What is the worst ever disaster that shocked the world?
These are seldom heard and really affected the world as a whole. You are talking DISASTERS specifically: China, 1958-61; 20 million die of famine. This is probably the worst natural disaster to hit a people. Egypt and Syria, July 1201,The deadliest earthquake in history hit the eastern Mediterranean. Approximately 1.1 million people were killed. China, 1887, The Yellow River overflowed, causing the death of about 900,000 people. China, 1556, Earthquake in Shansi, China kills about 830,000. Tambora, Indonesia, volcanic eruption in 1815; 92,000 people died of starvation along with other residual effects of volcanic eruptions. Krakatau, Indonesia, volcanic eruption in 1883; 36,417 people died during the eruption. There was also a large Tsunami and the weather patterns ALL OVER THE WORLD changed for a number of years. Of course, record keeping and the like were not as specific and accurate then, so the numbers would be a lot higher and the effects probably more deadly. Furthermore, just be
