Famous Accidents

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  1. The year 1980 saw the eruption of what northwest U.S. volcano, the destruction of which lowered the mountain by nearly half a kilometer?
  2. In 1984, a gas leak occurred in India in what was considered the greatest industrial accident to date. The gas was attributed to which substance in Bhopal?
  3. In Japan in 2011, a Pacific earthquake subsequently caused which of the following in Fukushima?
  4. One of the deadliest hurricanes to make landfall in the United States, what 2005 storm broke the levees in New Orleans, flooding the city and causing over a hundred billion dollars in damages?
  5. An earthquake which struck in 2004 caused the deadliest tsunami ever recorded in human history. Where was the epicenter of the quake?

Answers

  1. Mount St. Helens
  2. Pesticide
  3. Wildfires
  4. Katrina
  5. Indian Ocean

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