The worst natural disasters in history have always been out of our control, because when mother nature’s temper tips her over the edge, it is us, the living creatures on her earth that suffer her wrath. Below is a list of some of the deadliest and most scarring natural disasters that have literally shaken our planet.
The 1931 China Floods
The Yellow River is a water lifeline to many farmers and dwellers in the Yangtze region, as it was almost a century ago. However, when the river overflowed in 1931, it was anything but a lifeline. The exact number of casualties is not clear, but aid workers estimated the death toll to be between 145,000 to 4 million people. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded.
The 1931 China Floods
The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
What can only be called, “ten seconds of hell”, the 9.15 magnitude earthquake that struck southeast Asia on December 26th, 2004, killed about 310,000 people! The shores of Thailand, South India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka suffered the brunt of it. Unbelievably, even over 8,000 miles away from the underwater earthquake, a woman died in South Africa as a result.
The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
