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Bhola cyclone
Bhola cyclone remains the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorrded, and one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern times. Up to 500,000 lost their lives in the storm.Lasted roughly two days. -
Tangshan earthquake
Tangshan earthquake was believed to be the largest earthquake of the 20th century by death toll. The earthquake struck at just before 4 a.m when most people were asleep and unprepared. Their were very few buildings that had been built to withstand a earthquake. Therefore hundred of thousands of buildings were destroyed. -
California Northridge Earthquake
Northridge earthquake caused large scale damage throughout Los Angelos and the San Francisco valley.due to the location of the epicenter. Resulted to 60 deaths and left more than 500 injured.More than 25,000 were left homeless. -
Japan Kobe earthquake
This earthquake occured in the southern part of Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Lasterd approximaetly 20 seconds. This earthquake killed nearly 6,500 people making it the deadliest disaster in the world that year. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst disasters in U.s history.At least 1,836 people died in the hurricane and in the sunsequent floods. The total property damage was estimated at 108 billion$
