World disasters (date, place, what natural disasters, loss)

1.In May 2008, the super tropical storm "Nargis" formed in the Bay of Bengal landed near Haiji Island in Irrawaddy Province, Myanmar, and then attacked the delta region of Myanmar, passing through Irrawaddy Province, Bago Province and Yangon Province. According to the latest official data released by Myanmar, tropical storms have caused 77,738 deaths, 559 17 missing and19,359 injured. At present, the rescue work is still in progress.

2. In June 5438+October 2005 10, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter scale struck cities and villages in the South Asian subcontinent. Many villages and towns in Pakistan were razed to the ground and 86,000 people were killed.

3. In September 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, USA, causing 1036 deaths.

4. On June 5438+February, 2004, a 9-magnitude earthquake struck the sea near Sumatra Island, Indonesia, causing a tsunami to spread to many countries in Southeast Asia and South Asia, causing more than 200,000 deaths in countries along the Indian Ocean, and/kloc-0.5 million people were displaced.

5.5438 June+February 2003, a strong earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale occurred in Bam, Kerman province, southeast Iran, killing at least 30,000 people and injuring more than 50,000 people.

6.65438, 2004123 October, an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale occurred in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, followed by several strong aftershocks, killing at least 35 people, injuring more than 2,000 people and causing heavy property losses.

7.1August, 1999, an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 occurred in northwest Turkey, killing more than10.5 million people.