1887 Yellow River Flood | |
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| Total costs | N/A |
| Deaths | 2000000 |
The 1887 Yellow River flood was a devastating flood on the Yellow River (Huang He) in China. This river is prone to flooding due to the elevated nature of the river, running between dikes above the broad plains surrounding it. The flood, which began in September 1887, killed at least 900,000 people. The highest estimated death toll is 2,000,000. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded. This flood is ranked one of the top most dangerous natural disasters ever.
Source: Wikipedia 2015 Pakistan heat wave | |
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| Total costs | N/A |
| Deaths | 2000 |
A severe heat wave with temperatures as high as 49 °C (120 °F) struck southern Pakistan in June 2015. It caused the deaths of about 2,000 people from dehydration and heat stroke, mostly in Sindh province and its capital city, Karachi. The heat wave also claimed the lives of zoo animals and countless agricultural livestock. The event followed a separate heat wave in neighboring India that killed 2,500 people in May 2015.
Source: WikipediaMount Merapi, Gunung Merapi (literally Fire Mountain in Indonesian and Javanese), is an active...
The Deccan famine of 1630–1632 was a famine associated with a back-to-back crop failure. The...
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