Incidents on 11 September 2024
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 — before continuous monitoring began on 9 August 2026. For this day we hold earthquakes from the USGS catalogue (magnitude 2.5 and above) and a few historical records, not a full record of every incident.
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Hurricane Francine impacts the Gulf of Mexico, as a Category 2 hurricane.
The Libyan city of Derna experiences catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel causes two dams to collapse, killing thousands of people.
The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.
A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.
Nineteen members of al-Qaeda execute the September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that killed 2,977 people using four hijacked aircraft. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near
Hurricane Iniki strikes the island of Kauaʻi, Hawaii, killing seven and causing $3.1bn in economic damages.
Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, the worst railway accident to occur in Portugal.
A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.
Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
Hurricane Edna hits New England (United States) as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.
Historical entries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), filtered to disasters and incidents.