The Map Room blog covers the disasters of 2009, as reported by the reinsurance company Munich Re. Check out the interesting map!
Update: I also want to draw your attention to a great new article and list from my Geography Intern Jessica Karpilo on worst disasters in world history. The tenth worst disaster in recorded history caused the deaths of 230,000 people. The Haiti earthquake's death toll might approach 200,000 once the counting begins.Explore Geography
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Thanks Matt
Wonderful article. Has any research been done to determine how many organisations in financial difficulties in the last couple of years have had catastrophic fires at their premises?
Thank you for your coverage of worst disasters.
Korea was not captured by Japan in WWII. It was “annexed” in 1910 by the Japanese.