Dec 26 2004 TSUNAMI At least 230,000 people are killed and 43,000 are missing after a tsunami sparked by a magnitude 9.15 earthquake smashes into 13 Indian Ocean countries. More than half the victims are Indonesians, with Sri Lanka and India next worst hit. March 2005 INDONESIA Nearly 1,000 people are killed after an earthquake of magnitude 8.7 strikes off the island of Sumatra. July/Aug 2005 INDIA More than 1,000 people are killed after the heaviest rainfall recorded drenches the western state of Maharashtra. Oct 8 2005 PAKISTAN At least 73,320 people are killed by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that strikes about 95km northeast of Islamabad. A further 1,244 people are killed In Indian Kashmir. Feb 17 2006 PHILIPPINES A mudslide triggered by heavy rain buries nearly 1,000 people. May 27 2006 INDONESIA More than 5,700 people are killed when an earthquake hits the island of Java, near Yogyakarta. Nov 2007 BANGLADESH Cyclone Sidr strikes Bangladesh, killing about 3,500 people.