List of non-water floods

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
Name Date Volume (litres) Composition Location
London Beer Flood 17 October 1814 580–1,470 thousand Beer London, England
Dublin whiskey fire 18 June 1875 ? Whiskey Dublin, Ireland
Great Molasses Flood 15 January 1919 8.7 million Molasses Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Rockwood & Company shipping department fire 12 May 1919 ? Molten chocolate and butter New York City, U.S.
Aberfan disaster 21 October 1966 110 million Mine spoil and water Aberfan, Wales, UK
Church Rock uranium mill spill 16 July 1979 350 million Uranium tailings Church Rock, New Mexico, U.S.
Wisconsin butter flood 3 May 1991 ? Butter, cheese, and processed meat Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Doñana disaster 25 April 1998 4–5 billion Mine tailings Aznalcóllar, Andalusia, Spain
2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill 30 January 2000 100 million Mine tailings with cyanide Baia Mare, Romania
Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill 22 December 2008 4.2 billion Coal byproducts mixed with water Kingston, Tennessee, U.S.
Ajka alumina plant accident 4 October 2010 1 billion Bauxite residue mixed with water (caustic sludge, red in color) Ajka, Hungary
Mount Polley Mine 4 August 2014 25 billion Mine tailings - nickel, arsenic, copper, lead and compounds thereof near Likely, British Columbia
Mariana dam disaster 5 November 2015 43 billion Tailings mixed with water Mariana, Brazil
Pepsi fruit juice flood 25 April 2017 14 million Fruit and vegetable juices Lebedyan, Russia
Levira Distiller wine flood 10 September 2023 2 million Red wine São Lourenço do Bairro, Portugal

See also

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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