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| Incident |
Year |
month |
date |
place |
country |
type |
type 2 |
file |
file no. |
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No
rain for 3 years:9-13 million dead |
1876 |
-1879 |
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China |
Famine |
Drought |
No |
Cardex |
Nile
failed to flood |
1064 |
-1072 |
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River
Nile |
Egypt |
Famine |
Drought |
No |
Cardex |
Dead:
100,000-150,000 |
1973 |
September |
30th |
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Ethiopia |
Famine |
Severe
drought |
No |
Cardex |
Starvation:1
million dead |
1984 |
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Ethiopia |
Famine |
Drought |
No |
Cardex |
Famine
kills: 40,000 |
1975 |
Jan-June |
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Ethiopia&Somalia |
Famine |
Severe
Drought |
No |
Cardex |
Starvation
kills 300 |
1977 |
April |
(mid) |
North
west Haiti |
Haiti |
Famine |
Severe
drought |
No |
Cardex |
Severe
Famine:3-10 million dead |
1769 |
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Bengal
Province |
India |
Famine |
Drought |
No |
Cardex |
Monsoons
failed |
1876 |
-1879 |
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India |
Famine |
Drought |
No |
Cardex |
Famine:
238 dead |
1979 |
June |
(early) |
Eastern
India |
India |
Famine |
Drought/Heat |
No |
Cardex |
Starvation
kills 350 |
1982 |
Nov/Dec |
(early) |
Irian
Jaya |
Indonesia |
Famine |
Severe
Drought |
No |
Cardex |
Drought
kills 400+ |
1997 |
Sept-Oct |
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Indonesia |
Famine |
El
Nino Phen. |
No |
Cardex |
No
Corn/Potato Harvest:400,000 dd |
1741 |
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Ireland |
Famine |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Irish
Potato Famine |
1845 |
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Ireland |
Famine |
Drought |
No |
Cardex |
Highlanders
Starving |
1564 |
January |
20th |
Aberdeen |
Scotland |
Famine |
Long
freeze |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Thousands
die |
1623 |
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Scotland |
Famine |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Potato
Famine |
1846 |
May-July |
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Scotland&Ireland |
Famine |
Blight |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Peasants
Starved: 5 million dead |
1932 |
-1933 |
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Ukraine |
Famine |
Stalin |
No |
Cardex |
Starvation:
200,000+ dead |
1972 |
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West
Africa |
Famine |
Drought |
No |
Cardex |
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