NATURAL DISASTERS

NATURAL DISASTERS.

Rank	Death toll (estimate)	Event	Location	Date
1	1,000,000–4,000,000*[1]	1931 China floods	China	July, August, 1931
2	900,000–2,000,000[2]	1887 Yellow River flood	China	September, October, 1887
3	830,000[3]	1556 Shaanxi earthquake	China	January 23, 1556

                                                                   -China Floods-

-Yellow River Flood-

-Shaanxi Earthquake-

Consequences of Disasters

Natural disasters not only cause devastating effects when they occur, they affect the human and economic development of the region, generating poverty, destruction of infrastructure, decline in agricultural production, affecting food security, health and education, generating technological and social stagnation.

Fuente(s): Wikipedia.