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Top 10 Deadliest World Natural Catastrophes, 2020 (1)
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Rank Date Country Event Deaths
1 Jun.-Sep. India Seasonal floods 1,922
2 Jun.-Sep. Pakistan Seasonal floods 410
3 Jul.-Sep. Nepal Seasonal floods 401
4 Nov. 2-13 Caribbean, U.S. Hurricane Eta 309
5 Jun.-Sep. China Seasonal floods 280
6 Jun.-Sep. Bangladesh Seasonal floods 260
7 Apr.-Jun. Kenya Flooding 237
8 Aug. 24-27 Afghanistan Flooding 190
9 Aug. 2-7 Yemen Flooding 174
10 Jan. 11-14 South Asia Winter weather 157
All other events       ~3,700
Total       ~8,100

(1) Natural disasters that cause at least 10 deaths. As of January 2021.

~ =Approximately.

Source: Aon.

 

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Top 10 Deadliest World Natural Catastrophes, 2018 (1)
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Rank Date Country Event Deaths
1 Sep. 28 Indonesia Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami 2,256
2 Aug. 28 India India monsoon; excludes Kerala floods 1,100
3 Aug. 5 Indonesia North Lombok earthquake 560
4 Dec. 22 Indonesia Anak Krakatau/Sunda Strait tsunami 437
5 Aug. 20 India Kerala floods 324
6 Jul. 8 Japan Japan floods 246
7 May 31 Kenya Flooding 226
8 Jun. 7 Guatemala Fuego Volcano eruption 190
9 Jun. 20 Pakistan Karachi heatwave 180
10 Jul. 25 Japan, South Korea, China East Asia heatwave 180

(1) Natural disasters that cause at least 10 deaths. As of September 13, 2019.

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Top 10 Deadliest World Natural Catastrophes, 2019 (1)
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Rank Date Country Event Deaths
1 Jun.-Oct. India India monsoon floods 1,750
2 Mar. 4-17 Southern Africa Cyclone Idai 1,303
3 Jun.-Jul. China China seasonal flooding 300
4 Oct.-Dec. East Africa East Africa floods 216
5 Jul. 9-31 Bangladesh Flooding 210
6 Mar. 16-18 Indonesia  Flooding 194
7 Apr. 15-17 India, Pakistan, Afghanistan Severe weather (2) 146
8 Jul.-Aug. Pakistan Flooding 143
9 Oct. Central Africa Central Africa floods 118
10 Jul.-Aug. Nepal Flooding 118
All other events       6,500
Total       11,000

(1) Natural disasters that cause at least 10 deaths. As of January 2020.
(2 ) Includes severe convective storms such as thunderstorms, tornadoes and hailstorms, straight-line winds and flooding that could occur with these storms.

Source: Aon.