Over the course of five days in 1952, the city of London was blanketed in a thick layer of poisonous air that would result in the deaths of thousands. The Great Smog of 1952 killed 12,000 people.

Between December 5 and 9, 1952, the environmental disaster strangled London. It would affect ... historic sources to determine the Great Smog’s true death toll—finding that it caused about ...

for the death of the sun”) it is really smog he’s describing. In 1952, a hundred years on from the publication of Bleak House, London was engulfed in just such a peasouper. There was no ...

Londoners are accustomed to fog, but not like the one that rolled in — and stayed — during the winter of 1952 ... "Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog ...

The Great Smog of London appeared on December 5, 1952 — the result of a metaphorical ... research since has suggested that the death toll may actually have been as high as 12,000 individuals.

Thick smog descended on London in December 1952, bringing the city to a standstill and contributing to the deaths of about 4,000 people. The Great Smog of London shrouded the city for four days.

It was reported that even cows choked to death in the fields from the ... On December 5, 1952, London woke up to a thick smog that had descended on the capital. Known as the Great Smog, the ...

Let us consider the Great Smog of London in December 1952. This toxic fog, laden with smoke and pollutants, enveloped the city for five days, leading to more than 4,000 deaths. There were even ...