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3. Natural disasters
Natural disasters often affect millions of lives
through disease, devastation and starvation.
Human behavior can also contribute to how
severe the problem is and may add to the
death toll. These 10 worst natural disasters of
all time each stole over a million lives

4. Deccan famine
• The Deccan Famine(1630-1632) was the result
of failure of three consecutive staple crops
leading to intense hunger and deaths from
starvation. The famine desolated Deccan and
Gujarat.

5. Calcutta flood
• In 1737, Calcutta witnessed one of the worst
cyclones in recorded history of India.
Hurricane force winds were reported to be
accompanied by an earthquake and extensive
flooding with an estimated death toll of
3,00,000

6. Bhuj earthquake
• On January 26, 2001 when India was celebrating
its 51st Republic Day, an earthquake with a
magnitude of 7.7 on Richter scale hit at about
08:46 a.m. in Kutch district of Gujarat.
Around 20,000 people were killed, 1,67,000
injured and about 6,00,000 people were left
homeless. The city of Bhuj that lied only 20 km
from the epicenter was totally devastated. Total
damages were assessed to be in excess of $5.5
billion. Indian army was called in for rescue and
relief efforts.

7. Man can have a devastating effect on the
environment and the 10 worst man-made
disasters of all time have had a negative effect
on the environment for decades afterwards.
Frequently these disasters are related to poor
industrial oversight within developing
countries. However, even with regulation a
catastrophe can strike.

8. • Bhopal disaster, also referred to as the Bhopal
gas tragedy is classified as the world’s worst
industrial catastrophe and environmental
disasters which took place in the late night
hours of December 2-3, 1984 in Bhopal,
Madhyah Pardesh, India at the Union Carbide
India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant.

9. • The 2008 Mumbai attacks were twelve coordinated
shooting and bombing attacks across mumbai ,india’s
largest cityby members of lashkar-e-taiba, thePakistan-
based militant organisation.The attackers allegedly
received reconnassiance assistance before the
attacks. Ajmal kabab, the only attacker who was
captured alive, later confessed upon interrogation that
the attacks were conducted with the support of
Pakistan's ISI.The attacks, which drew widespread
global condemnation, began on Wednesday, 26
November and lasted until Saturday, 29 November
2008, killing 166 people and wounding at least 308

11. Natural disasters often affect millions of lives
through disease, devastation and starvation.
Human behavior can also contribute to how
severe the problem is and may add to the
death toll. These 10 worst natural disasters of
all time each stole over a million lives

12. The Deadliest Earthquake in History
• In July 5, 1201 in Egypt and Syria, the
deadliest earthquake in recorded history
struck making it one of the 10 worst natural
disasters of all times. This disaster rocked the
eastern Mediterranean and killed over 1.1
million people, destroying countless homes.
Nearly every major city within the near east
felt the effects of this quake.

13. . The Black Plague
• The bubonic plague or “Black Death” killed
almost 33 percent of the entire population of
Europe when it struck between 1347 and
1350. It also affected millions in Asia and
North Africa. Scientists believe that the plague
was a zoonotic disease caused by Yersinia
pestis bacterium and spread due to poor
hygiene and fleas carried by rats

14. North Korea Famine and Floods
• A combination of political problems and natural
disasters resulted in over 3 million deaths in
North Korea from 1995 to 1998. With a period of
industrial decline, North Korea was unable to
keep up with food production and began
rationing food consumption. Soon the
distribution channels began to collapse though
and a series of floods devastated nearly 40% of
their farm land. This led to starvation throughout
many of the rural areas.

15. Man can have a devastating effect on the
environment and the 10 worst man-made
disasters of all time have had a negative effect
on the environment for decades afterwards.
Frequently these disasters are related to poor
industrial oversight within developing
countries. However, even with regulation a
catastrophe can strike.

16. Indonesian Forest Fires
• 1997 Indonesian Forest Fires started in the middle of 1997,
caused primarily by slash and burn techniques adopted by
the farmers of Indonesia. The fires in Indonesia began to
affect neighboring countries, as thick clouds of smoke and
haze spread to cover Malaysia and Singapore. By the time
the seasonal rains in early December 1997 arrived, they
brought a temporary relief, but soon after wards, dry
conditions and fires returned. In 1998 Brunei also had fell
victim to the smoke and haze of the fires, and to a lesser
degree, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines also
experienced smoke and haze from them.

17. Great London Smog of 1952
• The Great Smog of ’52, or Big Smoke was a
combination of cold weather with anticyclone
and windless conditions which collected all the
airborne pollutants, mostly from coal burning,
mainly due to the cold weather, to form a thick
layer of smog over London in December 1952. It
lasted from Friday, December 5th to Tuesday,
December 9th 1952, and then quickly dispersed
after the weather patterns changed.