ten deadliest natural disasters
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Ten deadliest natural disasters[edit]RankDeath toll (estimate)EventLocationDate
110,000,000[1]1770 Bengal FamineBengal,India1770
2150,0004,000,000*[2]1931 China floodsChinaJuly, November, 1931
3900,0002,000,000[3]1887 Yellow River floodChinaSeptember, October, 1887
4830,000[4]1556 Shaanxi earthquakeShaanxi Province,ChinaJanuary 23, 1556
5242,419779,0001976 Tangshan earthquakeChinaJuly 1976
6500,000700,0001938 Yellow River (Huang He) floodChina1938
7500,000[2]1970 Bhola cycloneEast Pakistan(nowBangladesh)November 13, 1970
8316,000[5]2010 Haiti earthquakeHaitiJanuary 12, 2010
9230,273310,0002004 Indian ocean earthquakeSumatraDecember 2004
10300,000[6]1839 India CycloneIndiaNovember 25, 1839