1950s - Disasters

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.