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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