| Top 10 Deadliest World Catastrophes, 2016 |
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| Rank |
Date |
Country/region |
Event |
Victims (1) |
| 1 |
Sep. 28 |
U.S. and the Caribbean |
Hurricane Matthew |
734 |
| 2 |
Apr. 16 |
Ecuador |
Earthquake Mw 7.8 |
673 |
| 3 |
Aug. 29 |
North Korea |
Remnants of Typhoon Lionrock trigger floods along Tumen River |
538 |
| 4 |
Jun. 3 |
Greece, Mediterranean Sea |
Boat carrying migrants capsizes |
358 |
| 5 |
Apr. 13 |
India |
Heat waves |
300 |
| 6 |
Aug. 24 |
Italy |
Earthquake Mw 6.2 |
299 |
| 7 |
Jun. 30 |
China |
Severe floods along Yangtze River |
289 |
| 8 |
Jul. 18 |
China |
Severe floods |
289 |
| 9 |
Nov. 3 |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
Boat carrying migrants capsizes |
240 |
| 10 |
Jul. 15 |
India |
Monsoon floods |
228 |
(1) Dead and missing.
Source: Swiss Re, sigma, No. 2/2017. |
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