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Natural catastrophes in figures

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Jun 2005

The 10 most fatal natural catastrophes in 2004

Nature of eventDateCountryNumber of deaths
Tsunami
December12 countries in the Indian ocean280 931
Hurricane Jeanne
SeptemberHaiti2 754
Flood
May-JuneHaiti2 665
Tropical storm Winnie
NovemberPhilippines1 619
Flood
June-AugustIndia900
Flood
June-AugustBangladesh730
Flood
May-JuneDominican Republic688
Dengue epidemic
January-AprilIndonesia658
Earthquake
FebruaryMorocco628
Meningitis epidemic
January-MarchBurkina Faso527

The 10 most disastrous natural catastrophes in 2004

Nature of eventDateCountryNumber of affected people
Flood
June-AugustBangladesh36 000 000
Flood
JulyChina33 652 026
Flood
June-AugustIndia33 000 000
Hurricane Rananim
AugustChina8 594 000
Flood
SeptemberChina8 253 000
Drought
JanuarySouth Africa4 000 000
Drought
JuneKenya2 300 000
Cold wave
JulyPeru2 137 467
Hurricane Aere
AugustPhilippines1 058 849
Hurricane Galifo
MarchMadagascar988 139

The 10 most costly natural catastrophes in 2004

in thousands USD
Nature of eventDateCountriesDamages
Earthquake
OctoberJapan28 000 000
Typhoon Tokage
OctoberJapan7 500 000
Hurricane Jeanne
SeptemberUnited States7 000 000
Flood
June-AugustBangladesh7 000 000
Hurricane Charley
AugustUnited States6 800 000
Typhon Songda
SeptemberJapan6 000 000
Hurricane Ivan
SeptemberUnited States6 000 000
Tsunami
DecemberIndonesia4 450 000
Hurricane Frances
SeptemberUnited States4 400 000
Typhoon Rananim
AugustChina2 190 000

Most affected countries in Africa and the Middle East

Earthquake

in thousands USD
Countries*Number of
events		DeadNumber of
affected people		Damages
South Africa (1920-2005)
8701 448 
Algeria (1910-2005)
186 7531 366 84010 210 000
Egypt (1926-2004)
559492 996151 200
Ethiopia (1906-2005)
8245857 070
India (1900-2005)
2460 39627 108 5615 124 900
Iran (1909-2005)
84147 0622 264 89110 631 241
Jordan (1927-2002)
1242  
Kenya (1964-2004)
1   
Lebanon (1955-2003)
1136200 
Morocco (1909-2004)
312 72838 465520 000
Madagascar (1968-2005)
    
Mali (1910-2005)
    
Mauritius (1960-2002)
    
Mozambique (1956-2005)
    
Nigeria (1969-2005)
    
Oman (1908-2005)
142 630392 8502 033 700
Turkey (1903-2005)
7088 5386 874 24220 320 600
Senegal (1910-2004)
    
Yemen (1971-2005)
21 517441 5392 000 000

Storm

in thousands USD
Countries*Number of
events		DeadNumber of
affected people		Damages
South Africa (1920-2005)
16193623 533725 041
Algeria (1910-2005)
44710 122 
Egypt (1926-2004)
46415 1131 000
Ethiopia (1906-2005)
    
India (1900-2005)
134163 00491 329 95712 466 800
Iran (1909-2005)
    
Jordan (1927-2002)
316225 
Kenya (1964-2004)
150  
Lebanon (1955-2003)
225104 575155 000
Morocco (1909-2004)
114  
Madagascar (1968-2005)
321 9868 018 2841 613 101
Mali (1910-2005)
130  
Mauritius (1960-2002)
17681 029 263676 373
Mozambique (1956-2005)
125922 989 48275 000
Nigeria (1969-2005)
2200  
Oman (1908-2005)
1422015 0451 000
Turkey (1903-2005)
910013 6392 200
Senegal (1910-2004)
318996 853 
Yemen (1971-2005)
230  

Flood

in thousands USD
Countries*Number of
events		DeadNumber of
affected people		Damages
South Africa (1920-2005)
241 149167 590908 805
Algeria (1910-2005)
344 554644 178363 000
Egypt (1926-2004)
8691230 938154 000
Ethiopia (1906-2005)
317731 316 5514 420
India (1900-2005)
16050 977684 288 34810 534 781
Iran (1909-2005)
617 576  
Jordan (1927-2002)
530924 3212 400
Kenya (1964-2004)
175361 188 50821 850
Lebanon (1955-2003)
344018 50010 000
Morocco (1909-2004)
211 480530 141108 301
Madagascar (1968-2005)
441130 293150 000
Mali (1910-2005)
282 7131 842 458 
Mauritius (1960-2002)
    
Mozambique (1956-2005)
201 8388 520 154326 400
Nigeria (1969-2005)
255761 446 51786 475
Oman (1908-2005)
221 5001 512 1261 440 290
Turkey (1903-2005)
291 2531 682 7472 168 500
Senegal (1910-2004)
1036527 26944 385
Yemen (1971-2005)
211 2021 221 1222 254 400

Drought

in thousands USD
Countries*Number of
events		DeadNumber of
affected people		Damages
South Africa (1920-2005)
8 4 305 000 
Algeria (1910-2005)
3   
Egypt (1926-2004)
    
Ethiopia (1906-2005)
23602 36789 566 20092 600
India (1900-2005)
214 250 4301 391 8411 898 721
Iran (1909-2005)
4 62 625 0009 500 000
Jordan (1927-2002)
3 330 0001 500
Kenya (1964-2004)
118517 612 6001 500
Lebanon (1955-2003)
    
Morocco (1909-2004)
7 412 000100
Madagascar (1968-2005)
6 3 147 790 
Mali (1910-2005)
3919 6717 665 499112 500
Mauritius (1960-2002)
1  175 000
Mozambique (1956-2005)
15100 06821 966 000 
Nigeria (1969-2005)
2 3 000 00071 103
Oman (1908-2005)
2  500 000
Turkey (1903-2005)
    
Senegal (1910-2004)
26 7 548 998381 300
Yemen (1971-2005)
4 2 020 00010 000
* For a specific period Source: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Database
Tue, 14/05/2013 - 11:20

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