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  • No. 20: Cyclonic Storm Nilam, India

    October: 210,000 displaced <em>An Indian woman watches as the wind rises in the run up to Cyclone Nilam in Chennai on October 31, 2012. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)</em>

  • No. 19: Monsoon Floods, North Korea

    June/July: 212,000 displaced <em>South Korean trucks carrying 500 tons of flour for North Korean flood victims drive past a military checkpoint near the inter-Korean border in Paju, north of Seoul, on September 21, 2012. (JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)</em>

  • No. 18: Floods And Landslides, Japan

    July: 250,000 displaced <em>A collapsed house lies in the Hoshino River in Yame City, Fukuoka prefecture on July 16, 2012 following four days of torrential rainfall. (KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)</em>

  • No. 17: Rainy Season Floods, South Sudan

    June/July: 340,000 displaced <em>Sudanese refugees wait in line to board a truck heading to Batil refugee camp July 15, 2012 in Jamam camp, South Sudan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)</em>

  • No. 16: Hurricane Sandy, Cuba

    October: 343,000 displaced <em>Cubans clear of debris their house, partially demolished by Hurricane Sandy, on October 25, 2012 in Guantanamo, Cuba. (ARIEL SOLER COSTAFREDA/AFP/Getty Images)</em>

  • No. 15: Monsoon Floods (1st Period), China

    April/May: 443,000 displaced <em>In this picture taken on May 29, 2012, residents cross a flooded street on a row of tables in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province. (AFP/Getty Images)</em>

  • No. 14: Rainy Season Floods, Chad

    July/October: 500,000 displaced <em>Sandbags protect a house on October 12, 2010 near a flooded area of the Chadian capital N'Djamena after the Chari river left its bed on October 11, destroying hundreds of homes. (AFP/Getty Images)</em>

  • No. 13: Rainy Season Floods, Niger

    July/August: 530,000 displaced <em>Local residents carry their belongings as they evacuate their homes in Niamey, the capital of Niger, on August 19, 2012 after flooding caused by the Niger River. (BOUREIMA HAMA/AFP/Getty Images)</em>

  • No. 12: Typhoon Kai-Tak, China

    August: 530,000 displaced <em>A ferry sails in Hong Kong's Victoria Habour Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)</em>

  • No. 11: Monsoon Floods, Bangladesh

    June: 600,000 displaced <em>Bangladeshi rickshaw drivers transport passengers during a downpour in Dhaka on July 28, 2012. The monsoon rains, which sweep across the subcontinent from June to September, are crucial for farmers but also claim many casualties from flooding every year. (MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images)</em>

  • No. 10: Hurricane Sandy, United States

    October: 776,000 displaced <em>Homes sit smoldering after Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in the Breezy Point Neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)</em>

  • No. 9: Twin Typhoons Saola And Damrey/Floods, China

    August: 867,000 displaced <em>This picture taken on August 6, 2012 shows rescuers evacuating a young girl from her flooded home after a storm following Typhoon Saola hit Shiyan, in central China's Hubei province, leaving 14 dead. (STR/AFP/GettyImages)</em>

  • No. 8: Monsoon Floods (2nd Period), China

    June/July: 1,420,000 displaced <em>This picture taken on July 6, 2012 shows visitors gathering to watch giant gushes of water being released from the Xiaolangdi dam to clear up the sediment-laden Yellow river and to prevent localized flooding, in Jiyuan, central China's Henan province. (STR/AFP/GettyImages)</em>

  • No. 7: Floods/Monsoon And Typhoon Effects, Philippines

    June/August: 1,553,000 displaced <em>A girl is submerged in the water outside her home next to the swollen Pampanga River August 15, 2012 in Bulacan, Philippines. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)</em>

  • No. 6: Monsoon Floods, Pakistan

    August/September: 1,857,000 Pakistani flood affected villagers seek refuge on a dry patch in the flood-hit Jacobabad district of Sindh province on September 17, 2012. (SHAHID ALI/AFP/Getty Images)

  • No. 5: Typhoon Pablo (Bopha), Philippines

    December: 1,932,000 displaced <em>This photo taken on December 29, 2012 shows a father and his children collecting coconuts among debris swept ashore at the height of Typhoon Bopha in Cateel in Davao Oriental province. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)</em>

  • No. 4: Monsoon Floods (2nd Period), India

    August/September: 2,000,000 displaced <em>Villagers paddle their boat near submerged houses in a village near Kaziranga National Park on September 27, 2012. (STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)</em>

  • No. 3: Typhoon Haikui Floods, China

    August: 2,079,000 displaced <em>A watermelon field is damaged by Typhoon Haikui on August 8, 2012 in Taizhou, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)</em>

  • No. 2: Rainy Season Floods, Nigeria

    September/October: 6,089,000 displaced <em>Eighty-seven-year-old displaced victim of flood Lydia Anuasa (C) sits on her wares following notice of forceful ejection from a relief camp by the authorities of Bayelsa State government in Yenagoa, in the oil-rich Niger Delta region, on November 15, 2012. (PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)</em>

  • No. 1: Monsoon Floods (1st Period), India

    June/July: 6,900,000 displaced <em>Villagers travel on a country boat through flood waters at the flood affected area of Tataliguri in Morigoan district, some 80 kms from Guwahati, the capital city of India?s northeastern state of Assam on June 29, 2012. (BIJU BORO/AFP/Getty Images)</em>

  • Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/06/hurricane-erick_n_3554794.html

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