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. 2017 Sep 25;125(9):094503. doi: 10.1289/EHP2378

Figure 1.

Timeline showing international disasters from 2001 through 2016. These include World Trade Center attacks (2001), Anthrax mailings (2001), SARS outbreak (2002), re-emergence of Avian influenza (H5N1) (2002), Bam earthquake in Iran (2003), Madrid train bombings (2004), Indian Ocean tsunami (2004), London bombings (2005), Hurricane Katrina (2005), Hurricane Rita (2005), Hurricane Wilma (2005), Prudhoe oil spill (2006), E. coli outbreak in spinach in the U.S. (2006), Mumbai attacks (2008), Sichuan earthquake (2008), Hurricane Gustav (2008), Hurricane Ike (2008), H1N1 influenza pandemic (2009), Haiti earthquake (2010), Pakistan floods (2010), Deepwater Horizon oil spill (2010), Japan earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear event (2011), series of tornadoes in U.S. (2011), Hurricane Irene (2011), North American drought (2012), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines (2013), West African Ebola virus epidemic (2014), Flint water crisis (2014), Nepal earthquake (2015), Zika virus (2015), Paris terrorism attacks (2015) and U.S. Gulf Coast flooding (LA and TX) (2016), and Hurricane Matthew (2016).

Timeline of major global public health emergencies and disasters, 2001–2016.

Figure 1 is adapted with permission from Lurie et al. (2013). We modified it significantly by extending the timeline, formatting color, and stratifying disasters by international and domestic.