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10 Natural Disaster |
Number of people killed
| Disaster |
Date |
Killed |
| Epidemic |
1920 |
2,000,000 |
| Drought |
1942 |
1,500,000 |
| Epidemic |
1907 |
1,300,000 |
| Drought |
1900 |
1,250,000 |
| Epidemic |
1920 |
500,000 |
| Drought |
1965 |
500,000 |
| Drought |
1966 |
500,000 |
| Drought |
1967 |
500,000 |
| Epidemic |
1926 |
423,000 |
| Epidemic |
1924 |
300,000 |
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Number of people affected
| Disaster |
Date |
Affected |
| Drought |
1987 |
300,000,000 |
| Drought |
Jul-2002 |
300,000,000 |
| Drought |
Nov-1979 |
190,000,000 |
| Flood |
7-Jul-1993 |
128,000,000 |
| Drought |
1965 |
100,000,000 |
| Drought |
1972 |
100,000,000 |
| Drought |
1973 |
100,000,000 |
| Drought |
Jun-1982 |
100,000,000 |
| Drought |
11-Apr-1983 |
100,000,000 |
| Drought |
Apr-2000 |
90,000,000 |
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| Source : OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database / Nov-3-2005 - Data version: v05.10 |
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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 |
| Industrial Accident |
3-Dec-1984 |
2,500 |
| Misc Accident |
11-Aug-1979 |
1,335 |
| Transport Accident |
17-Jun-1947 |
625 |
| Transport Accident |
6-Aug-1988 |
438 |
| Misc Accident |
23-Dec-1995 |
425 |
| Transport Accident |
19-Jul-1984 |
400 |
| Industrial Accident |
28-Dec-1975 |
372 |
| Transport Accident |
12-Nov-1996 |
351 |
| Transport Accident |
20-Aug-1995 |
350 |
| Misc Accident |
25-Jan-2005 |
300 |
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Number of people affected
| Disaster |
Date |
Affected |
| Industrial Accident |
3-Dec-1984 |
300,000 |
| Misc Accident |
11-Aug-1979 |
150,000 |
| Industrial Accident |
1985 |
100,350 |
| Industrial Accident |
14-Sep-1997 |
100,031 |
| Industrial Accident |
9-Jan-1995 |
25,000 |
| Misc Accident |
Apr-1990 |
20,000 |
| Misc Accident |
22-May-1978 |
10,000 |
| Misc Accident |
15-Mar-1999 |
5,100 |
| Misc Accident |
23-Aug-2000 |
3,000 |
| Misc Accident |
18-Mar-2003 |
2,500 |
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| Source : OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database / Nov-3-2005 - Data version: v05.10 |
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