NEWS FEATURE [ GLOBAL RISKS ]
The 10 most costly natural disasters since 1980 2011 $210bn 15,500
CHINA 2008 $85bn 84,000
USA
JAPAN 1998 $30bn 4,159
1994 $44bn 61
2004 $28bn 46
2005 $125bn 1,322
1992 $26bn 62
1995 $100bn 6,430
2008 $38bn 170
INDIAN OCEAN
PACIFIC OCEAN
2010 $30bn 520
CHILE
The 10 most deadly natural disasters since 1980
RUSSIA 2003 $13bn 70,000
2010 $400m 56,000
1990 $7bn 40,000
2008 $85bn 84,000
IRAN 2005 $5bn 88,000
THAILAND HAITI
1991 $3bn 139,000
INDIAN OCEAN 2008 $4bn 140,000
PACIFIC OCEAN
2004 $10bn 220,000
2010 $8bn 222,000 1999 $3bn 30,000
Tsunami
Hurricane
Earthquake
Heatwave
Floods
Tropical cyclone
2000 $$$ 1,000
Year Economic losses Fatalities Magnitude of event
Source: Munich Re
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