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JULICJuilis mass destruction. Test your knowledge about natural disasters
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by filling in the blanks.
1.
One of the largest tributaries of the Ganga, the
has shifted its course 120 km
westwards over the past two years. The shift in course has occurred because of the heavy silt it
carries during the monsoon, causing widespread suffering through flooding, the worst being in
is also known as the 'Sorrow of
August 2008. The
2.
On 12 May 2008 an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale left approximately 70,000
people dead, 3,75,000 injured and 4.8 million homeless. The earthquake called the Great
Earthquake, was named after the town in
which was the
epicentre. However, tremors were felt as far much as 1,500 km away.
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According to an estimate by the United Nations, around 1.5 million people were severely affected
by Cyclone Nargis, which ripped through the
Delta in
in
April 2008
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After heavy rainfall (944 mm) in July2005, the metropolis
and some places
such as Ratnagiri, Chiplun, Kalyan and Raigad, in
along with some places in
the south of
were under water. Water sources in these areas became
contaminated and, as a result leptospirosis broke out.
One of the dead list hurricanes was Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which formed over the Bahamas,
crossed southern Florida, before rapidly gaining strength in the Gulf of
entral Florida to Texas. The maximum damage was​

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