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The list of disasters in the Czech Republic by death toll includes major disasters and accidents – excluding warfare and other intentional acts – that took place in the territory of the Czech Republic and resulted in 10 or more fatalities:

Disaster Type Location Deaths Date References
Great Famine of 1315–1317 Famine Czech Lands Tens thousands or more 1315–1317 [1]
Czech Famine Famine Czech Lands 250,000-500,000 1770-1772 [2]
Spanish flu Pandemic Czechoslovakia 44,000-82,648 1918-1920 [3]
COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic Pandemic Czech Republic 42,806 2020-2023
Marie mine disaster Mine disaster Příbram 319 31 May 1892 [4]
Karviná mine disaster Mine disaster Karviná 235 14 June 1894 [5]
Bolevec Disaster Explosion Třemošná Over 200 25 May 1917 [6]
Nelson III Mine Disaster Mine disaster Teplice 144 3 January 1934 [7]
Stéblová train disaster Trainwreck Stéblová 118 14 November 1960
Dukla mine disaster Mine disaster Dolní Suchá 108 7 July 1961
Šakvice train collision Trainwreck Šakvice 103 24 December 1953
Swine flu pandemic Pandemic Czech Republic 102 2009
Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450 Aircrash Suchdol, Prague 79 30 October 1975 Including four people who died in Hospital.[8][9]
Aeroflot Flight 141 Aircrash 0.46 km from Prague Ruzyně Airport 66 19 February 1973
Desná Dam Dam failure Jizera Mountains 65 18 September 1916 [4]
1997 Central European flood Flood Oder and Morava river basins 50 July 1997 [10]
2012 Czech Republic methanol poisonings Poisonings Czech Republic 48 September 2012
Tachov Explosion Explosion Tachov 47 13 December 1973 [11]
Michálka mine disaster Mine disaster Slezská Ostrava 36 4 October 1950 [12]
JAT Flight 367 Aircrash Srbská Kamenice 27 26 January 1972
Doubrava mine disaster Mine disaster Doubrava 25 7 May 1985 [13]
MESIT Factory Collapse Building collapse Uherské Hradiště 18 23 November 1984 [14]
2002 European floods Flood Czech Republic 17 August 2002 [10]
2013 European floods Flood Czech Republic 16 May–June 2013 [10]
2023 Prague shooting Mass murder Prague 15 21 December 2023 Including the perpetrator and his father. Perepetrator also killed 2 people in Klánovice Forest on 15 December 2023, six days before the 21 December shootings.
2009 European floods Flood Czech Republic 15 May–June 2013 [10]
ČSM Mine Explosion Mine disaster Karviná District 13 20 December 2018 [15]
Bohumín arson attack Mass murder Bohumín 11 8 August 2020


Significant incidents resulting in fewer than 10 deaths

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Disaster Type Location Deaths Date References
Studénka train crash Trainwreck Studénka 8 8 August 2008
2020 Vejprty Fire Fire Vejprty disabled people's home 8 19 January 2020 [16]
2021 South Moravia tornado Tornado South Moravian Region 6 24 June 2021
2024 Central European floods Flood Czech Republic 5 September 2024
Studénka train crash Trainwreck Studénka 3 22 July 2015
Milavče train crash Trainwreck Milavče 3 4 August 2021
Vrbětice ammunition warehouses explosions Terrorism Vrbětice 2 16 October 2014 and 3 December 2014
Bohemian Switzerland Fire Fire Bohemian Switzerland 0 23 July 2022 and 12 August 2022

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References

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  1. ^ Malaníková, Michaela Antonín; Antonín, Robert. "Když se jídla nedostává. České středověké reflexe hladových let v evropském kontextu (when one is not fed - the medieval relations about "the years of hunger" in the central European region) (with Michaela Malaníková)". In: Historia naturalna Jedzenia- Miedzy atykem a XIX wiekem. Gdańsk 2012, s. 70–81. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ^ Vašků, Zdeněk. "Deštivé roky 1770 – 1772". Časopis Vesmír (in Czech). Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  3. ^ Salfellner, Harald. "ODHAD POČTU OBĚTÍ PANDEMIE ŠPANĚLSKÉ CHŘIPKY V ČESKÝCH ZEMÍCH V LETECH 1918 AŽ 1920". czso.cz. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Přírodní katastrofy v Česku: důlní neštěstí, povodně i výbuchy". kudyznudy.cz. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  5. ^ Komárek, Michal. "Výbuch na dole "těšínského upíra": Horníci před 128 lety neměli šanci přežít". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  6. ^ "From the Bolevec ammunition factory to the aviation special of the Czech government". TravelFeed. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  7. ^ "70th anniversary of Nelson coal mine tragedy". Radio Prague International. 3 January 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  8. ^ Kouba, Petr. "Poslední věcí, co spatřilo 79 obětí z jugoslávského letadla, byl ohromný masiv Sedlecké skály". PrahaIN (in Czech). Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Vyšetřovací zpráva" (PDF). State Security. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  10. ^ a b c d "PŘEHLEDNĚ: Největší přírodní katastrofy v moderních dějinách Česka". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 25 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  11. ^ Kohout, Jiří (10 December 2013). "Tragický 13. prosinec 1973: Výbuch ubytovny v Tachově si vyžádal padesát obětí". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Výbuch metanu na Dole Michálka 4. října 1950". Zdař Bůh.cz (in Czech). 18 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  13. ^ "30 LET PO DOUBRAVĚ". zachranar.cz (in Czech). 14 July 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  14. ^ Carr, Barb (23 November 2016). "Remembering an Accident: MESIT Factory Collapse". Root Cause Analysis. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Czech coal mine methane gas explosion kills 13". BBC News. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Czech fire: Eight killed at disabled people's home in Vejprty". BBC News. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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