The Environment Chronicle
Notable environmental events between 2002 and 2002 Deselect
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- 200 0 Events (Disaster)
- 300 0 Events (Disaster)
- 400 0 Events (Disaster)
- 500 0 Events (Disaster)
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- 800 0 Events (Disaster)
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- 1000 0 Events (Disaster)
- 1100 0 Events (Disaster)
- 1200 2 Events (Disaster)
- 1300 3 Events (Disaster)
- 1400 2 Events (Disaster)
- 1500 2 Events (Disaster)
- 1600 0 Events (Disaster)
- 1700 4 Events (Disaster)
- 1800 26 Events (Disaster)
- 1900 5 Events (Disaster)
- 1910 6 Events (Disaster)
- 1920 6 Events (Disaster)
- 1930 7 Events (Disaster)
- 1940 7 Events (Disaster)
- 1950 15 Events (Disaster)
- 1960 25 Events (Disaster)
- 1970 106 Events (Disaster)
- 1980 139 Events (Disaster)
- 1990 271 Events (Disaster)
- 2000 30 Events (Disaster)
- 2001 32 Events (Disaster)
- 2002 39 Events (Disaster)
- 2003 37 Events (Disaster)
- 2004 44 Events (Disaster)
- 2005 47 Events (Disaster)
- 2006 46 Events (Disaster)
- 2007 57 Events (Disaster)
- 2008 119 Events (Disaster)
- 2009 286 Events (Disaster)
- 2010 315 Events (Disaster)
- 2011 293 Events (Disaster)
- 2012 231 Events (Disaster)
- 2013 331 Events (Disaster)
- 2014 366 Events (Disaster)
- 2015 374 Events (Disaster)
- 2016 341 Events (Disaster)
- 2017 310 Events (Disaster)
- 2018 25 Events (Disaster)
- 2019 4 Events (Disaster)
- 2020 0 Events (Disaster)
- 2021 0 Events (Disaster)
- 2022 0 Events (Disaster)
- 2023 0 Events (Disaster)
- 2024 0 Events (Disaster)
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On Saturday 14 December 2002 at around 2.30 am, the Tricolor, a car carrier collided with the container ship the Kariba. The Tricolor sank 30 m deep in a matter of minutes, in the Pas-de-Calais, 20 miles northwest of Dunkirk. She was transporting 2,862 new cars and 77 containers. The Tricolor was transporting 1,990 tonnes of Intermediate Fuel Oil, 200 m³ of diesel oil and 25 tonnes of lubricating oil. The wreck represented a risk for navigation and a potential source of pollution.
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During the first 13 days of August 2002 extraordinary heavy rains fell in parts of Central Europe, causing disastrous flooding along the rivers Elbe and Danube and severe damage totalling an estimated 30 000 million US $. 450 000 people were evacuated and more than 100 lost their lives. In the first 5 days of August heavy thunderstorms developing in warm moist air affected northern Germany. On 1 August, some stations reported the highest 24-hour rainfall on record (Cuxhaven 63,6 mm), and regionally, the precipitation totals of 2 days exceeded the monthly normals by 50 %.
