The worst three natural disasters in recorded history (excluding disease and famine) in terms of the number of people killed, have occurred in which country?
A. Guatemala B. China C. Nicaragua D. India
The floods throughout China between July and Nov 1931 killed between two and four million individuals. The flooding of the Yellow River in September/October 1887 killed between 900,000 and a couple of million individuals. an earthquake in Shaanxi province in Jan 1556 killed 830,000.
The RMS "Lancastria" was the subject of the worst single loss of life in British maritime history and the bloodiest single engagement for UK forces in World War II; she was sunk by German bombers on 17 June 1940 when taking part in an operation to evacuate 150,000 troops from where?