Jakarta –
Natural disasters are events that can cause harm to humans and even take lives. Detikers do you know? That there are several natural disaster terrible recorded so far.
The occurrence of natural disasters can indeed cause human casualties, environmental damage, property losses, and psychological impacts. Several incidents that have occurred should be used as a lesson in making anticipation so that when a disaster occurs, it does not claim many victims.
However, even the sophistication of disaster detection technology cannot prevent victims from falling, especially if the disaster that occurs is too catastrophic.
Citing the site Britannicahere are the 6 deadliest natural disasters so far.
6 Deadliest Natural Disasters in the World:
1. Yangtze River Flood (1931)
The flash floods that occurred along the Yangtze River in 1931 caused the death of 3.7 million people. Another impact of this flood was that rice fields and buildings were badly damaged. It is estimated that 50 million people in Central and East China region are feeling the effects of the enormity of this flood.
2. Haiti Earthquake (2010)
In 2010, earthquake A large earthquake shook Haiti with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale followed by subsequent earthquakes with a magnitude of 5.9 and 5.5.
The earthquake was generated by deformation contraction along the Leogane fault, a small hidden thrust fault found beneath the town of Leogane.
The number of victims from this earthquake is estimated at 200-300 thousand people died and thousands more were affected by the damage to their homes so they had to flee.
3. Banqiao Dam Failure (1975)
The Banqiao Dam was built in the early 1950s to control the Huang He (Yellow River). Unfortunately, in 1975, typhoon nina hit Henan, China, which caused the dam to generate floods twice as strong as the flood levels it could withstand.
Victims of this flood as many as 26,000 people died, 145,000 people died from epidemics caused by water pollution and hunger, and as many as 10,000,000 people were affected by the disaster.
4. Gempa Tokyo-Yokohama (1923)
An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit the city of Tokyo-Yokohama in 1923. This powerful earthquake caused as many as 140,000 victims. Most of those deaths were caused by the widespread fires.
This earthquake also destroyed the largest commercial center in Japan and traumatized the nation for decades.
5. Kashmir Earthquake (2005)
This Kashmir earthquake occurred in 2005 and left as many as 79,000 people dead and more than 32,000 buildings collapsed. The process of searching for victims from the Kashmir earthquake took a long time because it was hampered by many aftershocks, landslides and falling rocks.
6. The Great Galveston Hurricane (1900)
This hurricane remains the deadliest natural disaster in US history. More than 8,000 people died, and 10,000 were left homeless. This hurricane devastated Galveston, which at the time was one of the most developed cities in Texas.
At that time, hurricane forecasting technology was not as sophisticated as today’s for accurately predicting the arrival of a hurricane, so the impact was that the victims of the hurricane were many and people’s homes were badly damaged.
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