Top Ten Deadliest Natural Disasters
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Here's the top ten deadliest natural disasters. The numbers represents the death tool as a result of the disaster.
1. 1931 Yellow River flood = 700,000-970,000Link
2. 1887 Yellow River flood = 900,000-2,000,000
3. 1970 Bhola cyclone = 500,000-1,000,000
4. 1556 Shaanxi earthquake = 830,000
5. 1839 India Cyclone = 300,000+
6. 1642 Kaifeng Flood = 300,000
7. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami = 283,100**
8. 1976 Tangshan earthquake = 242,000*
9. 1975 Banqiao Dam failure = 231,000
10. 1138 Aleppo earthquake = 230,000
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