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To: JDN who wrote (95896)	1/19/2005 4:42:59 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793861

It certainly is in my memory....Googling shows the top 10 natural disasters - Here's 5 of them... askmen.com Number 5 Cyclone Roughly 400,000 people died in November 1970 when a violent cyclone ravaged through East Pakistan (current day Bangladesh). Winds hit up to 150 miles per hour, and the 50-foot tidal wave slammed the coasts and raised the water levels of the numerous surrounding rivers. Number 4 Drought Half a million people died of starvation in the Sub-Saharan African region of Sahel in the mid-1980s, due to the severe droughts that hit the region. Number 3 Flood The Yellow River (or Huang He) in China's banks burst in October 1887, and the ensuing flood took with it over 900,000 people. In 1950, about 900,000 dwellings were inundated when the Hwai and Yangtze rivers in eastern China flooded. What made matters worse was the 3.5 million acres that were destroyed for the rest of the harvest season. In 1978, a flood in India's West Bengal State left 15 million people homeless. Number 2 Hurricane In 1970, a hurricane ravaged the Ganges Delta Islands (Bangladesh), wiping out almost 1 million people. Back home, most people remember Hurricane Andrew that hit Homestead, Florida in August 1992, and caused over $15 billion in damages. Andrew leaves a big tab everywhere he goes. Number 1 Famine Over a 2-year period circa 1960, roughly 40 million Chinese perished due to starvation in Northern China.