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18 Worst Natural Disasters That Killed More Than Two Million People

Ever wonder which natural disasters killed more than two million people. Here is a list of such worst natural disasters.

  1. During 1918- 1919 influenza pandemic occurred throughout the world; in this disaster nearly 100 million people died
  2. During 1347 - 1350 in Bubonic plague occurred in Europe and beyond; 25 million people died in this disaster
  3. During 1600 to 1800 unknown millions of people are died because of European sickness in Western hemisphere
  4. In Africa, between 1981- 1984 a dreadful drought occurred. And unknown millions of people died in that drought.
  5. During 1958 - 1961 nearly 20 million people died because of famine in China
  6. In India 10 million people died due to famine in 1769
  7. 9 million people died due to floods in China in 1887
  8. A dreadful drought killed 9 million people during 1876- 1879 in China
  9. The two earthquakes that occurred in China in 1556 and 1976 swallowed 8 million and 6 million people respectively
  10. In 1920, more than 5 million people died in China due to drought
  11. More than 5 million people died due to smallpox in 1870 in Germany, France and America
  12. In 1957, Asian Flu killed 4 million people throughout the world
  13. In 1737, 3 million people died due to typhoon in India
  14. In 1642, 3 million people died due to floods in China
  15. In 1970, Bangladesh lost 5 million people from cyclone induced flooding
  16. In 1931, more than 3 million people died due to flooding and starvation in China
  17. During 1995-1998 famine and floods caused death to more than 3 million people in North Korea
  18. In 1959, massive floods killed 2 million people in China
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Comments (9)
#1 by IcyCucky, Apr 22, 2008
That was incredible!
#2 by nobert soloria bermosa, Apr 22, 2008
millions of lives were lost, well. that's part of life,calamities occur from time to time
#3 by Moses Ingram, Apr 22, 2008
Interesting article.
#4 by Alexa Gates, Apr 22, 2008
very interesting...
#5 by louie jerome, Apr 24, 2008
Interesting article
#6 by Dee Huff, Apr 25, 2008
It's really hard to take it all in when numbers run into the millions. It's just quite alarming.
#7 by valli, Apr 25, 2008
Thank you everybody for reading and commenting.
#8 by The forgiver, May 2, 2008
Keep up the good work........
#9 by JohnH, May 14, 2008
8 of the 18 listed disasters occurred after 1900. Every one occurred in an area dominated by a repressive, authoritarian government. I don't think that's a coincidence. Could this be another benefit of promoting democratic governments around the world?
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