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After the earthquake of March 11 and the tsunami in Japan was devastating Meanwhile, the government is struggling to contain a nuclear crisis, which adds to the disaster in the country.
While analysts estimating that the disaster in Japan is likely to be the most expensive ever recorded, calculated five most expensive natural disaster in world history.
1 Earthquake and tsunami, Japan in 2011 cost 235 billion from the World Bank.
So far, 8,649 people have been confirmed dead and another 13,262 are missing since 9 0 earthquake magnitude struck off the coast near Sendai, Japan, March 11, 2011 The degree of damage caused by the earthquake and resulting tsunami was huge show videos that almost no part of all structures were left standing in the most affected areas.
The failure of the cooling system at the Fukushima nuclear plant has intensified the situation, causing the evacuation of about 200,000 people living around the plant.
The World Bank on March 21 said that the damage could reach $ 235 billion, while the Japanese government had a higher estimate of 309.000.000.000 The damage estimate could go even higher because it does not include losses of economic activity blackouts planned or the broader impact of the nuclear crisis, making it the world's disaster the most expensive ever.
2 Kobe earthquake, Japan in 1995 cost 100 billion from the World Bank.
The Hanshin earthquake, or Kobe earthquake took place on 17 January 1995 in the southern part of Hyogo Prefecture, Japan The objective of the earthquake was located 16 km 10 miles under its epicenter , 20 km 12 miles from the city of Kobe measured June 8 magnitude earthquake killed nearly 6,500 people, making it the most deadly disaster in the world this year.
The Kobe earthquake caused about 100 billion destruction, according to a calculation made by the World Bank, but the Japanese trade rebounded in the year, imports and exports recover fully back to 85 percent levels normal.
3 Katrina U S 2005 Cost 81 billion total cost of damage by NOAA.
Hurricane Katrina of hurricane season in the Atlantic in 2005 was one of the worst disasters in the history of the US It made landfall along the Gulf Coast August 25, 2005, at least 1,836 people died in the hurricane and subsequent flooding Five years later, thousands of displaced residents in Mississippi and Louisiana are still living in temporary housing.
Total Katrina damage is estimated at 81 billion dollars in 2005 U S It also generated the largest single loss in the history of insurance - 41 billion, according to the Insurance Information Institute.
4 Northridge earthquake in California, U S 1994 cost 42 billion NOAA.
Although there have been the most powerful earth tremors than magnitude 7 June Northridge earthquake, it caused widespread damage across Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley because of the location its epicenter.
The Northridge earthquake occurred on 17 January 1994 in Reseda, a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California and lasted about 10-20 seconds The earthquake resulted in over 60 deaths and more 5,000 injured, more than 25,000 people were left homeless, according to the Federal Agency for emergency management in addition, the earthquake caused an estimated 25 billion damage, making it one of the most expensive disasters natural in the history of the United States.
5 earthquake in Sichuan, China in 2008 cost 29 billion from the World Bank.
12 May 2008, Sichuan earthquake was a deadly earthquake that measured at magnitude 8 0 The earthquake killed about 70,000 dead and over 18,000 missing The epicenter was 80 km 50 miles West -north-west of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, where nearly 4 million people reside.
The estimated direct damage and losses from the earthquake 29 billion, with indirect damage much higher.
Note The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, which caused 250 000 deaths, not on this list of economic losses amounted to only be 14 billion in today's prices, in part because of low property values and land in the affected areas.
However, money is only one scale for assessing the effects of natural disasters.
This money does not apply to human lives lost measures, meteorologist Jim Andrews said a total of about 250 000 deaths in the Indian Ocean tsunami can never be compared with an economic loss.
Top 5 most expensive natural disaster in history, the most costly natural.