Saturday, April 9, 2011

Top Ten Worst Disasters in the World

There is debate as to what the deadliest disasters of all time actually are, due to discrepancies in death tolls, especially with disasters that occurred outside of the last century. Following is a list of ten of the deadliest disasters in recorded history, from lowest to highest estimated death toll.

10. Aleppo Earthquake (Syria 1138) - 230,000 dead
9. Indian Ocean Earthquake/Tsunami (Indian Ocean 2004) - 230,000 dead
8. Haiyun Earthquake (China 1920) - 240,000 dead
7. Tangshan Earthquake (China 1976) - 242,000 dead
6. Antioch Earthquake (Syria and Turkey 526) - 250,000 dead
5. India Cyclone (India 1839) - 300,000 dead
4. Shaanxi Earthquake (China 1556) - 830,000 dead
3. Bhola Cyclone (Bangladesh 1970) - 500,000-1,000,000 dead
2. Yellow River Flood (China 1887) - 900,000-2,000,000 dead
1. Yellow River Flood (China 1931) - 1,000,000-4,000,000 dead

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