- — Asia:
Destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas
The Taliban dynamite the colossal sixth-century Buddhas of Bamiyan as idolatrous, destroying a unique monument of world heritage months before their own fall.
Era: The Taliban, Intervention and Return
Sources: Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Bamiyan — Afghanistan, History, Buddha Statues · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- — Oceania:
Cyclone Zoe strikes Tikopia
A cyclone devastates the remote islands of Tikopia and Anuta; a relief vessel sails expecting mass casualties and finds nobody killed.
Era: Tensions, Recovery and Great-Power Attention
Sources: Solomon Islands profile - Timeline · BBC News
- — Asia:
Indian Ocean tsunami
Waves from a magnitude-9.1 undersea earthquake off Sumatra devastate Sri Lanka's coasts, killing more than 30,000 people in the country's deadliest natural disaster.
Era: Republic, Civil War and the Modern Nation
Sources: Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 · Encyclopædia Britannica
- — Africa:
Post-election violence
Kibaki's disputed re-election sparks ethnic and political violence that kills more than 1,100 people; a power-sharing deal brokered by Kofi Annan is signed on 28 February 2008.
Era: The Republic of Kenya
Sources: Turning Pebbles: Post-Election Violence in Kenya · Human Rights Watch, History of Kenya · Wikipedia
- — Africa:
Conakry stadium massacre
Security forces fire on a peaceful opposition rally in a Conakry stadium, killing at least 157 people and committing widespread sexual violence.
Era: Coups, Civilian Rule and Bauxite
Sources: Guinea: Ex-Coup Leader Charged in 2009 Massacre · Human Rights Watch, Guinea — 28 September Massacre / political background · GlobalSecurity.org
Catastrophe in the 2000s
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged catastrophe — plague, famine, earthquake and other disasters, narrowed to the 2000s — 5 of them, drawn from 5 nations, running from 2001 to 2009. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 5
- Nations
- 5
- Earliest
- 2001
- Latest
- 2009
- Africa
- 2
- Asia
- 2
- Oceania
- 1
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.