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Brazil - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2010.

Natural Disasters from 1980 - 2010

Overview No of events: No of people killed: Average killed per year: No of people affected: Average affected per year: Economic Damage (US$ X 1,000): Economic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 146 4,948 160 47,984,677 1,547,893 9,226,170 297,618

Natural Disaster Occurence Reported

Dr o ug ht

12

Ear thquak e*

Epidem ic

13

Ext. tem p.

Flo o d

80

Insect**

M ass m o v . w et

17

Sto r m

13

W ildfir e

20

40

60

80

100

Occure nce

Average Disaster Per Year Drought: Earthquake*: Epidemic: Extreme temp: Flood: Insect infestation: Mass mov. dry: Mass mov. wet: Volcano: Storm: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/countries/statistics/?cid=24 0.39 0.06 0.42 0.16 2.58 0.03 ... 0.55 ... 0.42

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Wildfire:

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Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported

Affected People Disaster Drought Drought Flood Flood Flood Flood Drought Drought Drought Flood Killed People Disaster Epidemic Flood Flood Flood Flood Epidemic Flood Flood Epidemic Flood Economic Damages Disaster Drought Flood Flood Flood Flood Drought Flood Extreme temp. Storm Flood Date 2004 1984 1984 1988 2008 1985 2009 1994 2004 1983 Cost (US$ X 1,000) 1,650,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 750,000 651,000 550,000 475,000 350,000 338,000 Date 1984 1988 1988 2010 1984 1991 2003 2008 2008 1985 Killed (no. of people) 300 300 289 256 200 196 161 151 123 100 Date 1983 1998 1988 1983 2008 2009 2001 2007 1987 2009 Affected (no. of people) 20,000,000 10,000,000 3,020,734 3,008,300 1,500,015 1,150,900 1,000,000 1,000,000 750,000 680,000

Statistics Per Event

Killed People Drought: Earthquake*: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/countries/statistics/?cid=24 1.67 1.00

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Epidemic: Extreme temp: Flood: Insect infestation: Mass mov. dry: Mass mov. wet: Volcano: Storm: Wildfire: Affected People Drought: Earthquake*: Epidemic: Extreme temp: Flood: Insect infestation: Mass mov. dry: Mass mov. wet: Volcano: Storm: Wildfire: Economic Damages Drought: Earthquake*: Epidemic: Extreme temp: Flood: Insect infestation: Mass mov. dry: Mass mov. wet: Volcano: Storm: Wildfire:

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55.15 23.20 40.80 ... ... 40.18 ... 11.15 0.33

2,734,333.33 11,643.00 77,701.23 ... 170,934.99 2,000.00 ... 13,969.65 ... 16,384.00 4,000.00

201,916.67 2,500.00 ... 95,000.00 72,002.13 ... ... 5,058.82 ... 33,923.08 12,000.00

Statistics By Disasters Type

Percentage of reported people killed by disaster type

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Sto r m : 2.9 % M ass m o v . w et : 13.8 %

Epidem ic : 14.5 % Ext. tem p. : 2.3 %

Flo o d : 66 %

Percentage of reported people affected by disaster type

Flo o d : 28.5 %

Epidem ic : 2.1 % Dr o ug ht : 68.4 %

Estimated economic damages reported by disaster type (US$ X 1,000)

(US$ X 1000)

8M

6M

4M

2M

0M

Dr o ug ht Ext. tem p.

Flo o d Sto r m

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More information and data on: www.emdat.be/ Source of data: "EM-DAT: The OFDA/C RED International Disaster Database, Universit catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Bel." Data version: v11.08 Data displayed does not imply national endorsement
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