Thursday, 29 December 2011

Ten deadliest natural disasters.


Whilst researching I found the top ten deadliest natural disasters.
(Ranked by number of fatalities highest to lowest)


1.1931 China Floods
Date July, November 1931
Death Toll 1,000,000 - 2,500,000


2.1887 Yellow River flood
Date - September, October, 1887
Death Toll - 900,000–2,000,000


3.1556 Shaanxi earthquake
Date - January 23, 1556
Death Toll - 830,000


4. Bhola cyclone
Date - November 13, 1970
Death Toll - 500,000


5. Haiti earthquake
Date - January 12, 2010
Death Toll - 316,000


6. 1839 India Cyclone
Date - November 25, 1839
Death Toll - 300,000


7. 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Date - December 26, 2004
Death Toll - 230,210 - 310,000


8. Antioch earthquake
Date May 526
Death Toll - 250,000–300,000


9. 1976 Tangshan earthquake
Date - July 28, 1976
Death Toll - 242,419


10. 1920 Haiyuan earthquake
Date - December 16, 1920
Death Toll - 234,117


This narrows down top ten natural disasters, specifying it and making it easier to work with.

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