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Event Date Location Measurement Death Toll Records? Two
Facts
BholaCyclone(Hurricane 1
11!"!1#$% &11!1"!1#$%
East 'aistan()owBan*ladesh+,est Ben*al-.ndia
1"% m/hhi*hestrecordedwind s/eed
0 %%-%%% DeadliestHurricaneEverRecorded
23 o4 the/o/ulation o4Ta5umuddinwas illed6
Devastatedmany o44shore islands
HurricaneMitch(Hurricane 7
1%!77!1##8& 11!#!1##8
Honduras+)icara*ua+Ma9ority o4Central:merica+Florida- ;%%houses
inAin*stown-
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Tri-%%%
Most'ower4ulEarthuae
EverRecorded
Destroyed anumer o4colonial
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@ood FridayEarthuae(Earthuae7
%"!7$!1#>2 'rince,illiam!7%%2 .ndonesia #61#6"
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)ovaru/taEru/tion(olcano 7
%>!>!1#17 :leutianRan*e-:lasa
Rated > onthe olcanicEG/losivity.ndeG
)one )one >%hour lon*eru/tioneG/elled u/to 261 cuicmiles
o4ma*ma
Created a7-%%% 4tdee/- 16# y76 milecaldera
188"AraatoaEruo/tion(olcano "
%8!7>!1888&%8!7$!1888
Araatauarchi/ela*o
)!: ">-21$ ne o4 thedeadliest andmostdestructiveeru/tions
in
history
Destroyedmuch o4 theisland and itssurroundin*archi/ela*o
Finaleru/tion wasso /ower4ul-it lew theeardrums o4sailors
2%miles away
7%%%s:ustralianDrou*ht(Drou*ht 1
1## & 7%%#( rain4aillwas 2%>%3lower thanavera*e
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1#"1 CentralChina Floods(Flood 1
Iuly &)ovemer1#"1
JellowRiver+Jan*t5eRiver+ HuaiRiver(China
)!: 12-%%% &2-%%%-%%%
:mon* theDeadliest)aturalDisastersEverRecorded
Chinesesourcesre/ort deathtolls at12-%%%-while
,esternsourcesre/ort u/ to2-%%%-%%%
Mao Kedon*created theThree @or*esDam /ro9ectdue to
the4loodin*6
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1$$ LisonTsunami(Tsunami 7
11!1!1$$ Ain*dom o4'ortu*al
)!: 1%-%%% &1%%-%%%
)one Tsunamis/eed was so*reat that8
uildin*s andle4t 1%-%%%homeless
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@reat Fire o4al/araiso(Fire 7
%2!17!7%12&%2!1>!7%12
al/araiso-Chile
)!: 1 )one Destroyed7-%% homes-leavin*11-%%%homeless
,hile theori*in o4 the4ire is notnown- the4icina)acional
deEmer*enciadelMinisteriodel .nteriorsays that the
4ire was nodout startedy a third/arty
7%12 'uneLandslide(Landslide 1
%$!"%!7%12 Mahashtra-.ndia
2 inches o4rain4allelieved toe cause
1"2 (;/ to7%%additional-uried inhouses
)one Rescuee44orts drewto a close on:u*ust $-7%12
De4orestation
in the area issaid to have/layed a rollin thelandslide
ar*asTra*edy(Landslide 7
17!12!1###&17!1>!1###
ar*as
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1#$7 .ranBli55ard(Bli55ard 1
%7!"!1#$7 &%7!#!1#$7
)orthwestern- Central- and 4t o4 snowwas dum/edon
