List of natural disasters by death toll
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A natural disaster
is defined as a hazard which occurs naturally, that is a disaster that is not brought about by acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, etc. In order to be classified as a disaster it will have profound environmental effect and/or human loss and frequently incurs financial loss.
* Estimate by Nova's sources are close to 4 million and yet Encarta's sources report as few as 1 million.
Natural disaster
A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard . It leads to financial, environmental or human losses...
is defined as a hazard which occurs naturally, that is a disaster that is not brought about by acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, etc. In order to be classified as a disaster it will have profound environmental effect and/or human loss and frequently incurs financial loss.
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