The Deadliest Known Natural Disasters by Type

THE DEADLIEST KNOWN NATURAL DISASTERS BY TYPE LOCATION E DATE i DEATH TOLL Death Toll Scale: 100,000 FAMINE CAUSED BY DROUGHT 1,000 10,000 250,000 1 Million 500,000 5 Million 10 Million 20 Million 50 Million GREAT CHINESE FAMINE Northern China. Drought conditions were exacerbated by Mao Zedong's ill-advised farming policies. 画 1959-61 i 36,000,000 RUNNER-UP 1876-79 North China famıne O Northern China, ii 13,000,000 FLOOD (disputed) i 4,000,000 1931 YANGZI-HUAI FLOOD DISASTER China Caused by a combination of long droughts, a harsh winter, and heavy spring rains. Summer 1931. RUNNER-UP A Yellow River flood (1887). China. ii 900,000 EARTHQUAKE (disputed) i 820,000 1556 SHAANXI EARTHQUAKE Shaanxi, China, O July 28, 1976. Magnitude 8.0, according to modern estimates. RUNIER-UP Tangshan earthquake (1976). Hebei, China. ii 242,769-700,000 TROPICAL CYCLONE BHOLA CYCLONE Caused $86.4 million in damage. East Pakistan, West Bengal, Nov. 12, 1970. 8i1 500,000 RUNMER-UP O Coringa Cyclone (1839) Coringa, India. idi 300,000 TSUNAMI Indian Ocean (affected 14 countries) Dec. 26, 2004. 2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI. i 280,000 U.S. Geological Survey estimated that the earthquake causing the tsunami released the energy of 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs. 1908 Messina earthquake . RUNNER-UP O Italy- ii 280,000 VOLCANIC ERUPTION MOUNT TAMBORA ERUPTION. Indonesia Believed to have triggered severe climate abnormalities that caused “the Year Without a Summer," a period of global famine, in 1816. April 5, 1815. i 71,000 RUNNER-UP A Krakatoa eruption (1883). Indonesia Mi 36,000 HEAT WAVE 2003 EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE. Western Europe. O July-August, 2003. i70,000 Hottest summer on record in Europe since 1540. RUNNER-UP :) RUSIAN HEAT WAVE (2010) ORussia ii 56,000 MUDSLIDE VARGAS TRAGEDY Vargas, Venezuala. E Dec. 15, 1999. i 30,000 As much as 10% of the Vargas population was killed. RUNNER-UP Armero Tragedy (1985) O Tolima, Colombia ii 22,000 AVALANCHE HUASCARÁN AVALANCHE. Peru Triggered by an earthquake; advanced 11 miles at a speed of 175-210 mph. O May 31, 1970, i 20,000 RUNNER-UP White Friday (1916) Dolomites, Italy. Lii 10,000 BLIZZARD 1972 IRAN BLIZZARD Iran Feb. 3, 1972. i 4,000 Southern Iran received as much as 26 feet of snow. Some villages had no survivors. RUNNER-UP Carolean Death March (1719). Sweden. ii 3,000 WILDFIRE PESHTIGO FIRE Peshtigo, Wisconsin. 画 Oct. 8 , 1871 . i 2,500 Occurred on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire; burned 1,200,000 acres. RUNNER-UP (O Kursha-2 Fıre (1936). Ryazan Oblast, Russia ii 1,200 LIMNIC ERUPTION LAKE NYOS Cameroon. Aug. 21, 1986. i 1,746 Limnic eruption triggered a sudden release of 100,000-300,000 tons of CO, suffocating nearby villages. RUNNER-UP A Lake Monoun (1984). O Cameroon . 37 TORNADO 1989 DAULATPUR-SATURIA TORNADO. 1 mi (1.5 km) in diameter; caused $1.5 million in damages. Manikganj District, Bangladesh April 26, 1989 i1,300 Tri-State Tornado (1925) O Midwestern and southern United States . RUNNER-UP i 695 HAILSTORM 1888 MORADABAD HAILSTORM. Uttar Pradesh, India. Reports state that the hailstones were as big as oranges and accumulated to up to 2 feet in height. 画 April 30 , 1888 . 1246 RUNNER-UP G Central China hailstorm (1986) O China. ii 100 BHOLA CYCLONE 500,000 1931 YANGZI-HUAI FLOOD DISASTER i 4,000,000 Coringa Cyclone i 300,000 1876-79 North China famine Yellow River flood 9 900,000 1908 Messina earthquake 省 280,000 i13,000,000 2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI i 280,000 VARGAS TRAGEDY 30,000 GREAT CHINESE FAMINE 2003 EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE i 36,000,000 70,000 Armero Tragedy i11 22,000 1556 SHAANXI EARTHQUAKE 1 820,000 Russian heaf wave i; 56,000 6 Tangshan earthquake i 242,769-700,000 HUASCARÁN AVALANCHE i 20,000 1972 IRAN BLIZZARD i 4,000 White Friday, 10,000 Carolean Death March i 3,000 PESHTIGO FIRE i 2,500 MOUNT TAMBORA ERUPTION i 71,000 LAKE NYÓS 1,746 Kursha-2 Fire, 1,200 Krakatoa eruption 1 36,000 1989 DAULATPUR-SATURIA TORNADO 1 2,500 Lake Manoun 1 37 1888 MORADABAD HAILSTORM 1246 Tri-State Tornado 1,200 Central China hailstorm 1 100 CREATED BY: INFORMATION SOURCES: history.com disasterhistory.org https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/lifestyle/deadliest-natural-disasters-by-type/ wmo.asu.edu