| TOP 10 DEADLIEST WORLD CATASTROPHES, 2014 |
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| Rank |
Date |
Country |
Event |
Victims (1) |
| 1 |
Aug. 3 |
China |
Earthquake (Mw 6.1), aftershocks and landslides |
731 |
| 2 |
Sep. 3 |
India, Pakistan |
Severe monsoon floods |
665 |
| 3 |
Apr. 13 |
Peru |
Cold wave, freezing temperatures |
505 |
| 4 |
Apr. 16 |
North Pacific Ocean, South Korea |
Passenger ferry sinks |
304 |
| 5 |
May 13 |
Turkey |
Fire at coal mine |
301 |
| 6 |
Jul. 17 |
Ukraine |
Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-2H6ER (FlightMH17) crashes |
298 |
| 7 |
May 2 |
Afghanistan |
Heavy rains trigger massive landslide |
256 |
| 8 |
Mar. 22 |
Uganda |
Overcrowded boat carrying refugees capsizes on Lake Albert |
251 |
| 9 |
Jan. 13 |
Sudan |
Overcrowded boat capsizes on the Nile |
250 |
| 10 |
Aug. 13 |
Nepal |
Monsoon floods |
241 |
(1) Dead and missing.
Source: Swiss Re, sigma, No. 2/2015. |
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