Sometimes Mother Earth is a dangerous playground to play in. There's a list of the most dangerous natural disasters that you might want to know, but definitely not to experience.
Hurricane
Definition:
A storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean. (Oxford)
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain or squalls. (Wikipedia)
The worst ever recorded:
The Great Hurricane of 1780, which resulted in 22,000–27,501 fatalities. In recent years, the deadliest hurricane was Hurricane Mitch of 1998, with at least 11,374 deaths attributed to it.
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Earthquake
Definition:
A sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action. (Oxford)
The worst ever recorded:
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake (Spanish: Terremoto de Valdivia) or the Great Chilean earthquake (Gran terremoto de Chile) on 22 May 1960 was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Various studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale.
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Tornado
Definition:
A mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system. (Oxford)
The worst ever recorded:
The Daulatpur–Saturia Tornado in Bangladesh on April 26, 1989. The disaster killed approximately 1,300 people.
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Tsunami
Definition:
A series of waves in a water body is caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other underwater explosions above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami. (Wikipedia)
The worst ever recorded:
An earthquake measuring 9.1 in magnitude rocked Aceh on 26 December 2004, followed by a 30-meter high tsunami. The magnitude of the quake caused 14 tsunamis to hit 14 countries, even as far as Africa. The death toll reached 230,000 spread across 12 countries.
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Landslide
Definition:
The movement of rock, earth, or debris down a sloped section of land. Landslides are caused by rain, earthquakes, volcanoes, or other factors that make the slope unstable. (National Geographic)
The worst ever recorded:
1933 Diexi earthquake. The largest landslide formed a 255-meter-high (837 ft) landslide dam on the Min River on 25 August 1933. This landslide killed all but one of the 577 people in the town of Deixi, Sichuan in China. The dam then overtopped, causing a flood and 2,500 deaths.
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Flood
Definition:
A temporary coverage with water of an area not normally covered by water, in particular caused by high water in natural water-courses, reservoirs, onshore canals, excluding coverage of an area with water caused by high water in sewage systems. (art. 16 section 43 of the Water Law of 20 July 2017)
The worst ever recorded:
The 1931 China floods, or the 1931 Yangtze–Huai River floods, were a series of floods that occurred from June to August 1931 hitting major cities such as Wuhan, Nanjing. 2 million people died during the flood, having drowned or died from lack of food. A cholera epidemic from May 1932, was officially reported to have 31,974 deaths and 100,666 cases.
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Volcano Eruption
Definition:
A volcanic eruption occurs when magma is released from a volcano. Volcanic eruptions can be quite calm and effusive, or they can be explosive. Effusive eruptions produce lava flows, while explosive eruptions produce ash and pyroclastic density currents. (Scottish Sensory Centre, Edinburg)
The worst ever recorded:
In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted on Sumbawa, an island of modern-day Indonesia. Historians regard it as the volcano eruption with the deadliest known direct impact: roughly 100,000 people died in the immediate aftermath.
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