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WORLD'S WORST TRAIN DISASTERS
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December 2004: Telwatta, Sri Lanka - at least 802 die when tsunami derails train
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February 2004: Neyshabur, Iran - at least 300 killed when a runaway train explodes
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June 2002: Dodoma region, Tanzania - at least 200 killed when passenger train collides
with goods train
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Feb 2002: Egypt - 300 killed in fire on train travelling to Cairo
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Aug 1995: Uttar Pradesh, India - 300 killed in train collision
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June 1989: Ufa, Russia - More than 400 killed in gas explosion under two trains
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June 1981: Bihar, India - 800 killed when cyclone blows train into river
updated 31.01.2005
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NATURAL DISASTERS
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2004 Asian quake disaster - over 117,000 dead
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2003 earthquake in Bam, Iran - official casualty figure is 26,271
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1976 Earthquake in Tangshan, China, kills 242,000
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1970 Cyclone in Bangladesh kills 500,000
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1887 China's Yellow River breaks its banks in Huayan Kou killing 900,000
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1826 Tsunami kills 27,000 in Japan
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1815 Volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora on Indonesia's Sumbawa Island kills 90,000
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1556 Earthquake in China's Shanxi and Henan provinces kills 830,000
updated 31.12.2004
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