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The following is a list of the most notable natural disasters by type. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  listverse.files.wordpress.com 480px x 640px | 97.60kB [source page] 000 km 4 600 square miles Evacuation orders had not been fully delivered because of weather conditions and poor communications 7 Tangshan Earthquake 1976 China Deaths 242 000 Aftermath of the quake The Tangshan earthquake is one of the largest earthquakes to hit the modern world in terms of the loss of life The epicentre of the earthquake was near Tangshan in  listverse.files.wordpress.com 240px x 381px | 149.10kB [source page] by a cyclone destroyed the harbour city at the mouth of the Ganges river Most ships were sunk and estimated 20 000 people drowned 4 Shaanxi Earthquake 1556 China Deaths 830 000 The effect of the quake The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake or Hua County earthquake is the deadliest earthquake on record killing approximately 830 000 people It occurred on the morning of 23  charityadvantage.com 203px x 184px | 13.50kB [source page] Hurricane Katrina will go down in history as one of the nation s deadliest and likely its costliest natural disasters We mourn the lives lost homes destroyed and communities uprooted And From Yahoo Image Search: "List of deadliest natural disasters" |
