Natural disasters - statistics & facts

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Death toll - Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami (26th December, 2004)
228,000
Economic damage - Japan earthquake/tsunami (2011)
210bn USD
Country with the highest number of natural disasters
Untied States

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