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Top 10 Natural Disaster
Number of people killed
Disaster Date Killed
Wind Storm Feb-1960 42
Wind Storm 6-Feb-1975 9
Wind Storm 22-Dec-1979 5
Wind Storm 9-Dec-1996 3
Wind Storm 21-Jan-2002 3
Wind Storm 17-Feb-1972 2
Wind Storm 10-Feb-1994 2
Wind Storm 8-Dec-1983 1
Wind Storm 29-Jan-1989 1
Wind Storm 25-Dec-1967 0
  Number of people affected
Disaster Date Affected
Wind Storm 6-Feb-1975 826,258
Wind Storm 22-Dec-1979 105,257
Wind Storm 16-Jan-1982 32,000
Wind Storm 17-Feb-1972 25,016
Wind Storm 25-Dec-1967 23,524
Wind Storm 25-Jan-1991 7,500
Wind Storm 29-Jan-1989 4,507
Wind Storm 10-Feb-1994 2,300
Wind Storm 21-Jan-2002 1,050
Wind Storm 10-Mar-1999 1,000
Source : OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database / Sep-6-2004 - Data version: v07.04
 
 
Natural Disaster from 1960-2002

Source: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, http://www.em-dat.net/ - Université catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium
 
 
Top 10 Technological Disasters
Number of people killed
Disaster Date Killed
Transport Accident 28-Nov-1987 159
  Number of people affected
Disaster Date Affected
Transport Accident 28-Nov-1987 0
Source : OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database / Sep-6-2004 - Data version: v07.04
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