since 1960 africa has experienced more than 2 000 natural disasters
with just under half taking place in the last decade during this time natural disasters have
affected over 60 million people and resulted in more than 880 000 casualties across the continent
welcome to nacheki and in today's video we look at the top 10 worst natural disasters in african
history before we get into the video remember to subscribe and ring the notification bell so
that you don't miss any of our videos number 10 1960 agadir earthquake morocco on february 29th
1960 a devastating earthquake struck agadir a city located in western morocco destroying most
parts of the city and surrounding areas it was a short duration earthquake which lasted for
barely 15 seconds however it killed more than 12 000 people and nearly 40 000 others were injured
or displaced this made it the most destructive and deadliest earthquake in moroccan history
number nine 1966 tauro earthquake east africa on march 20th 1966 a 6.8 magnitude
earthquake hit right on the border between uganda and the democratic republic of congo
killing more than 150 people aftershocks from the initial quake claimed an additional hundred lives
the massive earthquake was felt as far away as tanzania rwanda burundi and kenya
it collapsed buildings and homes while its resulting landslides blocked roads all over
number eight 1984 cyclone kamisi madagascar about 68 people died and nearly a hundred
thousand displaced when the worst tropical cyclone hit madagascar in nearly a century made landfall
in the northern part of the country near diego suarez in april 1984. cyclone kamisi which lasted
for about two days created windfalls of 160 miles per hour and dropped nearly 10 inches of rain in
less than a day number seven year 2000 cyclone leon elena mozambique when the powerful cyclone
leon elena struck mozambique and madagascar in 2000 over 800 people died and 300 000 people were
displaced as homes were destroyed and towns got flooded the effects of cyclone leon elena which is
said to be the longest live indian ocean tropical cyclone on record was also felt in south africa
number six 2010 to 2011 south african floods a massive rainfall caused by a la nina event
in south africa in december 2010 killed about 141 people and caused more than 200 million dollars in
damages for zulu natala coastal south african province was heavily affected and thousands
of residents were displaced as their homes were destroyed by the downpour and overflowing rivers
number five droughts in eastern and south and africa july 2011 to mid 2012.
between july 2011 and mid-2012 a severe and massive drought hit the east african region
particularly in somalia ethiopia kenya eritrea and djibouti the situation caused a major food crisis
in the region with parts of southern somalia being declared official famine zones by the u.n
number 4 2015 ghana flood in fire disaster
residents of ghana's capital accra are no strangers to floods but on june 3 2015 the
entire nation was thrown into a state of shock and moaning after an unprecedented flash flood
event and fire explosion claimed over 152 lives more than 150 people sustained varying degrees
of burns in the disaster that was partly blamed on plastic waste choked gutters and
improper planning of settlement in the city number three sierra leone 2017 landslide in august 2017
an estimated 1 000 people were killed and 6 000 others affected in a mudslide and flood
disaster that devastated regent a mountain town located just outside freetown senegal the disaster
which experts blamed on environmental degradation and poor planning displaced thousands of people
while the destruction it caused put hundreds of thousands of people at risk of a cholera outbreak
number two 2018 nigeria floods september 2018 flooding in nigeria claimed about 200 lives
and displaced more than half a million people the floods which hit one third of nigeria's 36 states
affected almost 2 million people and destroyed more than 13 000 homes according to meteorologists
and the worst natural disaster to hit africa on recent years goes too
number one mount neurogongor eruption democratic republic of congo 2021
gomo was thrown into panic on may 2021 in the evening as mount neurogongo one of the
world's most active and dangerous volcanoes erupted turning the night sky and eerie red and
sending a wall of orange lava downhill towards the lakeside city of about 2 million people
32 were killed tens of thousands left displaced and many lost their homes and livelihood
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