Talk:List of disasters by cost

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Chernobyl disaster[edit]

Where is the reference for the 39000 dead in the Chernobyl section? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.131.179.248 (talk) 13:37, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in List of disasters by cost[edit]

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of List of disasters by cost's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "costliest":

  • From Hurricane Georges: Blake, Eric S; Landsea, Christopher W; Gibney, Ethan J (August 2011). Costliest U.S. Hurricanes 1900 – 2010 (unadjusted) (PDF). National Hurricane Center/National Climatic Data Center (NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS NHC-6). United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012. {{cite report}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  • From Hurricane Isabel: Blake, Eric S; Landsea, Christopher W; Gibney, Ethan J (August 2011). Costliest U.S. Hurricanes 1900 - 2010 (unadjusted) (PDF). National Hurricane Center/National Climatic Data Center (NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS NHC-6). United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012. {{cite report}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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Disease outbreaks[edit]

Should this article include disease outbreaks? Those are very costly. For example, SARS-Cov-2 as of 6th, Feb 2020 is estimated to be already the costliest outbreak at over $62 billion: https://www.hpnonline.com/infection-prevention/crisis-planning-outbreak-response/article/21124499/coronavirus-becomes-worlds-costliest-epidemic-at-over-62-billion — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.235.176.232 (talk) 22:10, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • Economic impacts of large disease outbreaks are exceedingly difficult to effectively quantify, even by the already troublesome standards of hurricanes and droughts. But assuming proper references are made, epidemics and pandemics would seem to meet the qualifications. They are already specifically listed in Template:Disasters, so that's good enough for me. Qwertygiy (talk) 23:44, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think it should be included 2001:BB6:3163:1200:7179:E98E:7ADC:2DCC (talk) 22:07, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

1998 Montreal Ice Storm not listed[edit]

Some estimate up to 5 billion in damage 66.131.202.46 (talk) 17:04, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]