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Temblor trauma
Off all natural disaster in 1995,the Kobe quake was the biggest killer
EARTHQUAKE IN 1995
Place Magnitude*   Date Dead
Japan 7.2 January 5,502
Colombia 6.5 Febeuary     34
Colombia 5.1 March      8
Russian Fed 7.5 May 1,825
Greece  6.1 June     26
Chile  7.8 July      3
China 6.4 October     20
Turkey 6.1 October   101
Indonesia   7 October    84
Mexico 6.8 October    40
*On the Richter scaleOn the Richter scale
Gone with the wind
The year 1995 was the second worst hurricane season ever recorded
                         
CYCLONES/HURRICANES/TYPHOONS IN 1995
Place Disaster Date Dead
Bahmas Hurricane Erin August    0
Cuba Hurricane Erin August    0
Caribbean Hurricane Luis September    5
Caribbean Hurricane Marylin September    0
Philippines Storm Sybil October   35
Philippines Topical Storm Zack October 88
Philippines Typhoon Angela+floods October 722
Philippines Typhoon Zack November 253
Bangladesh Cyclone November    0
Bangladesh Cyclone November    0 
                                Watery graves
Among all the natural disasters,floods by far take the largest number of human lives
FLOODS/LANDSLIDES IN 1995 FLOODS/LANDSLIDES IN 1995
Place Disaster Date Dead Place Disaster   Date Dead
India Avalanches January    63 Pakistan Monsoon rains   July   451
Botswana    Floods March    20 Morocco    Floods August   230
Afghanistan Landslides March   350 Korea North    Floods August    70
Bangladesh    Storms April   119 Korea South    Floods August    36
Indonesia    Floods May    51 Philippines    Floods September    48
Ethiopia    Floods May    27 Myanmar    Floods September    51
Bangladesh    Floods June    66 Vietnam    Floods September    85
Nepal Landslides June    85 Thailand    Floods October   231
China    Floods July 1,179 Turkey    Floods November    62
Ghana    Floods July    40 South Africa    Floods December   161

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