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Natrual Disasters

By Jayydope

  • 1900 hurricane

    1900 hurricane
    The Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on September 8, 1900, in the city of Galveston, Texas, in the United States.[1] It had estimated winds of 145 miles per hour (233 km/h) at landfall, making it a Category 4 storm on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale.[2] It was the deadliest hurricane in US history, and the second costliest hurricane in U.S. history based on the dollar's 2005 value (to compare costs with those of Hurricane Katrina and others).

  • 1931 chinese floods.

    1931 chinese floods.
    1931 Chinese floods (est. 3.7 million deaths) The summer flood along the Yangtze River during July-August 1931 was the most severe, with over 51 million people affected (one quarter of China’s population). An estimated 3.7 million people died due to disease, starvation or drowning. (source: NOAA).

  • 1970 Pakistan cyclone

    1970 Pakistan cyclone
    1970 Pakistan cyclone (300,000 deaths) On Nov. 12 a moderately strong 115-mph hurricane’s 20-foot storm surge, cresting with a high tide, struck East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and killed approximately 300,000 people. Initial reports were that more than 1 million died but those estimates were later proven to be too high. (source: National Hurricane Center)

  • 1976 Tangshan earthquake

    1976 Tangshan earthquake
    1976 Tangshan earthquake (255,000 deaths) Official casualty figure is 255,000 deaths. Estimated death toll as high as 655,000. 799,000 injured and extensive damage in the Tang-Shan area. Damage extended as far as Beijing. This is probably the greatest death toll from an earthquake in the last four centuries, and the second greatest in recorded history. (source: USGS)

  • 2004 indian ocean Tsunami/earthquake

    2004 indian ocean Tsunami/earthquake
    2004 Indian Ocean tsunami/earthquake (227,898 deaths) This is the third largest earthquake in the world since 1900. In total, 227,898 people were killed or were missing and presumed dead and about 1.7 million people were displaced by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in 14 countries in South Asia and East Africa. The tsunami caused more casualties than any other in recorded history and was recorded nearly worldwide on tide gauges in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.