Editing 1970s (section)

===Natural disasters===
[[File:November 1970 Bhola Cyclone Repair.jpg|right|thumb|The [[1970 Bhola cyclone]], considered the 20th century's worst cyclone disaster, kills an estimated 500,000 people in the densely populated [[Ganges Delta]] region of [[East Pakistan]] during November 1970.]]
* On January 5, 1970, the 7.1 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1970 Tonghai earthquake|Tonghai earthquake]] shakes [[Tonghai County]], [[Yunnan]], China, with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 14,621 were killed and 26,783 were injured.
* On May 31, 1970, the [[1970 Ancash earthquake]] caused a [[landslide]] that buried the town of [[Yungay, Peru|Yungay]] in Peru; more than 47,000 people were killed. 
* The [[1970 Bhola cyclone]], a 120 mph (193 km/h) [[tropical cyclone]], hit the densely populated [[Ganges Delta]] region of [[East Pakistan]] (now Bangladesh) on November 12 and 13, 1970, killing an estimated 500,000 people. The storm remains to date the deadliest tropical cyclone in world history.
* On October 29, 1971, the [[1971 Odisha cyclone]] in the [[Bay of Bengal]], in the Indian state of [[Odisha]], killed 10,000 people.
* June, 1972, [[Hurricane Agnes]] hit the east coast of the United States, resulting in 128 deaths and causing over $2.1 billion in damage. 
* On April 3, 1974, the [[1974 Super Outbreak]] occurred in the U.S. producing 148 tornadoes and killing a total of 330 people.
* On December 24, 1974, [[Cyclone Tracy]] devastated the Australian city of [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]].
* [[Bangladesh famine of 1974]] — Official records claim a death toll of 26,000. However, various sources claim about 1,000,000.
* On August 8, 1975, the [[Banqiao Dam]], in China's [[Henan]], [[1975 Banqiao Dam failure|failed]] after a freak typhoon; over 200,000 people perished.
* On February 4, 1976, a [[1976 Guatemala earthquake|major earthquake]] in Guatemala and Honduras killed more than 22,000.
* On July 28, 1976, [[1976 Tangshan earthquake|a 7.5 earthquake]] flattened [[Tangshan]], China, killing 242,769 people and injuring 164,851.
* On August 17, 1976, a [[1976 Moro Gulf earthquake|magnitude 8 earthquake]] struck the [[Moro Gulf]] near the island of [[Sulu]] in [[Mindanao]], Philippines, causing a tsunami killing 5,000 to 8,000 people.
* [[Typhoon Tip|Super Typhoon Tip]] affected areas in the southwestern Pacific Ocean from October 4–19, 1979. Off the coast of [[Guam]], Tip became the largest and most powerful tropical cyclone ever recorded, with a gale diameter of almost 1,400 miles, 190-mph winds, and a record intensity of 870 millibars.