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2009 Typhoon Morakot vs 1772-1773 Persian plague

2009 Typhoon Morakot
1772-1773 Persian plague
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2009 Typhoon Morakot

Total costsN/A
Deaths 677
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1772-1773 Persian plague

Total costsN/A
Deaths 2000000

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The Persian plague epidemic of 1772–1773, also simply known as the Persian Plague, was a massive outbreak of plague, more specifically Bubonic plague, in the Persian Empire, which claimed around 2 million lives in total. It was one of the most devastating Plague epidemics in recorded human history. The outbreak resulted in the introduction of several quarantine measures for the first time in the Persian Gulf regions.

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