Can you name the Cities which have been destroyed or suffered severe damage throughout history? by Dobbins

Can you name the Cities which have been destroyed or suffered severe damage throughout history?

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Cities destroyed through religious acts (IE: Sodom or Gomorrah) have NOT been included. Many of the cities listed have been rebuilt. Source is Wikipedia.
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Country, Year, Cause	City	Details
Italy, 64AD, Fire		Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
Italy, 79AD, Volcano
Netherlands, 1452, Fire		Over 3/4 of the city was destroyed.
UK, 1666, Fire		Started in a baker's shop.
Portugal, 1755, Earthquake, Fire, and Tsunami
USA, 1814, Fire caused by war
Canada, 1849, Fire
USA, 1864, Fire Caused by war
USA, 1865, Fire Caused by war		Also burned by General Sherman
USA, 1871, Fire
USA, 1872, Fire
China, 1878, Fire		Over 10 acres of downtown burned
Canada, 1886, Fire
USA, 1889, Dam Break
China, 1894, Fire		Over 1,000 buildings destroyed
USA, 1900, Hurricane
USA, 1901, Fire
USA, 1902, Fire

Country, Year, Cause	City	Details
Canada, 1904, Fire		Deja Vu?
USA, 1906, Earthquake and ensuing Fire
USA, 1913, Flood
Canada, 1917, Explosion
USA, 1917, Fire
USA, 1921, Riots
UK, 1940, Bombings
Germany, 1943, Bombings
Germany, 1945, Bombings
Japan, 1945, Atomic Bombings
Japan, 1945, Non-Atomic Bombings
Belize, 1961, Hurricane
Romania, 1977, Earthquake
Ukraine, 1986, Nuclear Meltdown
Montserrat (UK), 1995, Volcano
Japan, 1995, Earthquake
Nigeria, 2002, Explosion and Fire
USA, 2005, Hurricane and Flood
USA, 1871, Fire	80 Percent of the city flooded, much was never rebuilt

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World cities that have been destroyed Quiz

by Dobbins

Created Mar 11, 2011 in History
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	johnlk:	Mar 11th, 2011 at 04:29 GMT		3 points
	Washington burned in 1814, not 1812.

	chriskotx:	Mar 11th, 2011 at 04:34 GMT		2 points
	Woah there pardner! - How can the virtual destruction of Texas' largest city in 1900 be left out? (Galveston Hurricane)

	Dobbins:	Mar 11th, 2011 at 04:44 GMT		2 points
	All changes have been made. I had some trouble finding any sort of comprehensive list, so if you have suggestions, keep it coming.

	BombaySapphire:	Mar 11th, 2011 at 04:47 GMT		3 points
	Not to diminish the severity of the catastrophe that is your answer for 1871, but there was a simultaneous fire at Peshtigo, Wisconsin, that resulted in many more fatalities and more widespread damage. Please consider it as at least a bonus answer.

	BHW:	Mar 11th, 2011 at 05:55 GMT		6 points
	Should accept Prypiat for Chernobyl as well. Bigger city and closer to the actual nuclear plant

	WindSword:	Mar 11th, 2011 at 06:34 GMT		-1 points
	Perhaps we make a bigger deal of it than it actually was, but there was the Buffalo Blizzard of '77.

	Brizza:	Mar 11th, 2011 at 08:38 GMT		0 points
	Interesting quiz, very enjoyable. Minor typo in the explanatory narrative for 1945 atomic bombings. Thinking about it, it's poignant taking this quiz while Japan's underwater.

	thedpr:	Mar 11th, 2011 at 14:09 GMT		6 points
	The Johnstown Flood would seem to be a likely candidate for inclusion.

	brittain33:	Mar 11th, 2011 at 15:02 GMT		4 points
	Halifax had a major explosion in 1917 that might qualify.

	Sesel:	Mar 12th, 2011 at 00:25 GMT		4 points
	The earthquake in Lisbon in 1755 was incredibly important both in terms of casualties and politics.

	Sesel:	Mar 12th, 2011 at 00:30 GMT		4 points
	Also, Caribbean cities that have been destroyed are Plymouth, Montserrat (still abandoned) by a volcano; Saint-Pierre, Martinique by a volcano; and Belize City, Belize by Hurricane Hattie.

	Riko:	Mar 12th, 2011 at 01:55 GMT		5 points
	I second the inclusion of Prypiat. It's like asking for the "USA 1989 Earthquake" and taking Oakland but not San Francisco. Anyway, cool quiz.

	Dobbins:	Mar 12th, 2011 at 05:43 GMT		2 points
	I can't belive I forgot Johnstown. I was going to add that one just so I could use "Dam Burst" as a disaster. Most of the others have been added, including Prypiat for Chernobyl. I didn't add Buffalo, the city was fine after the got ride of the snow, and I didn't add Saint-Pierre, as I thought it may be too difficult.

	Dobbins:	Mar 12th, 2011 at 05:47 GMT		3 points
	I tried for Peshtigo, but I can't add a bonus answer with this format.

	demonstah:	Mar 12th, 2011 at 15:27 GMT		8 points
	You have required Portugal, instead of Lisbon, for 1755.

	adhair:	Mar 12th, 2011 at 17:16 GMT		2 points
	The Tulsa riots took place in 1921, not 1923. Good quiz overall; thanks for correcting mistakes as they're pointed out.

	Dobbins:	Mar 12th, 2011 at 18:04 GMT		1 point
	Changes for Tulsa and Lisbon have been made, thanks for letting me know, and keep the suggestions coming.

	joebobs:	Mar 13th, 2011 at 01:43 GMT		2 points
	Not to niggle, but Nero didn't fiddle while Rome burned at all. It's a myth. Good quiz, but get that Portugal one fixed! And I'm not sure the jokes are in very good taste (e.g. Kobe 'surprise', Toronto 'deja vu' and Boston sports teams). If you have a quiz with a lot of death in, best to avoid humour.

	Aaron_Kashtan:	Mar 13th, 2011 at 04:52 GMT		1 point
	Lisbon still doesn't work.

	bperry65:	Mar 13th, 2011 at 05:10 GMT		2 points
	You should include the Boston Molasses Disaster of 1919: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Disaster

	Dobbins:	Mar 13th, 2011 at 05:19 GMT		0 points
	I don;t know what I did the first time, but Lisbon has finally been fixed. The jokes aren't offensive, they are staying, and the Boston Molasses Disaster, while no doubt destructive and tragic, only destroyed a few blocks of an otherwise massive city, so I do not feel it merits inclusion on this list.

	cmkeller:	Mar 13th, 2011 at 19:21 GMT		5 points
	How about adding Centralia, Pennsylvania, abandoned (mostly) due to an underground mine fire?

	MikeR:	Mar 16th, 2011 at 03:31 GMT		2 points
	I loved the quiz, but what about Stalingrad (Volgograd). It was destroyed in WWII and there were over 1.2 million deaths in the Battle of Stalingrad

	cuendillar:	Mar 16th, 2011 at 08:54 GMT		3 points
	Carthage was razed to the ground after falling to the Romans in 146 BC, Darwin was bombed to pieces in 1942. The Santorini eruption in 1620ish BC, with following tsunami, also deserves inclusion as it not only destroyed the entire Minoan civilization but also plausibly lead to the myths of Atlantis and the Plagues of Egypt.

	Brad:	Mar 17th, 2011 at 21:41 GMT		1 point
	May I suggest increasing the time? Great quiz, and I really enjoyed reading the description after each answer - probably why I ran out of time :)

	tim_venus:	Apr 18th, 2013 at 15:05 GMT		1 point
	good but could really do with more time to allow time to think