Natural Disasters & Epidemics In The Year 2017

Plane crashes into shopping centre in Essendon, Melbourne, Australia killing the five people on board

State of Emergency declared in Sanaa, Yemen after outbreak of cholera kills 115

Puerto Rico declares its Zika virus epidemic over

UN states Yemen cholera epidemic reached 200,000 cases, with 1,300 deaths. Worst cholera outbreak anywhere in the world.

Tanker carrying fuel bursts into flames near Ahmedpur East, Pakistan, killing more than 200 people

Sri Lankan government confirms outbreak of dengue fever has killed at least 227

Cholera has now infected more than 500,000 people in Yemen and killed over 2,000 according to the World Health Organisation

Plague outbreak in Madagascar kills 57, with 684 cases so far reported by WHO

Storm formed from Hurricane Ophelia lashes Ireland, killing 3 people

7.3 earthquake hits near Halabjal, Iraq, on border with Iran, killing over 500 people, with 7,000 injured

Militant gunmen attack a Sufi mosque in Bir al-Abed on the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing 305 people, government retaliates bombing the area

The World Health Organization estimates that Yemen has over 200,000 cases of cholera.

Gorakhpur Japanese encephalitis outbreak in India killing 1,317 (as of September 2017) people

United States flu season in United States killing 60,000-80,000+ people

Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, Dominica killing 3,059 people