Day_113 : World Disaster Chronology-1979

Date Place Disaster Type Situations
1979.01- US, East and others Cold wave The dead and missing is 60
1979.01.16 Iran, East Inland Earthquake M(not confirmed), The dead and missing number is 200
1979.02- Brazil, South Heavy rain, Flood The dead and missing number is 2,000
1979.02.20 IndonesiaJava Island Volcano disaster The dead and missing number is180
1979.03- India Heavy rain, Flood The dead and missing number is 230
1979.04.10 US , Middle Tornado The dead number is 59
1979.04.15 Montenegro, Albania and others Coast earthquake 1979 Montenegro earthquake M7.2,Dead and missing is150-200.Budva’s Old Town, one of Montenegro’s Cultural Heritage Sites, was heavily devastated. (Wikipedia) 
1979.04.29 Indonesia, WestSumatra Island Vulcano disaster The dead and missing number is 80.
1979.05- India Typhoon, Flood The dead and missing number is over 500
1979.06- Japan Heavy rain, Flood The dead and missing number is 29, Injured 50, House corruption approx. 200, inundation of over 48,000
1979.06- India Heat Wave The dead and missing is over 300.
1979.07.18 Indonesia Mudslide The dead and missing are over 900
1979.08- India Disease The dead are over 200
1979.08- Dominica Typhoon, Flood The dead and missing are 1,500
1979.09- Japan Typhoon, Flood The dead and missing is 12, Injured 80, Destroyed approx.1,500, inundation is over 68,000
1979.10- Japan Typhoon, Flood The dead and missing is 111, Injured 480, Destroyed 7,500, Inundations over 37,000
1979.12.12 Colombia Submarine Earthquake M7.6-8.1 Colombia Earthquake, the dead and missing 600.

※ The following 1979 Machchhu dam failure is a technological disaster. Therefore, the disaster is not included in the above chronology.
1979 Machchhu dam failure
“The Morbi dam failure was a dam-related flood disaster that occurred on August 11, 1979, in India. The Machchu-2 dam, situated on the Machhu river, burst, sending a wall of water through the town of Morbi in the Rajkot district of Gujarat. Estimates of the number of people killed vary greatly, ranging from 1800 to 25000 people (Wikipedia).”