Meanwhile, deadly natural disasters revealed the strengths and limitations of science. (sciencenews.org)
The massive earthquake that rocked Japan on 11 March 2011 killed more than 20,000 people, making it one of the most deadly natural disasters in the country's history. (sciencedaily.com)
That would make the storm — Tropical Cyclone Nargis — one of Myanmar's most deadly natural disasters and the second largest in the region after the tsunami of 2004, which took nearly 200,000 lives. (scientificamerican.com)