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The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 6.8. Iti is said that about 100,000 people were killed.
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With 830,000 casualties, the Shaanxi earthquake is the deadliest earthquake on record. It is also the fourth dealiest natural disaster on record.
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The Yellow River overcame the dikes that farmers had built, due to days of heavy rain. The flood killed about 900,000 people.
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Following the earthquake were a series of aftershocks lasting three years. It is the 4th deadliest earthquake of all time, killing around 240,000 people.
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The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.0. It killed about 5,000 people.
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The Yangtze and Huai rivers flooded from July to November 1931, thanks to melted snow and several feet of summer rain. The floods displaced about 28.5 million people.
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Approximately 229.000 people died in the storm. The storm also caused several smaller dams to break, leading to immense flooding.
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The earthquake hit Tangshan early in the morning, lasting 14 to 16 seconds. It is the biggest earthquake of the 20th century in terms of death toll.
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The storms lasted from the 25th of January to the 6th of February.This was China's worst weather they had had in over half a century.
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The earhquake had a magnitude of about 7.9. Exactly 69, 297 people were killed in the didaster.
