes Flooding, 12 October 2000London Bombings, 7 July 2005Manchester Bombing, 15 June 1996Marchioness, 20 August 1989 Msc Napoli, 19 January 2007 Sea Empress Oil Spill, Milford Haven, 15 February 1996