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10 Natural Disaster |
Number of people killed
| Disaster |
Date |
Killed |
| Flood |
Nov-1927 |
3,000 |
| Earthquake |
10-Oct-1980 |
2,633 |
| Earthquake |
21-May-2003 |
2,266 |
| Earthquake |
9-Sep-1954 |
1,250 |
| Flood |
10-Nov-2001 |
921 |
| Earthquake |
12-Feb-1946 |
276 |
| Earthquake |
18-Aug-1994 |
171 |
| Flood |
28-Sep-1969 |
76 |
| Earthquake |
21-Feb-1960 |
57 |
| Flood |
6-Oct-1966 |
57 |
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Number of people affected
| Disaster |
Date |
Affected |
| Earthquake |
10-Oct-1980 |
930,317 |
| Earthquake |
21-May-2003 |
210,261 |
| Flood |
28-Sep-1969 |
200,237 |
| Flood |
Mar-1973 |
146,000 |
| Earthquake |
9-Sep-1954 |
129,250 |
| Earthquake |
1-Jan-1965 |
49,350 |
| Flood |
10-Nov-2001 |
45,423 |
| Flood |
Dec-1963 |
45,400 |
| Flood |
6-Oct-1966 |
35,912 |
| Flood |
Nov-1967 |
30,000 |
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| Source: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster
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10 Technological Disasters
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Number of people killed
| Disaster |
Date |
Killed |
| Transport Accident |
28-Jan-1982 |
120 |
| Transport Accident |
6-Mar-2003 |
102 |
| Misc Accident |
8-Oct-1995 |
50 |
| Misc Accident |
Aug-1959 |
48 |
| Transport Accident |
27-Dec-1987 |
32 |
| Transport Accident |
15-Feb-1989 |
27 |
| Transport Accident |
17-Aug-2002 |
26 |
| Transport Accident |
27-Sep-1942 |
25 |
| Transport Accident |
4-Apr-2002 |
25 |
| Misc Accident |
2-Jun-1990 |
24 |
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Number of people affected
| Disaster |
Date |
Affected |
| Misc Accident |
27-Nov-1982 |
600 |
| Transport Accident |
27-Jul-1964 |
200 |
| Transport Accident |
28-Jan-1982 |
150 |
| Transport Accident |
14-Jul-1996 |
107 |
| Industrial Accident |
19-Jan-2004 |
74 |
| Transport Accident |
2-Apr-1999 |
56 |
| Transport Accident |
14-Jan-1994 |
39 |
| Transport Accident |
28-Feb-2002 |
20 |
| Misc Accident |
3-Apr-2002 |
20 |
| Transport Accident |
30-Jul-2003 |
20 |
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