Natural Disaster In China. On may 12 2008 a catastrophic earthquake hit sichuan province in rural china killing nearly 70 000 people including 10 000 children. The 1976 earthquake in tangshan china was responsible for killing around half a million and floods in 1931 across the nation wiped out an estimated 4 million.
Map of major natural disasters 2020 above is the major natural disasters occurred in 2020 so far. Directed by jon alpert matthew o neill. Many people might not know that of the 10 most deadly natural disasters ever recorded five occurred in china.
Such man made disasters in china are all too common.
Natural disasters in china. China natural disaster 93 still missing after massive landslide buries chinese mountain village the rescue involved more than 3 000 people despite the danger of more landslides xinhua reported. In the last few decades almost all types of major hazards except volcanic eruptions have hit china. Altogether there are over 100 types of various natural hazards.
