On This Day: September 26th

Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Perry, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, killing over 250 people, causing US$78.7 billion in damage and becoming the deadliest hurricane in the mainland United States since Katrina.

A mass shooting occurs at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 18 people, including 11 children.

A mass kidnapping of 43 students from a teaching college occurs in Iguala, Mexico.

The Philippine Bar exam bombing occurs near the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people.

Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.

The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.

Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.

The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.

A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.

An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.