| THE TEN DEADLIEST WORLD CATASTROPHES, 2008 (1) |
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| Rank |
Date |
Country |
Event |
Victims |
| 1 |
May 2 |
Myanmar (Burma), Bay of Bengal |
Cyclone Nargis devastates Irrawaddy and Yangon Divisions; floods |
138,373 |
| 2 |
May 12 |
China |
Sichuan Earthquake (magnitude 7.9), aftershocks |
87,449 |
| 3 |
Jun. 19 |
Philippines, China, South China Sea |
Typhoon Fengshen/No. 6, winds up to 140 km/h, heavy rain |
1,413 |
| 4 |
Jan. 5 |
Afghanistan |
Heavy snowfall |
1,300 |
| 5 |
Jun. 10 |
India |
Floods caused by monsoon rain |
950 |
| 6 |
Sep. 1 |
Haiti, Turks and Caicos Island et al. |
Hurricane Hanna, winds up to 130 km/h, floods |
500 |
| 7 |
Nov. 28 |
Nigeria |
Clashes over disputed election results |
300 |
| 8 |
Oct. 29 |
Pakistan |
Earthquake (magnitude 6.4), aftershock (magnitude 6.2) |
300 |
| 9 |
Dec. 18 |
Bay of Bengal, Myanmar (Burma) |
Boats carrying illegal immigrants disappear |
275 |
| 10 |
Sep. 8 |
China |
Mudslide causes dam to burst at Tashan ore mine |
271 |
(1) Dead and missing.
Source: Swiss Re, sigma, No. 2/2009.
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