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2011 Tohuku Earthquake Japan - The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world. Residents of the Sendai area had only eight to ten minutes of warning, and then more than a hundred evacuation sites were washed away. The quake caused 15,899 deaths and $360 billion worth of damage. 2010 Haiti Earthquake - Unbelievably the earthquake in Haiti the year before the Tohuku Earthquake caused even more fatalities. The Haitian earthquake measured 7 on the magnitude scale and there were 52 aftershocks. 160,000 died in this catastrophic natural disaster. 2011 Joplin Tornado USA - This multiple-vortex tornado hit Joplin Missouri in May 2011, it grew in size at a furious rate and was the deadliest tornado to strike the United States since 1947. The Joplin tornado ranks as the costliest single tornado in U.S. history, the insurance payout was $2.8 billion. 2010 Pakistan Floods - This tragic event had a massive economic impact on Pakistan although it wasn’t as costly as the Haitian earthquake disaster. Heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan affected the Indus River basin and around one-fifth of Pakistan's total land area was affected by floods which caused $43 billion of damage.
