Below is the top 10 deadliest natural disasters with the death toll in bracket.
- 1931 China floods, China (1,000,000–4,000,000)
- 1887 Yellow River flood, China (900,000–2,000,000)
- 1556 Shaanxi earthquake, Shaanxi Province, China (830,000)
- 1970 Bhola cyclone, Bangladesh (500,000)
- 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami, Indian Ocean (443,929)
- 526 Antioch earthquake, Antioch, Byzantine Empire (250,000)
- 1976 Tangshan earthquake, Tangshan, Hebei, China (242,000)
- 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, Haiyuan, Ningxia-Gansu, China (240,000)
- 1839 India Cyclone, India (300,000)
- 1975 Banqiao Dam flood, Zhumadian, Henan Province, China (90,000–230,000)
(Source: Wikipedia)
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Wow China is leading the way with 6 out of 10! I bet a lot of that has to do with the lack of regulations regarding safety and building standards.
It is sad that the east seems to have had the bulk of disasters of this nature. What is the biggest disater that has befallen a western country?
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