The world is currently experiencing a Pandemic that is putting terror on humanity, but did you know that the world has seen worse disasters? Thinking of you who are curious and like to know about stories that have already happened on our planet, today I came to bring you the 5 biggest natural disasters that have ever happened on our planet.
Remember that this article is being based on another article that was made by Forbes in August 2016.
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5: Cyclone Joker
In November 1839, one of the biggest natural disasters that ever happened in the world happened, it hit the country of India. The strong winds took the lives of approximately 300,000 people, that's a lot of people.
Every now and then the world is hit by cyclones these days, but none are of this magnitude, not even close.
4: Cyclone Bhola
Fourth on this list we also have another Cyclone, it hit two countries and do you know which one was? India, the other country was Bangladesh, at the time it was called Pakistan, this one of the biggest natural disasters happened on November 12, 1970.
No one knows for sure how many deaths this Cyclone claimed, but it is estimated that the numbers can range between 250,000 and 500,000. It is also worth mentioning that the speed of the winds that reached this region reached up to 200 km per hour, the islands of the Indian Ocean were the most affected.
3: Shaanxi Earthquake
This earthquake happened in China, and do you know what year it was? In 1556, on this terrible day back in China, the Portuguese were starting to colonize Brazil.
China was already so populated at that time that this earthquake killed about 830 thousand people, many lives were lost. Because it took place almost 500 years ago, the world does not have much information about this natural tragedy that the planet has had. But it is estimated that the earthquake struck about 1,300 km² and killing about 60% of the affected population.
2: Flood of the Yellow River
Second in this list with the biggest natural disasters that this planet called Earth has ever had, we have India again. If the aforementioned tragedy killed about 830,000 people, this flood that I am quoting now killed about 900,000 people.
The Yellow River is China's second longest river, and when it floods it's a sign of concern. This flood I'm talking about occurred in September 1887, in addition to this 900,000 dead, there are those who believe that 2 million were left out.
1: Floods of 1931 in China
First on this list we have China again being the scene of great natural tragedies, this time it was the flooding of several rivers. This time it was not just any flood, the country suffered from the flooding of large rivers such as the Yellow, the Pearl, the Yangtze and the Huai.
However, this flood was no joke, it lasted from July to November 1931, reaching an area of 88,000 km². The tragedy was so great that the death toll ranges between 1 million and 4 million.
