13 Worst Disasters of 2010
1, Haitian Earthquake On Jan. 12, Haiti was rocked by a goliath 7.0-magnitude earthquake. The shake killed 230,000 people, injured another 300,000 and left 1 million homeless.. Nearly a hear after the quake, Haiti remains in ruins. And the disasters keep striking: A cholera outbreak has killed more than 2,400 people.
2. Drought in China China’s Yunnan province experienced one of its worst droughts in a century. 51 million people in five provinces experienced water shortages.
3. Snowstorms dumped 20 inches of snow on the east coast of the U.S.
4. Earthquake in Chile Earth-Shattering 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile on Feb. 27. It lasted 90 seconds and triggered a tsunami . The tsunami caused damage as far away as San Diego and Japan. More than 500 people were killed and hundreds of others were homeless.
5. Iceland Volcano A volcano in Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull glacier began erupting in March, and ruined visibility throughout Europe. Thousands of flights were canceled and hundreds of thousands of travelers were stranded.
6. Earthquake in China A 6.9-magnitude earthquake shook Yushu, China, on April 14. 3,000 people died and more than 12,000 were injured.
7. Flooding in Eastern Europe Heavy rains led to devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe in May and June. Poland, where 23,000 people had to be evacuated, was the hardest-hit country. Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia and Ukraine were also affected. Overall, 37 deaths were reported.
8. Volcano Creates Huge Sink-Hole in Guatemala Pacaya volcano erupted on May 27, covering the country’s capital in ash. Just two days later, Tropical Storm Agatha hit the Central American nation, bringing heavy rains that led to flooding and landslides. A giant sinkhole emerged in downtown Guatemala City, swallowing a three-story building.
9. Monsoon in Pakistan At its worst, one-fifth of the nation was under water. Some 20 million people were affected and around 2,000 were killed.
10 Heat Wave in Russia The hottest summer on record in Russia caused hundreds of fires across the country in late July and August. Smoke hung over Moscow, and environmental groups warned that radioactive particles that had settled into the soil after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster could be thrown up into the air again. As many as 15,000 people died in the heat wave and fires, Weather Underground says.
11. Mudslides in China Torrential rains triggered mudslides and created a lake that overflowed on Aug. 8, sending a surge of water, mud and rocks onto the town of Zhouqu in northwestern China’s remote Gansu Province. Blocks of tall buildings were ripped to pieces. Around 1,500 people were killed.
12. Indonesian Earthquake On Oct. 25 and 26, a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami, and the Mount Merapi volcano in central Java erupted. Entire towns were buried in gray ash and hundreds of thousands of people had to be evacuated. Around 350 people were killed.
13. Fires in Israel The worst forest fire in Israel’s history broke out Dec. 2. By the time it was over, 800 acres were scorched, thousands of people had fled and more than 40 had died. A bus carrying guards on a mission to rescue prison inmates got caught in the flames and 37 people were burned to death.
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