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Some of the world's deadliest natural disasters
Published on Mon, May 12, 2008 at 20:45 in 
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DIASTERS IN THE WORLD: Indian Ocean tsunami (triggered by magnitude 9.0 earthquake) kills 230,000 in a dozen countries.
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Here are some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years.
May 2008: Earthquake (magnitude 7.8) hits Sichuan province in central China. Thousands are killed.
May 2008: Cyclone Nargis strikes Myanmar, killing more than 30,000 and leaving an additional 30,000 missing.
October 2005: Northern Pakistan earthquake (magnitude 7.6) kills about 78,000 people.
August 2005: US Gulf Coast Hurricane Katrina kills at least 1,600 people in Louisiana and Mississippi.
December 2004: Indian Ocean tsunami (triggered by magnitude 9.0 earthquake) kills 230,000 in a dozen countries.
December 2003: Southeastern Iran earthquake (magnitude 6.5) kills 26,000.
August 1999: Western Turkey earthquake (magnitude 7.4) kills 17,000.
October 1998: Central America Hurricane Mitch kills 9,000.
April 1991: Bangladesh cyclone kills 140,000.
June 1990: Northwestern Iran earthquake (magnitude 7.7) kills 50,000.
July 1976: Northeastern China earthquake (magnitude 8.2) kills 240,000.
November 1970: Bangladesh cyclone kills 300,000. World's deadliest cyclone on record.
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That's a neat compilation. If you take a closer look and analyze most of the disasters are around the Asian
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That's a neat compilation. If you take a closer look and analyze most of the disasters are around the Asian
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1999 Orissa super cyclone is missed out.......whr thousands lost their lives and thousands were missing in Bay of bengal.........
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Agreed...it was one of the worst earthquakes and killed more than 1,00,000 people....which leads me to the same question %22what
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I had the same observation ... more than 20000 died ... though this is just the official figure
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