Epic Disasters: The World's Worst Disasters

The World’s Worst Oil Spills

The Ten Worst Oil Spills In History.

Update: New estimates place the Deepwater Horizon spill at 84 million gallons—enough to catapult it into 2nd place overall.

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The World’s Worst Airline Disasters

While airline disasters are spectacular and often cause tragically large losses of life, it’s worth noting that airline travel remains among the safest modes of travel. In a statistical sense, airplanes are far safer than cars. Each day, three million people fly; In 2000, commercial airliners carried 1.09 billion people on 18 million flights, while suffering only 20 fatal accidents. On the other hand, automobile accidents kill more than 40,000 each year in the United States alone.

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Worst US Spree Killings

The FBI classifies a “spree killer” as having committed two or more murders without a cooling off period. This distinguishes spree killers from serial killers. Here is a list of the worst spree killers in modern history from the United States

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The Worst Spree Killers (Worldwide)

The FBI classifies a “spree killer” as having committed two or more murders without a cooling off period. This distinguishes spree killers from serial killers. Its also useful to distinguish between spree killers and mass murderers who committed their heinous crimes as part of a systemic effort by a government or organization. This list also does not include acts of terrorism, but “criminal” activity. Here is a list of the world’s worst spree killers in modern history from around the world:

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The Worst School Massacres, Shootings and Killings

The Worst School Massacres In the United States and In the World

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The Worst Bus Disasters In The United States

The Worst US Bus Disasters

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