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7 The city was hit by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that almost completely destroyed the city and surrounding cities. This devastated the people with up to 260,000 -
6 Another Earthquake had hit a similar area with just as devastating effects. The people attributed to the wrath god and fires that continued the destruction afterward. This killed around 260,000 people (https://www.livescience.com/33316-top-10-deadliest-natural-disasters.html) -
10 An earthquake that shook the city with devastating effects. It began on october 11th, 1138, destroying most of the city and killing an estimated 230,000 people
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3 While the the magnitude isn't known (possibly around an 8) it is the deadliest earthquake so far that shook a new emperor and it's people with around 830,000 deaths -
5 The cyclone hit the city in early morning and is the earliest record with wind speeds of at least 140 mph. The cyclone caused storm surges of up to 30 ft, and a long path of destruction. This sank 20,000 boats and killed over 300,000 -
2 The farmland town was raised above the land that had surrounded the River experienced a devastating flood after the dikes surrounding began to overflow. This killed up 900,000-2 million people -
1 From July to August of 1931 snowmelt flooded the river of central China. With over 24 inches of flooding water the landscape turned into a giant lake that killed 2-3.7 million people -
4 With mass flooding, high windspeeds of up to 130mph, as well as a lack of evacuation the results were devastating with 300,000-500,000 deaths. -
8 The city of Tangshan was shaken by a harsh 7.8 earthquake. The city of only one million people faced up to 240,000 official deaths, though many agree it was more. Tangshan -
9 Early in the morning a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast of Sumatra. This was soon followed by a large tsunami that reached up to 30 feet. This killed at least 225,000 people and displaced up to 2 million
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