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10 Natural Disaster |
Number of people killed
| Disaster |
Date |
Killed |
| Famine |
1943 |
1,900,000 |
| Epidemic |
1918 |
393,000 |
| Wind Storm |
12-Nov-1970 |
300,000 |
| Wind Storm |
30-Apr-1991 |
138,866 |
| Wind Storm |
Oct-1942 |
61,000 |
| Wind Storm |
11-May-1965 |
36,000 |
| Flood |
Jul-1974 |
28,700 |
| Wind Storm |
Jun-1965 |
12,047 |
| Wind Storm |
28-May-1963 |
11,500 |
| Wind Storm |
9-May-1961 |
11,000 |
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Number of people affected
| Disaster |
Date |
Affected |
| Flood |
Aug-1988 |
73,000,000 |
| Flood |
Jul-1974 |
38,000,000 |
| Flood |
20-Jun-2004 |
36,000,000 |
| Flood |
May-1984 |
30,000,000 |
| Flood |
22-Jul-1987 |
29,700,000 |
| Drought |
5-Jul-1983 |
20,000,000 |
| Flood |
Jul-1968 |
15,889,616 |
| Wind Storm |
11-May-1965 |
15,600,000 |
| Wind Storm |
30-Apr-1991 |
15,438,849 |
| Flood |
8-Jul-1998 |
15,000,050 |
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| Source : OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database / Sep-3-2004 - Data version: v07.04 |
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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 |
18-May-1986 |
600 |
| Transport Accident |
8-Jul-2003 |
528 |
| Transport Accident |
15-Aug-1986 |
500 |
| Transport Accident |
20-Apr-1986 |
400 |
| Transport Accident |
23-Mar-1985 |
300 |
| Transport Accident |
3-May-2002 |
300 |
| Transport Accident |
27-Jul-2003 |
300 |
| Transport Accident |
Nov-1979 |
200 |
| Transport Accident |
16-Feb-1986 |
200 |
| Transport Accident |
9-Oct-1986 |
200 |
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Number of people affected
| Disaster |
Date |
Affected |
| Misc Accident |
20-Apr-1986 |
20,000 |
| Misc Accident |
7-Mar-2002 |
20,000 |
| Transport Accident |
15-Jan-1989 |
1,000 |
| Transport Accident |
13-Jan-1995 |
500 |
| Industrial Accident |
21-Apr-1999 |
500 |
| Transport Accident |
21-Dec-1983 |
200 |
| Transport Accident |
2-Apr-1999 |
200 |
| Misc Accident |
1-Dec-2002 |
200 |
| Transport Accident |
8-Jul-2003 |
200 |
| Transport Accident |
26-Jan-1979 |
182 |
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| Source : OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database / Sep-3-2004 - Data version: v07.04 |
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