2009 Black Saturday bushfire | |
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Total costs | N/A |
Deaths | 173 |
The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires that either ignited or were already burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009, and were among Australia's all-time worst bushfire disasters. The fires occurred during extreme bushfire weather conditions and resulted in Australia's highest-ever loss of human life from a bushfire, with 173 fatalities. Many people were left homeless as a result. As many as 400 individual fires were recorded on Saturday 7 February; the day has become widely referred to in Australia as Black Saturday. The 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, headed by Justice Bernard Teague, was held in response to the bushfires.
Source: Wikipedia 1943 Madras Flood | |
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Total costs | N/A |
Deaths | 10000 |
The 1943 Chennai floods occurred during the annual northeast monsoon in Madras (now Chennai) in India.
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