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Which is the scariest natural disaster?

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Which is the scariest natural disaster?

Top 10 deadliest natural disasters in history

  • (TIE) The A.D. 1138 Aleppo earthquake.
  • (TIE) The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
  • The 1976 Tangshan earthquake.
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  • The 1920 Haiyuan earthquake.
  • (TIE) The 1839 Coringa cyclone.
  • (TIE) The 1881 Haiphong typhoon.
  • The 2010 Haiti earthquake.

What is the deadliest flight?

KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, March 27, 1977 This crash remains the deadliest ever, claiming the lives of 583 people when two 747s collided on a foggy runway on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

What was the worst mid air collision?

Charkhi Dadri Mid-Air Collision (1996) Charkhi Dadri is a small village to the west of New Delhi that would become infamous because of a disaster over its skies. The mid-air collision between Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 remains the worst disaster of its kind to date.

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What’s the worst disaster?

Ten deadliest natural disasters since 1900 excluding epidemics and famines

Death toll (estimate) Event* Date
100,000-316,000 2010 Haiti earthquake January 12, 2010
145,000 1935 Yangtze flood July 1935
143,000 1923 Great Kantō earthquake September 1, 1923
138,866 1991 Bangladesh cyclone April 29, 1991

What are the worst plane crashes?

Although not the deadliest in American history, these seven plane crashes are among the most unforgettable.

  • Empire State Building B-25 crash (1945)
  • Grand Canyon Mid-Air Collision (1956)
  • Air Florida Flight 90 (1982)
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  • United Airlines Flight 232 (1989)
  • Learjet N47BA (1999)