Portal:Disasters/Did you know
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- ...that despite the severity of the Air France Flight 358 accident (pictured), no fatalities were reported and it has since been dubbed the Toronto Miracle?
- ...that the massive St. Lucia's flood of 1287 actually occurred on December 14, the day after St. Lucia Day?
- ...that the Torrey Canyon environmental disaster was the subject of a satirical song by Serge Gainsbourg on the album Comic Strip?
- ...that the 1404 St. Elizabeth's flood in the Netherlands was followed by a second St. Elizabeth's flood that occurred exactly 17 years later?