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10 Natural Disaster |
Number of people killed
| Disaster |
Date |
Killed |
| Earthquake |
31-May-1935 |
60,000 |
| Wind Storm |
15-Dec-1965 |
10,000 |
| Earthquake |
28-Dec-1974 |
4,700 |
| Earthquake |
27-Nov-1945 |
4,000 |
| Flood |
1950 |
2,900 |
| Flood |
Sep-1992 |
1,334 |
| Flood |
3-Mar-1998 |
1,000 |
| Flood |
Jun-1977 |
848 |
| Wind Storm |
14-Nov-1993 |
609 |
| Flood |
Jul-1995 |
600 |
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Number of people affected
| Disaster |
Date |
Affected |
| Flood |
Sep-1992 |
12,324,024 |
| Flood |
9-Aug-1992 |
6,184,418 |
| Flood |
2-Aug-1976 |
5,566,000 |
| Flood |
Aug-1973 |
4,800,000 |
| Flood |
Jul-1978 |
2,246,000 |
| Drought |
Mar-2000 |
2,200,000 |
| Flood |
22-Jul-2003 |
1,266,223 |
| Flood |
22-Jul-1995 |
1,255,000 |
| Flood |
24-Aug-1996 |
1,186,131 |
| Flood |
Jun-1977 |
1,022,000 |
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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
Database, http://www.em-dat.net/ - Université catholique
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10 Technological Disasters
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Number of people killed
| Disaster |
Date |
Killed |
| Transport Accident |
4-Jan-1990 |
307 |
| Transport Accident |
29-Sep-1957 |
300 |
| Transport Accident |
16-Jan-1992 |
200 |
| Transport Accident |
25-Apr-1993 |
150 |
| Transport Accident |
3-Mar-1997 |
128 |
| Misc Accident |
2-Jan-1990 |
100 |
| Transport Accident |
8-Jun-1991 |
100 |
| Transport Accident |
10-Jan-1989 |
90 |
| Industrial Accident |
11-Apr-1988 |
78 |
| Transport Accident |
9-May-1991 |
70 |
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Number of people affected
| Disaster |
Date |
Affected |
| Industrial Accident |
11-Apr-1988 |
16,000 |
| Misc Accident |
28-Oct-1996 |
3,520 |
| Industrial Accident |
9-Jan-1997 |
1,900 |
| Misc Accident |
20-Feb-1984 |
1,212 |
| Misc Accident |
9-Feb-1970 |
1,105 |
| Transport Accident |
4-Jan-1990 |
700 |
| Transport Accident |
8-Jun-1991 |
250 |
| Transport Accident |
9-Jan-2001 |
200 |
| Transport Accident |
1-Jan-1981 |
150 |
| Transport Accident |
16-May-1999 |
150 |
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| Source : OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database / Sep-2-2004 - Data version: v07.04 |
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