Mexico · crisis history

A strong Mw 7.

A tractor-trailer causes a multi-vehicle crash on a highway in Jalisco, Mexico, resulting in nine deaths and injuries.

Defective CrowdStrike Falcon sensor update caused largest IT outage in history; grounded airlines and disrupted hospitals; drove software-resilience policy debate.

Major Florida-landfalling hurricane following close on Helene, straining FEMA disaster relief funding.

Category 4-5 hurricane devastating Southwest Florida; among costliest U.

Category 5 hurricane devastating Florida Panhandle; rapid intensification at landfall.

Category 4 hurricane causing historic flooding in Houston; over $125B in damage.

Category 5 hurricane devastating Caribbean and Florida Keys.

Aedes-borne Zika outbreak in the Americas; first U.

BP Macondo well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico — largest marine oil spill in U.

First WHO-declared pandemic of the 21st century; tested national pandemic plan, Strategic National Stockpile, and HHS-DHS coordination.

Major hurricane striking the Texas-Louisiana coast weeks after Katrina.

Most intense hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin at the time of formation; struck Florida.

Four major hurricanes (Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne) struck Florida in the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season.

Major Atlantic hurricane affecting the U.

Category 5 hurricane causing major damage in the Caribbean, South Carolina, and the southeastern U.

Magnitude 8.

San Juanico LPG depot explosion near Mexico City; major industrial disaster.

The entry into force of anticlerical measures causes a military uprising against the Mexican government.

Venustiano Carranza is elected president of Mexico, and the United States gives de jure recognition to his government.

Germany offers to give the American Southwest back to Mexico if Mexico will take sides with Germany.

Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa leads an attack on the U.

The U.

Over 300 Chinese residents were massacred by revolutionary forces of Francisco I.

MDL arising from the 2013 Target POS breach.

Second Top Officials counterterrorism exercise involving simulated WMD attacks.