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To: edmond246
Anyone know what the highest death toll for a natural disater was in the past 100 yrs?

It was from the same region 34 years ago, according to this website. (The tropical cyclone that struck the Bay of Bengal region, killing half a million)

4 posted on 12/28/2004 11:51:50 AM PST by Pyro7480 (Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
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To: Pyro7480
In recorded history, accroding to that site, we have this:
The deadliest earthquake in history hit the eastern Mediterranean in July 1201. Approximately 1.1 million people were killed, mostly in Egypt and Syria. This earthquake claimed the most lives of any other natural disaster in recorded history.

20 posted on 12/28/2004 12:03:30 PM PST by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: Pyro7480

China had a earthquake in 1976 that killed up to half a million people.


23 posted on 12/28/2004 12:06:07 PM PST by KC_Conspirator (I am poster #48)
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To: Pyro7480

That (the Bangladesh cyclone), the 1976 China quake, and the 1988 Spitak quake are the modern "leaders" in this category.


30 posted on 12/28/2004 12:16:33 PM PST by cogitator
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To: Pyro7480

Largest estimated death tolls are both from China (1556 AD and 1976 AD. Although official death from the July 1976 quake is around 250,000, unofficial estimates are over 600,000.


33 posted on 12/28/2004 12:28:26 PM PST by JSloth
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