Page 9: Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1988  armenian earthquake in Armenia killing 25,000 people   

1989  a Cuban jetliner crashes shortly after takeoff in Havana, killing 152 people.   

1989  Typhoon Gay (1989) in Thailand, India killing 1,036 people   

1990  An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale devastated the Philippines, killing over 1600 people. A thousand more were missing. Damage was reported in Manila, Cabanatuan, Baguio and Luzon. It was the worst earthquake in that part of the world since 1976   

1990  Manjil-Rudbar earthquake in Iran killing 50,000 people   

1991  wade Frankum runs amok with automatic rifle and knife at Strathfield in Sydney, killing seven people and himself.   

1991  Bangladesh cyclone in Bangladesh killing 138,866 people   

1991  Bangladesh cyclone in Bangladesh killing 138,866 people   

1992  Hurricane Andrew hits the Florida coast, killing 20 people and causing billions of dollars in property damage   

1992  Flores earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia killing 2,500 people   

1993  Rebels fire rockets on besieged Afghan capital of Kabul, killing 72 people. (What's changed?)   

1993  latur earthquake in India killing 9,748 people   

1994  a Chinese passenger jet crashes, killing all 160 people on board.   

1994  a US Air 737 jetliner crashes during final approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, killing all 132 people on board.   

1994  A magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes Southern California, killing 61 people and causing $20 billion in damage   

1994  plague epidemic in Surat in India killing 52 people   

1994  Paez river earthquake in Colombia killing 1,100 people   

1995  a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing more than 5,000 people.   

1995  An earthquake hits the Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people   

1995  earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people   

1995  great Hanshin earthquake in Japan killing 6,434 people   

1996  a Peruvian jetliner crashes in the Andes, killing all 123 people aboard.   

1996  A Russian plane carrying coal miners to work at a remote arctic island smashes into a mountain top, killing all 41 people aboard in the worst air disaster on Norwegian soil   

1996  United Kingdom BSE outbreak in Worldwide killing 231 people   

1996  andhra Pradesh cyclone in India killing 1,007 people   

1997  a boat carrying dozens of Albanians seeking refuge in Italy strikes an Italian navy ship and sinks in Adriatic waters, killing at least 52 people.   

1997  tropical Storm Linda (1997) in Vietnam killing 3,123 people   

1998  A Swissair MD-11 jetliner crashes off the coast of Nova Scotia, killing 229 people   

1998  a Cuban airplane bursts into flames and crashes during takeoff from Quito, Ecuador, killing 79 people.   

1998  a powerful earthquake rocks northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000 people   

1998  Malaysia Nipah virus outbreak in Malaysia killing 105 people   

1998  hurricane Mitch in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico killing 11,374 people   

1999  a magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocks Athens, Greece, killing 143 people.   

1999  fire blazes through a nightclub in Taichung, Taiwan, killing 64 people.   

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