The occurrence of disasters in the Middle East

Breakdown of technical and accidental catastrophes
(1975-2002)

The 20 most fatal technical and accidental catastrophes
(1975 - 2002)

	Country	Location	Nature	Date	Victims
	Country	Location	Nature	Date	Deceased	Injured
1	Saudi Arabia	Mecca	Jostling of pilgrims in a tunnel	03/07/1990	1 426	NA
2	Iraq	Al-Hillah	Explosion into a military area	17/08/1989	700	NA
3	Saudi Arabia	Mecca	Fire	22/04/1997	343	1 500
4	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Crash of a Saudi Airlines plane	19/08/1980	301	0
5	Saudi Arabia	Djedda	Crash of canadian Nationair plane	12/07/1991	261	0
6	Saudi Arabia	Mecca	Jostling of pilgrims	23/05/1994	182	NA
7	Yemen	NA	Shipwreck	31/03/1998	180	NA
8	Bahrain	Manama	Crash of Gulf Air A320-200 plane	23/08/2000	143	NA
9	Saudi Arabia	NA	Fire	01/12/1975	138	NA
10	Yemen	Red Sea	Cargo sank	18/08/1995	131	0
11	Saudi Arabia	Mina, Mecca	Jostling of pilgrims	09/04/1998	118	2 250
12	U.A.E.	Near Abu Dhabi	Crash of Gulf Air 737-200 plane	23/09/1983	112	0
13	Saudi Arabia	Ra's Al-Mish'Ab	Crash of a military plane	21/03/1991	98	NA
14	Yemen	Aden	Shipwreck	22/06/1992	90	0
15	U.A.E.	Sharjah	Crash of a Tajik airlines plane	15/12/1997	85	1
16	Iraq	Chamchamal	Collision between trucks	01/11/1995	73	NA
17	Saudi Arabia	Ar'ar	Plane crash after hijackers attack	25/12/1986	67	0
18	Iraq	Baghdad	Fire in cinema	14/08/1980	59	NA
19	Yemen	NA	Plane crash in the sahara	14/07/1992	57	0
20	Jordan	Aqaba (South)	Skid of a bus	14/12/2001	52	NA

NA: non available

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975-2002)

The 20 most fatal natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975 - 2002)

	Country	Location	Nature	Date	Victims
	Country	Location	Nature	Date	Deceased	Injured	Homeless
1	Yemen	Dhamar	Earthquake	13/12/1982	1 507	1 500	NA
2	Yemen	Nationwide	Flood	29/03/1982	482	NA	50 000
3	Yemen	widespread	Flood	13/06/1996	338	0	114 210
4	Bahrain	widespread	Cholera	01/08/1978	111	0	0
5	Oman	Southern coast	Storm	01/05/1977	105	48	NA
6	Syria	widespread	Cholera	01/07/1977	88	0	0
7	Saudi Arabia	Jizan, Asir	Arbovirus	11/09/2000	85	0	0
8	Yemen	Wadi Mawr, Al-Zouhra	Arbovirus	10/09/2000	80	0	0
9	Syrie	Alep	Landslide	02/10/2002	80	23	NA
10	Yemen	South of Sana'a	Flood	01/08/1998	67	NA	NA
11	Saudi Arabia	NA	Meningitis	01/03/2000	57	0	0
12	Yemen	Sana'a	Flood	24/08/1975	52	NA	NA
13	Yemen	NA	Flood	06/04/1989	38	NA	150 000
14	Saudi Arabia	NA	Meningitis	09/02/2001	35	0	0
15	Saudi Arabia	North west	Flood	24/12/1985	32	NA	5 000
16	Yemen	Lahej, Abyan, Aden	Flood	05/02/1993	31	NA	12 500
17	Yemen	Omrane, Hadramout, Saada, Hudayda	Flood	29/07/2001	31	NA	NA
18	Yemen	Taëz, Houdaida, Hadramout	Flood	30/08/2002	28	NA	NA
19	Syria	Deir Ezzor, Daraa	Sandstorm	21/02/2001	27	172	0
20	Oman	NA	Storm	08/05/1981	26	NA	NA

NA: non available

Events listed per year between 1975 and 2002

Source: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database www.cred.be/emdat - Université Catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium According to CRED, an event is reported when it fulfils one of the following conditions
· 10 deceased or more
· At least 100 persons affected
· call to international assistance
· declaration of a state of emergency

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The occurrence of disasters in the Middle East

Breakdown of technical and accidental catastrophes(1975-2002)

The 20 most fatal technical and accidental catastrophes(1975 - 2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)(1975-2002)

The 20 most fatal natural disasters (including epidemics)(1975 - 2002)

Events listed per year between 1975 and 2002

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Breakdown of technical and accidental catastrophes
(1975-2002)

The 20 most fatal technical and accidental catastrophes
(1975 - 2002)

Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975-2002)

The 20 most fatal natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975 - 2002)