What Country Has Had the Most Natural Disasters?

We all know that natural disasters can completely devastate an area and leave them in utter shambles. China, the victim country with the most natural disasters, has had much more than their fair share.

China: Natural Disasters

Quite a few countries have been plagued with a number of natural disasters; however, China is the country that has had the most natural disasters. In fact, not only have they had the most natural disasters, but they take spots number one, two, three, seven, and eight on the list of the deadliest natural disasters.

At least part of the reason why China seems to be plagued with natural disasters is because it is a hot spot for monsoons to occur. Therefore, a great number of floods happen in this country.

The following list chronicles the various natural disasters which have occurred in China throughout the years:

• 540 through 590 - Plague of Justinian. 40 million to 100 million died on multiple continents
• 1290 - Chihli Inner Mongolia earthquake. 100,000 deaths
• 1300s through 1720s - Black Death. 100 million died on multiple continents

• 1556 - Shaanxi earthquake. 830,000 deaths

• 1850s through 1950s - Third phrase of the bubonic plague. Unverifiable amount died worldwide
• 1876 through 1879 - Northern Chinese famine. 13 million deaths

• 1887 - Yellow River flood. 900,000 to two million deaths

• 1907 - Chinese famine. 24 million deaths

• 1911 - Yangtze River flood. 100,000 deaths

• 1918 through 1920 - Spanish flu. 50 million to 100 million died worldwide

• 1920 - Haiyuan earthquake. 234,117 deaths
• 1922 - Swatow typhoon. 60,000 deaths
• 1927 - Gulang earthquake. 40,000 deaths

• 1928 through 1930 - Chinese drought. 3 million deaths

• 1931 - Floods. 1 million to 4 million deaths

• 1933 - Diexi earthquake. 9,000 deaths
• 1935 - Yangtze River flood. 145,000 deaths
• 1936 - Chinese famine. 5 million deaths
• 1941 - Chinese drought.  3 million deaths

• 1958 through 1958 - Asian flu. 4 million died worldwide
• 1958 through 1961 - Great Chinese famine. Unverifiable number of deaths
• 1966 - Xingtai earthquake. 8,064 deaths

• 1970 - Tonghai earthquake. 15,621 deaths
• 1975 - Banqiao Dam failure. 231,000 deaths

• 1975 - Super Typhoon Nina. 210,000 deaths

• 1976 - Tangshan earthquake. 242,419 deaths

• 2008 - Sichuan earthquake. 68,712 deaths

• 2008 - Winter storms. 133 deaths

The fact that China is prone to natural disasters, coupled with the fact that so many people live there, makes the country extremely vulnerable to large-scale tragedies.