Here is a look back at some of the world’s worst natural disasters.

The earthquake was the deadliest known natural disaster for more than 1,000 years. The earthquake itself had a magnitude of 7.0, but fires in the earthquake’s aftermath proved to be devastating.

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Click here to see the deadliest natural disasters of the past half-century It turns out that nine of the world’s 10 deadliest natural catastrophes have struck in Asia.

To put the tragedy in Haiti into context, I have attempted to make a list of the deadliest natural disasters since 1900, an arbitrary point but one that largely represents the beginning of the ...

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The climate and weather disasters that have hit so far this year rocked nearly every continent. From hurricanes to drought, see what's happened around the world.

Other natural disasters killed an additional 70 people in the first half of 2017, according to China's Ministry of Civil Affairs and the National Commission for Disaster Reduction.

The earthquake was the deadliest known natural disaster for more than 1,000 years. The earthquake itself had a magnitude of 7.0, but fires in the earthquake’s aftermath proved to be devastating.