Natural disasters

By matthew schlosser
  • Aug 29, 1348

    black plauge

    The black plague killed almost 33 percent of europe. It also affected millions in asia and south africa.
  • Aug 1, 1556

    Shaanxi China earthquake

    The deadliest quake of all time might be one of the least talked about, considering it occurred nearly 450 years ago. Centered in China's central Shaanxi province, the 1556 quake claimed the lives of some 830,000 people. Why the massive death toll? Blame the quake's strength (8.0 on the Richter scale, or more than 30 times more powerful than the recent quake in Haiti) as well as timing and location. The pre-modern structures were utterly unable to withstand a quake of such force, and massive lan

  • yellow river flood

    1887 yellow river flood. Killed 2,000,000 people

  • Tri state tornado

    1. The "Tri-State Tornado" killed 695 people and injured 2,027, traveling more than 300 miles through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana on March 18, 1925. It was rated an F5 at the top of the old Fujita scale (with winds of 260-plus mph).

  • yellow river flood 1931

    80,000,000 were left homeless. the estimated death was between 850,000 to 4,000,000

  • 1938 yellow river flood

    killed 500,000 people. the weter coverd over 500,000 people

  • Bhola cyclone

    The 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and India's West Bengal on 12 November 1970. It remains the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded, and one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern times.[2] Up to 500,000 people lost their lives in the storm, primarily as a result of the storm surge that flooded much of the low-lying islands of the Ganges Delta.[1] This cyclone was the sixth cyclonic storm of the 1970 North Indian Ocean c

  • hurricane katrina

    It was the largest Atlantic hurricane of 2005. It killed 1,833

  • Ny pa va earthquake

    NEWARK— A rare earthquake centered in Virginia rattled parts of New Jersey and New York shortly before 2 p.m. today, causing buildings to sway in cities and towns across the region. There were no immediate reports of any injuries or structural damage, but the quake rattled nerves. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that a magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit at 1:51 p.m. and the epicenter was northwest of Richmond, Va., about halfway to Charlottesville. The Associated Press is reporting the quake was

  • Hurricane sandy

    October 22-November 5, 2012 - Hurricane Sandy, as a hurricane and a post-tropical cyclone, kills at least 117 people in the United States and 69 more in Canada and the Caribbean. The death toll in the U.S includes 53 in New York state, 34 in New Jersey, 12 in Pennsylvania, six in West Virginia, four in Connecticut, one in Maryland, and seven elsewhere in the U.S.