Ultima Thule

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Monday, January 03, 2005

Top Ten natural (and man-made) disasters in the 20the century

Here are the top ten natural disasters of the 20th century.


1. 1917 worldwide flu epidemic 20,000,000

2. Ukraine 1933 famine Ukraine 7,000,000.

3. China, 1931 July Flood 3,700,000

4. China 1928 Drought 3,000,000

5. 1914 July Epidemic in Europe 3,000,000

6. Soviet Union 1917 epidemic 2,500,000

7. China 1959 Flood 2,000,000

8. India 1920 Epidemic 2,000,000

9. Bangladesh 1943 Famine 1,900,000

10. China 1909 drought 1,500,000

1 Comments:

At 8:32 PM, Blogger Timothy Birdnow said...

That was a very informative post, Aussiegirl! The press has made this typhoon out to be the worst disaster in history, and it clearly isn`t-but you`ll never learn that from the ghouls at the MSM. I`m glad you pointed it out.

 

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