Magazine date:
Aug 2013 Natural catastrophes* in North Africa:
2003-2012
* including epidemicTechnical catastrophes in North Africa:
2003-2012
Natural catastrophes* in West Africa:
2003-2012
* including epidemicTechnical catastrophes in West Africa:
2003-2012
Natural catastrophes* in Central Africa:
2003-2012
Technical catastrophes in Central Africa:
2003-2012
Natural catastrophes* in East Africa:
2003-2012
Technical catastrophes in East Africa:
2003-2012
Natural catastrophes* in Austral Africa:
2003-2012
Technical catastrophes in Austral Africa:
2003-2012
Source: "EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database www.em-dat.net - Université Catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium"
The deadliest natural catastrophes in Africa: 2003-2012
Country | Location | Date | Nature | Number of deaths | Number of affected people | |
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1 | Algeria | Thenia, Boumerdes | 21/05/2003 | Earthquake | 2 266 | 210 261 |
2 | Morocco | Aït Kamra, Tamassint | 24/02/2004 | Earthquake | 628 | 13 465 |
3 | Ethiopia | Dire Dawa, Ket | 05/08/2006 | Floods | 498 | 10 096 |
4 | Uganda | Nametsi, Kubehwo, Namanga | 25/02/2010 | Landslide | 388 | 12 795 |
5 | Ethiopia | Amorate, Gangato | 13/08/2006 | Floods | 364 | 8 000 |
6 | Madagascar | Antalaha, Maroantsetra | 07/03/2004 | Cyclone "Galifo" | 363 | 988 139 |
7 | Nigeria | Lagos, Adamawa, Nassarawa | 01/07/2012 | Floods | 363 | 7 000 867 |
8 | Somalia | Puntland (Bari, Nugal) | 26/12/2004 | Tsunami | 298 | 105 083 |
9 | Ethiopia | Ogaden, Gode | 23/04/2005 | Floods | 156 | 235 418 |
10 | Sudan | Khartoum, White Nile | 03/07/2007 | Floods | 150 | 565 335 |
11 | Madagascar | Ikongo et Faniria communes | 10/03/2010 | Tropical storm "Hubert" | 120 | 192 132 |
12 | Nigeria | Ibadan | 26/08/2011 | Floods | 120 | 3 000 |
13 | Burundi | Busoni, Bugabira, Ntega | 00/01/2005 | Drought | 120 | 2 150 000 |
14 | Ethiopia | Ogaden | 28/04/2003 | Floods | 119 | 110 000 |
15 | Kenya | Dadaab, Kwale, Garissa | 23/10/2006 | Floods | 114 | 723 000 |
16 | Angola | Cunene, Uige, Huambo | 00/03/2011 | Floods | 113 | 65 084 |
17 | Namibia | Kunene, Oshana, Oshikoto | 01/03/2011 | Floods | 108 | 500 000 |
18 | Angola | Luanda | 17/01/2007 | Floods | 105 | 40 000 |
19 | Sierra Leone | Freetown | 13/08/2009 | Floods | 103 | 1 470 |
20 | Kenya | West Kenya | 08/05/2010 | Floods | 100 | 70 000 |
The deadliest technical catastrophes in Africa: 2003-2012
Country | Location | Date | Nature | Number of deaths | Number of affected people | |
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1 | Egypt | Red Sea | 2/02/2006 | Sinking of the ferry ’Al-Salam 98’ | 1028 | 387 |
2 | Congo | Brazzaville | 4/03/2012 | Explosion of munitions dump | 286 | 13 262 |
3 | Nigeria | Lagos | 26/12/2006 | Explosion of an oil pipeline | 269 | 65 |
4 | Tanzania | Zanzibar | 9/09/2011 | Sinking of the ferry Spicy Islander | 220 | 619 |
5 | Nigeria | Bukkuyum, Anka | Janvier 2010 | Lead poisoning | 200 | 18 000 |
6 | D R Congo | Congo River, Lukolela | 1/02/ 2004 | Shipwreck | 200 | 301 |
7 | D R Congo | Near Sange | 2/07/2010 | Road accident | 192 | 25 |
8 | Sudan | Red Sea | 5/07/2011 | Shipwreck | 187 | NA |
9 | D R Congo | Mai-Ndombe lake | 25/11/2003 | Sinking of the whaleboat «Thanks God» | 185 | 222 |
10 | Nigeria | Ilado beach | 13/05/2006 | Explosion of a pipeline | 175 | NA |
11 | Nigeria | Lagos | 5/06/2012 | Plane crash | 157 | 6 |
12 | Comoros | Near Comoros Islands | 30/06/2009 | Crash of an Airbus 310-300 | 152 | 1 |
13 | Sierra Leone | North of Freetown | 2/08/2007 | Sinking of a watercraft | 150 | NA |
14 | Burundi | Tanganyika lake | 24/03/2003 | Sinking of the ferry «Kasobwe» | 150 | 48 |
15 | Egypt | Red Sea | 3 /01/2004 | Plane crash | 148 | NA |
16 | Tanzania | Zanzibar | 18/07/2012 | Ferry disaster | 144 | 140 |
17 | D R Congo | Kinshasa | 8/05/2003 | Incident onboard cargo plane, Ilyushin-76 | 140 | 20 |
18 | Benin | Cotonou | 25/12/2003 | Crash of a Boeing 727-200 | 139 | 22 |
19 | Nigeria | Onicha-Amayi (Abia State) | 20/06/2003 | Explosion of a pipeline | 125 | 200 |
20 | Comoros | Southwest coast | 9/31/2011 | Sinking of a watercraft | 120 | 74 |