List of natural disasters by death toll
Ten deadliest natural disasters since 1900

List of natural disasters by death toll

Section Title: Ten deadliest natural disasters since 1900
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Rank	Death toll (estimate)	Event*	Location	Date

1.	1,000,000–4,000,000	1931 China floods	China	July 1931

2.	≥500,000	1970 Bhola cyclone	East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)	November 1970

3.	316,000	2010 Haiti earthquake	Haiti	January 12, 2010

4.	273,400	1920 Haiyuan earthquake	China	December 16, 1920

5.	242,769–655,000	1976 Tangshan earthquake	China	July 28, 1976

6.	229,000	Typhoon Nina—contributed to Banqiao Dam failure	China	August 7, 1975

7.	227,898	2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami	Indian Ocean	December 26, 2004

8.	145,000	1935 Yangtze river flood	China	1935

9.	143,000	1923 Great Kantō earthquake	Japan	September 1, 1923

10.	138,866	1991 Bangladesh cyclone	Bangladesh	April 1991

Sentence(s)

The 2004 earthquake and tsunami and the 1976 Tangshan earthquake were the deadliest natural disasters.

final_sentence: The 2004 earthquake and tsunami and the 1976 Tangshan earthquake were the deadliest natural disasters.