Previously, the most expensive natural disaster recorded was Hurricane Katrina (2005) at $200 billion. The most expensive natural disaster so far is the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, which cost ...
In the last century, only 58 tsunamis have occurred, but they have claimed over 260,000 lives. On average, each disaster has caused the death of 4,600 people, more than any other natural hazard ...