List of disasters in Portugal by death toll

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The following list of disasters in Portugal by death toll is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war, terrorism or crime) which occurred in Portugal in a definable incident or accident, and which resulted in at least ten casualties.

EventTypeDateLocationDeathsReferences
1755 Lisbon earthquake Earthquake1 November 1755 Continental Portugal 12000+ (est.) [1] [2] [3]
Ponte das Barcas collapse [a] Structural failure9 March 1809 Porto / Vila Nova de Gaia 4000 (est.) [4] [5]
1522 Vila Franca earthquake Earthquake22 October 1522 Azores 3000–5000 (est.) [6] [7] [8]
1531 Lisbon earthquake Earthquake26 January 1531Continental Portugal1000–30000 (est.) [9]
1757 Azores Islands earthquakeEarthquake9 July 1757Azores1000–1500 (est.) [10]
1803 Madeira floods and mudslidesFloods9 October 1803 Madeira 600–1000 (est.) [11]
1967 Portugal floods Floods25–26 November 1967 Lisbon District 462+ [12]
Independent Air Flight 1851 crash Aviation accident8 February 1989 Santa Maria, Azores144 [13]
TAP Flight 425 crash Aviation accident19 November 1977Madeira131 [14]
Sinking of the San Pedro de Alcantara Maritime accident2 February 1786Near the coast of Peniche 128 [15]
1941 Iberian cycloneStorm14–16 February 1941Continental Portugal100+ [16]
Custóias rail accidentRailway accident26 July 1964 Matosinhos 90+ [17] [18] [19]
Sinking of the Nuestra Señora del RosarioMaritime accident7 December 1589Coast of Setúbal 80 (est.) [20]
1980 Azores Islands earthquake Earthquake1 January 1980Azores73 [21]
Venezuelan Air Force C-130 Hercules crashAviation accident3 September 1976 Terceira, Azores68 [22]
June 2017 wildfires Wildfires17-24 June 2017 Castanheira de Pera and Pedrógão Grande 66 [23]
Viasa Flight 897 crash Aviation accident30 May 1961Near the coast of Setúbal 61 [24]
1909 Benavente earthquake Earthquake23 April 1909Continental Portugal60 [25]
Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapse Structural failure4 March 2001 Penafiel / Castelo de Paiva 59 [26]
Martinair Flight 495 crash Aviation accident21 December 1992 Faro 56 [27]
2010 Madeira floods and mudslides Floods20 February 2010 Madeira 51 [28]
Cais do Sodré station roof collapseStructural failure28 May 1963 Lisbon 49 [29]
Moimenta-Alcafache train crash Railway accident11 September 1985 Mangualde 49+ [30]
Air France Flight 009 crash Aviation accident28 October 1949 São Miguel, Azores48 [31]
October 2017 wildfires Wildfires13-18 October 2017Continental Portugal45 [32]
SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730 crash Aviation accident18 December 1977Madeira36 [33]
SATA Air Açores Flight 530M crash Aviation accident11 December 1999 São Jorge, Azores35 [34]
Odemira rail accidentRailway accident13 September 1954 Odemira 34 [19]
1997 São Miguel floods and mudslidesFloods31 October 1997São Miguel, Azores29 [35]
2019 Madeira bus crash Road accident17 April 2019Madeira29 [36]
Viana do Castelo train collisionRoad/railway accident1 May 1938 Viana do Castelo 28 [37]
1966 Sintra wildfiresWildfires6-12 September 1966 Sintra 25 [38]
Algueirão train collisionRailway accident20 December 1965Sintra20 [39]
Vila Franca de Xira derailmentRailway accident16 August 1947 Vila Franca de Xira 17 [40]
Recarei-Sobreira bus-train collisionRoad/railway accident26 April 1984 Paredes 17 [19]
Póvoa de Santa Iria train collision Railway accident5 May 1986Vila Franca de Xira17 [41]
Fratel bus crashRoad accident6 November 2007 Vila Velha de Ródão 17 [42] [43]
1986 Águeda wildfiresWildfires14 June 1986 Águeda 16 [44]
Glória Funicular derailment Railway accident3 September 2025Lisbon16 [45]
1985 Armamar wildfiresWildfires8 September 1985 Armamar 14 [46]
Vimieiro bus crashRoad accident25 March 2001 Santa Comba Dão 14 [47] [48]
1816 North Atlantic earthquake Earthquake2 February 1816Continental Portugal13 (est.) [49]
Tunes bus crashRoad accident8 April 1989 Silves 13 [50]
Monte tree collapseTree collapse15 August 2017 Funchal, Madeira13 [51]
1997 South Portugal floodsFloods5 November 1997 Beja District 11 [52]
Carvalhal bus crashRoad accident27 January 2013 Sertã 11 [53]
Vila Nova da Rainha community centre fireFire13 January 2018 Tondela 11 [54] [55]
Gibalta rail accident Railway accident31 March 1952 Oeiras 10 [19]
1983 Lisbon floodsFloods18 November 1983Lisbon District10 [56]
1998 Azores Islands earthquake Earthquake9 July 1998Azores10 [57]

Notes

  1. ↑ Although the tragedy happened in the context of a battle between French and Portuguese troops, the collapse of the bridge was an accident not directly caused by the battle.

References

  1. ↑ Aguirre, Benigno E. (2012). "Better Disaster Statistics: The Lisbon Earthquake". Journal of Interdisciplinary History . XLIII: 27–42.
  2. ↑ "NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "The losses". Quake Museum - Expect the unexpected. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "8 of the Most Devastating Bridge Collapses". HISTORY. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  5. ↑ Vlachou, Foteini (2009). "Painting the Battle of Porto, March 29, 1809: The "desastre da ponte das barcas" in its Portuguese and French context". Revista de Estudos Anglo-Portugueses (18). Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies: 49–68. ISSN   0871-682X.
  6. ↑ Caldeira, Bento; Fontiela, João; Borges, José F.; Bezzeghoud, Mourad (2017). "Large earthquakes in the Azores". Física de la Tierra (29): 29–45.
  7. ↑ Lusa, Agência. "Açores sofreram há 497 anos o sismo "mais destruidor" na história do arquipélago". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Vila Franca recebeu colóquio internacional sobre catástrofes naturais (Vídeo)". RTP Açores (in European Portuguese). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  9. ↑ Sá, Luis; Morales‑Esteban, Antonio; Durand Neyra, Percy (October 2018). "The 1531 earthquake revisited: loss estimation in a historical perspective". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering . 16 (10): 4533–4559. doi:10.1007/s10518-018-0367-z.
  10. ↑ Lusa, Agência. "Terramoto de 1757 em São Jorge causou mil mortes e foi o mais violento dos Açores". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  11. ↑ Henriques, Paula. "Centenas morreram na Madeira há 217 anos em aluvião". Diário de Notícias Madeira (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  12. ↑ da Silva Costa, Francisco; Cardina, Miguel; Batista Vieira, António Avelino (July 2016). "As inundações de 1967 na região de Lisboa - Uma catástrofe com diferentes leituras". Investigaciones Geográficas (in Portuguese) (51): 103. doi:10.5354/0719-5370.2016.41749. hdl: 10316/35301 .
  13. ↑ "Accident Boeing 707-331B N7231T". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  14. ↑ "Accident Boeing 727-282 CS-TBR". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  15. ↑ "San Pedro de Alcantara". www.abc.se. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  16. ↑ Silva, Claudia Carvalho (12 February 2023). "Ciclone de 1941: o "demónio" de vento que varreu Portugal". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  17. ↑ "Catástrofe ferroviária de Custóias ocupou toda a 1.ª página". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  18. ↑ PÚBLICO (18 June 2017). "Maiores tragédias em Portugal". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  19. 1 2 3 4 "Visão | Os acidentes mais graves com comboios portugueses". Visão (in European Portuguese). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  20. ↑ Monteiro, Alexandre (1 January 2012). "O naufrágio da nau da prata Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Tróia, 1589)". Al-madan, IIª série, nº 17.
  21. ↑ Ferreira, Marta Leite. "Sismo dos Açores em 1980. A história do terramoto mais destrutivo dos últimos 200 anos em Portugal". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  22. ↑ "Accident Lockheed C-130H Hercules 7772". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  23. ↑ Alberti, Mia (15 June 2018). "Portugal's wildfire that broke a community". BBC . Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  24. ↑ "KLM-Viasa DC-8 tragedy". Flight : 814. 8 June 1961. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  25. ↑ Talixa, Jorge (11 April 2009). "Centenário do sismo de 1909 que arrasou Benavente e Samora Correia será assinalado com novo simulacro". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  26. ↑ "Victims of Portugal's deadly bridge collapse remembered 20 years on". euronews. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  27. ↑ "Accident McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF PH-MBN". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  28. ↑ "O dia que mudou a Madeira para sempre [grande reportagem]". Expresso (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  29. ↑ "O dia mais negro da linha de Cascais". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). 10 April 2004. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  30. ↑ "O 11 de Setembro de Alcafache foi há 25 anos". Público. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  31. ↑ "Accident Lockheed L-749-79-46 Constellation F-BAZN". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  32. ↑ "Incêndios de Outubro provocaram 45 mortos e 70 feridos, e atingiram 1.500 casas e 500 empresas". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  33. ↑ "Accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R HB-ICK". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  34. ↑ "Accident British Aerospace ATP CS-TGM". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  35. ↑ SAPO. "Há 20 anos, um mar de lama e terras engoliu dezenas de casas na Ribeira Quente. Das memórias ao que mudou desde a tragédia". SAPO 24 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  36. ↑ "29 dead in tourist bus crash on Portugal's Madeira Island - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  37. ↑ Cruz, Andrea (24 March 2011). "Bombeiros ajudam a contar a história de Viana através do registo dos seus desastres". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  38. ↑ Lusa (7 October 2018). "O maior fogo de sempre na serra de Sintra foi há 52 anos. Morreram 25 militares". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  39. ↑ "PORTUGAL: CROWDED PASSENGER TRAIN CRASHED INTO GOODS TRAIN - 20 DEAD". British Pathé. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  40. ↑ "Foram hoje a enterrar mais algumas vítimas do acidente de Vila Franca de Xira". Diário de Lisboa. Lisbon. 19 August 1947. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  41. ↑ "'Human error' blamed for Portuguese train crash - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  42. ↑ Sousa, Mariana Oliveira e Hugo Daniel (6 November 2007). "Autocarro cai em ravina na A23 e provoca 13 mortos e 24 feridos". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  43. ↑ "A23: acidente que matou 17 pessoas vai ser reconstituído". TVI Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  44. ↑ "Homenagem aos bombeiros mortos há 20 anos". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  45. ↑ RTP. "Primeiro-ministro diz que estão confirmados 16 mortos e cinco feridos em estado crítico" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  46. ↑ Rodrigues, Sandra (8 September 2015). "Capacetes na Serra de Lumiares para recordar a morte de 14 bombeiros de Armamar". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
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  48. ↑ "Há 20 anos ocorreu o acidente com autocarro que provocou 14 mortos no IP3 em Santa Comba Dão". CentroTV (in European Portuguese). 24 March 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  49. ↑ "Visão | O sismo desconhecido: Sessenta anos depois, Portugal foi atingido por um abalo quase tão forte como o de 1755, dizem estudiosos". Visão (in European Portuguese). 4 August 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  50. ↑ "Inquérito preliminar atribui todas as culpas ao motorista". Diário de Lisboa. 11 April 1989. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  51. ↑ "Falling tree kills 13 on Portuguese island of Madeira". 15 August 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  52. ↑ Rebelo, Fernando; Ganho, Nuno (May 1998). "As cheias do Outuno de 1997 no Sul de Portugal". Territorium: 25–30.
  53. ↑ Lusa (18 December 2014). "Condutor de autocarro de acidente que fez 11 mortos acusado de homicídio". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  54. ↑ "Eight killed in fire at Portuguese community centre". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 14 January 2018. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  55. ↑ Lusa, Agência. "Cinco anos após incêndio em associação de Tondela, Justiça apura responsabilidades". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  56. ↑ "Protecção Civil recria cenário das cheias de 1967 e 1983". Jornal Expresso do Oriente (in European Portuguese). 5 January 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  57. ↑ "UPI Focus: Strong earthquake kills 10 in Azores - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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