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    December 30, 2004

    Asian Tsunami Now Among the Greatest Natural Disasters in World History

    With the official count of the death toll from the Asian Tsunami currently at 120,000, and some estimates now climbing into the hundreds of thousands, this now appears to be one of the greatest natural disasters in world history.

    Highest Death Toll From A Single Landslide
    A single landslide of rock debris from Mt. Huascarn, Peru, killed over 18,000 people in the town of Yungay on May 31, 1970.

    Highest Death Toll From A Volcanic Eruption
    When the Tambora volcano in Sumbawa, Indonesia (then the Dutch East Indies) erupted from April 5-10, 1815, 92,000 people were killed.

    Highest Death Toll From A Flood
    An estimated 900,000 people were killed when the Huang He (Yellow River), Huayan Kou, China, burst its banks in October 1887.

    Highest Death Toll From An Earthquake
    An earthquake that struck the Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan Provinces of China on February 2, 1556, is believed to have killed approximately 830,000 people.

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