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The Associated Press
A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years:- October 2005: Northern Pakistan earthquake (magnitude 7.6) kills about 78,000 people.- August 2005: U.S. Gulf Coast Hurricane Katrina kills at least 1,600 people in Louisiana and Mississippi.- December 2004: Indian Ocean tsunami (triggered by magnitude 9.0 earthquake) kills 230,000 in a dozen countries.- December 2003: Southeastern Iran earthquake (magnitude 6.5) kills 26,000.- August 1999: Western Turkey earthquake (magnitude 7.4) kills 17,000.- October 1998: Central America Hurricane Mitch kills 9,000.- April 1991: Bangladesh cyclone kills 140,000.- June 1990: Northwestern Iran earthquake (magnitude 7.7) kills 50,000.- July 1976: Northeastern China earthquake (magnitude 8.2) kills 240,000.- November 1970: Bangladesh cyclone kills 300,000. World's deadliest cyclone on record.
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