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Türkiye quake and other major natural disasters this century

Two massive earthquakes just hours apart on Monday devastating cities and towns across a huge swathe of southern Türkiye and northwest Syria are rapidly becoming one of the worst disasters this century, with the death toll already more than 16,000. Below are a list of some of the biggest natural disasters in the 21st century:

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INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI: A 9.15 magnitude earthquake off Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami that barrelled into Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka and many other countries in the region, killing at least 230,000 people, leaving 43,000 missing and devastating villages and tourist islands.