List of non-water floods

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Most non-water floods (excluding mudflows, oil spills, or volcanic lahars) involve storage facilities suddenly releasing liquids, or industrial retaining reservoirs releasing toxic waste. Storage facility incidents usually cover a small area but can be catastrophic in cities. For example, a molasses tank failure in 1919 led to the Great Molasses Flood that killed 21 people in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. [1]

Industrial retaining reservoirs are often used to store toxic waste, and when they fail they can flood a large area, causing physical and environmental damage. The 2010 failure of a reservoir at the Ajka alumina plant in Hungary flooded a small town and killed several, while the cleanup from the 2008 Kingston Fossil Plant spill in Tennessee, U.S. took several years and killed at least 40 workers involved.

List

List of non-water floods
NameDateComposition of floodLocation
London Beer Flood 17 October 1814Beer London, England
Dublin whiskey fire 18 June 1875Whiskey Dublin, Ireland
Great Molasses Flood 15 January 1919Molasses Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Rockwood & Company shipping department fire 12 May 1919Molten chocolate and butterNew York City, U.S.
Aberfan disaster 21 October 1966Mine spoil and waterAberfan, Wales, UK
Church Rock uranium mill spill 16 July 1979Uranium tailings Church Rock, New Mexico, U.S.
Wisconsin butter flood 3 May 1991Butter, cheese, and processed meat Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Doñana disaster 25 April 1998Mine tailings Aznalcóllar, Andalusia, Spain
Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill 22 December 2008Coal byproducts mixed with water Kingston, Tennessee, U.S.
Ajka alumina plant accident 4 October 2010 Bauxite residue mixed with water (caustic sludge, red in color) Ajka, Hungary
Mount Polley Mine 4 August 2014Mine tailings - nickel, arsenic, copper, lead and compounds thereofnear Likely, British Columbia
Mariana dam disaster 5 November 2015 Tailings mixed with water Mariana, Brazil
Pepsi fruit juice flood 25 April 2017Various juices Lebedyan, Russia
Levira Distiller wine flood 10 September 2023Red wine São Lourenço do Bairro, Portugal

References

  1. ↑ "The Great Molasses Flood of 1919: A Deadly Disaster in Boston". The Collector. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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