Top 10 Man-Made Disasters
VOICE OVER: Rebecca Brayton
A man-made disaster is one in which many deaths and destruction are caused by error or negligence on the part of human beings. For this list, we've chosen specific events, not ongoing trends, like climate change or global warming, that were created by humans and caused extensive damage, death, and destruction. We're excluding acts where harm was intentional; for example, wartime measures like the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the top 10 most infamous man-made disasters.
- #10: €“ Three Mile Island Accident, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (1979)
- #9: €“ Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Prince William Sound, Alaska (1989)
- #8: €“ Dust Bowl or Dirty Thirties, Great Plains, USA and Canada (1934-1936)
- #7: €“ Seveso Disaster, Seveso, Italy (1976)
- #6: €“ Minamata Disease, Minamata Bay, Japan (1950-60s)
- #5: €“ Love Canal Disaster, Niagara Falls, New York (1940-50s/78)
- #4: €“ Great Smog of '52 or Big Smoke, London, England (1952)
- #3: €“ The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico (2010)
- #2: €“ Chernobyl Disaster, Chernobyl, Ukraine (1986)
- #1: €“ Bhopal Disaster, Bhopal, India (1984)
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