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Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Top 10 deadliest natural disasters (non-epidemic, non-famine)

1. 1931 China floods: 4.0 million
2. 1887 Yellow River flood: 2.0 million
3. 1976 Tangshan earthquake: 650 thousand
4. 1970 Bhola cyclone: 500 thousand
5. 2010 Haiti earthquake: 310 thousand
6. 526 Antioch earthquake: 300 thousand
7. 1839 Coringa cyclone: 300 thousand
8. 1737 Calcutta cyclone: 300 thousand
9. 1920 Haiyuan earthquake: 273 thousand
10. 1139 Ganja earthquake: 230 thousand