10 Deadliest Natural Disasters Since 1990

Friday, May 31, 2013

10. 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake

Death toll: 142,000
Location: Japan
Date: September 1923


9. Yangtze River Flood
Dusk on the Yangtze River.jpg
Death toll: 145,000
Location: China
Date: 1935


8. Typhoon Nina

Death toll: 26,000 - 229,000
Location: China
Date: August 7, 1995


7. 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

Death toll: 230,273 - 310,000
Location: Indonesia
Date: December 26, 2004


6. 1920 Haiyuan Earthquake

Death toll: 234,117
Location: China
Date: December 1920


5. 2010 Haiti Earthquake
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Death toll: 316,000
Location: Haiti
Date: January 12, 2010


4. 1970 Bhola Cyclone

Death toll: 500,000
Location: East Pakistan (Bangladesh)
Date: November 1970


3. 1938 Yellow River (Huang He) Flood

Death toll: 500,000 - 700,000
Location: China
Date: June 1938


2. 1976 Tangshan Earthquake

Death toll: 242,419 - 779,000
Location: China
Date: July 1976


1. 1931 China Floods
Victims of the flooding in August 1931
Death toll: 150,000 - 4,000,000
Location: China
Date: November 1931









Source: Wikipedia


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