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disasters in numbers
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Top 10
Earthquake, April
Nepal
8 831
18 003 541
United States
24,88
France
3 275
India
16 558 354
China, P Rep
13,66
India
2 248
Ethiopia
10 210 600
Nepal
5,17
Pakistan
1 229
Nepal
5 640 301
United Kingdom
3,60
Landslide, October
Guatemala
627
Bangladesh
4 452 553
India
3,30
Belgium
410
Philippines
3 834 514
Chile
3,10
Flood, November-December
India
325
Malawi
3 438 995
Australia
2,40
Flood, July-August
India
293
China, P Rep
3 006 093
South Africa
2,00
Earthquake, October
Pakistan
280
Guatemala
2 809 910
Philippines
1,90
Flood, January
Malawi
278
South Africa
2 700 000
France
1,00
Top 10
Europe
22
United States
Africa
Americas93
7
Per Continent
23
56
China, P Rep
Myanmar
Pakistan
10
19
India
26
7 Japan
Asia
152 15
Philippines
Indonesia
11
Bangladesh
Chile
Per Country
Australia
22 Oceania
350
450
432
421
413
414
389
300
278
250
200
Hurricane
Katrina, Rita and Wilma, USA
($219 billion)
Earthquake
Kob, Japan
($155 billion)
259
150
100
Earthquake
Naples Province, Italy
($60 billion)
50
1980
1982
1984
Flood
China
($43 billion)
Earthquake
Northridge, USA
($48 billion)
Storm
Andrew, USA
($45 billion)
346 350
Earthquake/Tsunami
Tohoku, Japan
($223 billion)
Earthquake
Sichuan, China P.Rep
($94 billion)
205
400
Flood,
Thailand
($42billion)
Number of disasters
300
250
Hurricane
Sandy, USA
($52 billion)
200
150
Earthquake
Nepal 100
($5 billion)
50
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2005-2014
346
367
Deaths
171
90
99
32
15
20
17
17
20 000 000
All disasters
40 000 000
60 000 000
80 000 000
2015
2005-2014
76 424
152
Affected
3 310
Flood
5 938
996
85 139 394
10 592 279
Storm
17 778
35
2 030
1 369
34 888 330
Landslide
923
50 551 354
Drought
35 427 852
50 332
299 127
Earthquake
&
Tsunami
9 525
19
25
12
11
24
46
126
23
42 381
66
73
Wildfire
Extreme
temperature
7 346
7 232
0
Volcanic
activity
7 166 633
8 401 843
494 713
193 534
1 262 627
8 755 064
958 592
136 103
0
Mass
movement (dry) 373
2015
2005-2014
71.8%
55.6%
Europe
Africa
Americas
16.4%
8.6%
6.5%
31.6%
Oceania
5% 3.9%
0.3% 0.2%
Source: EM-DAT (25th January 2016) : The OFDA/CRED - International Disaster Database www.emdat.be Universit catholique de Louvain Brussels - Belgium
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