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The Central China floods of 1931, the deadliest natural disaster in recorded history, were caused by excessive rains that fell over central China in July and August of that year. About two million people perished as a result.
In the late 1880s, the Yellow River (Huang He) in China was perilously located much above most of the surrounding terrain. An estimated 900,000 to 2 million people perished in the flood.
On January 23, 1556, the worst earthquake ever recorded struck the Shaanxi province of China. Although the precise magnitude of the earthquake has been lost to history, geophysicists of today estimate it to be approximately magnitude 8.
There were between 300,000 and 500,000 people killed as a result of the storm surge and inadequate evacuation plans.
Due to its low earthquake history and position as one of the poorest nations in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti was particularly vulnerable to damage and fatalities. Three million individuals were impacted.
typhoon that made landfall on October 8 in the northeastern Vietnamese port city of Haiphong. An estimated 300,000 individuals are thought to have died as a result of this disaster.
An estimated 300,000 lives were lost along with about 20,000 ships and other vessels.