Cyclone Nargis

Cyclone Nagris hit Bangladash, India, Sri Lanka, and Burma. It formed April 27, 2008. It ended May 3, 2008. It’s strongest winds reached 103 mph- 135 mph. It caused 145,000 fatalities in all the cities, and many are still not found. It also cost $10 billion to repair all the damage caused by the cyclone.

Earthquake in Pakistan

- The earthquake killed more than 73,000 people in pakistan. Its magnitude was 7.6, it is called the Kashmir earthquake. it struck on october 8, 2005.  Its depth was 10 km. The repair converted to dollars cost about 5 billion.

Nevado Del Ruiz

- This was a volcano that erropted in 1985 in Colombia.  It ejected dacitic tephra almost 30 kilometers into the sky. The eroption was rich with sulfur dioxide. It was up to 50 meters thick. It killed more than 24 thousand people, and affected 13 villages. It cost 7.7 million dollars to repair the damages.

Sumatran Tsunami

  The underwater earthquake was a 9.3 magnitude earthquake in the Indian ocean. It hit on December 26, 2004.  killed approximatley 230,000 people and its also the 2nd deadliest earthqake in all of history. Some people were still not found.

Hurricane Katrina

It formed on August 23, 2005 and it ended on August 30, 2005.  It highest winds went up to 175 mph. It killed around 1,800 people and also 700 missing. The repair costs were 90 billion dollars. The hurricane mostly affected New Orleans.

Yellow River Flood

-  This flood occured in China in 1931 and in 1887. It killed from 1-4 million people both times. People died from drowning, disease, and droughts. Not alot of information is known about this flood because it occured a along time ago.

Hurricane Andrew

It formed August 16, 1992. It ended August 28, 1992. Its highest winds reached 175 mph. It killed 30 people. The damage costs were 40 billion dollars. It hit Florida, Bahamas, and Louisiana.