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5 DEADLIEST NATURAL DISASTERS

A natural disaster is an unfortunate event resulting from natural processes. It is estimated that each year almost 90,000 people die because of natural disasters and it affects 150 million people. Its examples are earthquakes, tsunamis, tornados, cyclones, land sliding, volcanic eruptions, etc. 
 
5- THE GREAT ALASKAN EARTHQUAKE  

 
Location: America and Canada
Date and Time: 27 March 1964 at 5:36pm 
Death Toll: 131
Damage: 300-350 million $
-Sometimes a natural disaster led to other disasters taking place. Due to the earthquake, the tsunami also came to Alaska. The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.2 and the ground keeps shaking for 4 minutes. 
 
4- INDIAN OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI 

                     
Location: Indonesia, Srilanka, India, Thailand 
Date and Time: 26 December 2004 at 7:58pm
Death Toll: 227,898
Damage: Massive damage 
-The most affected country was Indonesia because the tsunami first hit Indonesia and the death toll in Indonesia was 200,000. The magnitude of this earthquake was 9.3 and its tsunami lasted for 10 minutes.
 
3- THE GREAT TANGSHAN EARTHQUAKE  

  
Location: Tangshan, Hebei, and China
Date and Time: 28 July 1976 at 3:42am
Death Toll: 242,769
Damage: 2 billion $
-The magnitude of this earthquake was 7.6 and it only lasted for 14-16 seconds.
 
2- THE BHOLA CYCLONE 

 
Location: East Pakistan (Bangladesh) and India
Date : 3 November 1970 
Death Toll: 500,000
Damage: 86.4 million $
-It was categorized as a very severe cyclonic activity and it remains as deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded. The highest wind speed was more than 240 km per hour and it lasted for 3 minutes. 
 
1- THE 1556 EARTHQUAKE 

  
Location: Shaanxi 
Date and Time: 23 January 1556 in the morning 
Death Toll: 830,000
Damage: not known  
-It is recorded as the deadliest earthquake ever recorded in the history of the world. The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.0 and it lasted for a few seconds but it caused massive flooding, land sliding, and fire.     
 








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