- Two massive earthquakes on Monday have devastated southern Turkey and northwest Syria with death toll of over 16,000.
- 2004 Sumatran Tsunami killed at least 230,000 people.
- 2010 Haiti earthquake killed about 316,000 people.
- 2008 Cyclone Nargis killed about 140,000.
Factbox: Turkey earthquake and some of the worst natural disasters of this century
Two massive earthquakes just hours apart on Monday devastating cities and towns across a huge swathe of southern Turkey and northwest Syria are rapidly becoming one of the worst disasters this century, with the death toll already more than 16,000.
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