The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean placed this catastrophy among one of world's deadliest disasters in the past century.
Deadly toll of natural disasters:
1908 Italy Earthquake 150,000
1923 Japan Earthquake 120,000
1927 China Earthquake 200,000
1970 Bangladesh
Flooding 300,0000
1970 Peru Earthquake 60,000
1976 China Earthquake 250,000
1991 Bangladesh
Flooding 120,000
2003 Iran Earthquake 40,000