International Strategy for
Disaster Reduction
Country Information
Introduction
Guiding principles for
National Platform [NP]
Country Information
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Albania
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Chad [NP]
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Cote d'Ivoire
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Denmark
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Egypt
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Ethiopia
Finland
France [NP]
Gabon [NP]
Gambia
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Georgia
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Greece
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Hungary[NP]
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran [NP]
Israel
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Jamaica
Japan [NP]
Jordan
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Kenya [NP]
The Republic of Korea
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Lebanon
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Lithuania
Macedonia
Madagascar [NP]
Malaysia
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Mali [NP]
Malta
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Mexico
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Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
Nicaragua [NP]
Niger [NP]
Nigeria [NP]
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama [NP]
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines [NP]
Portugal
Quatar
Romania
Russian Federation [NP]
Rwanda
Saint-Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Senegal [NP]
Serbia
Seychelles [NP]
Slovakia
Sri Lanka
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain [NP]
Sudan
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland [NP]
Tanzania [NP]
Thailand
Togo [NP]
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turks and Caicos Islands
Uganda [NP]
Ukraine
United Arabs Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
United States [NP]
Venezuala
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Comoros
Top 10 Natural Disaster
Number of people killed
Disaster
Date
Killed
Wind Storm
4-Jan-1951
500
Wind Storm
10-Jan-1983
33
Wind Storm
3-Jan-1987
24
Epidemic
11-Nov-1999
16
Epidemic
Feb-1989
3
Wind Storm
14-Feb-1985
2
Volcano
5-Apr-1977
1
Famine
1975
0
Drought
26-Aug-1981
0
Wind Storm
24-Jan-1989
0
Number of people affected
Disaster
Date
Affected
Famine
1975
300,000
Wind Storm
3-Jan-1987
50,000
Wind Storm
14-Feb-1985
35,000
Wind Storm
10-Jan-1983
30,052
Volcano
5-Apr-1977
25,000
Epidemic
Feb-1989
450
Wind Storm
25-Apr-2003
300
Volcano
3-Jul-1991
200
Epidemic
11-Nov-1999
172
Wind Storm
4-Jan-1951
0
Source : OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database / Sep-6-2004 - Data version: v07.04
Natural Disaster from 1951-2003
Source: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database,
http://www.em-dat.net/
- Université catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium
Top 10 Technological Disasters
Number of people killed
Disaster
Date
Killed
Transport Accident
23-Nov-1996
127
Transport Accident
29-Jul-1996
72
Transport Accident
2-May-1998
41
Transport Accident
29-Oct-2002
16
Number of people affected
Disaster
Date
Affected
Transport Accident
23-Nov-1996
0
Transport Accident
29-Jul-1996
0
Transport Accident
2-May-1998
0
Transport Accident
29-Oct-2002
0
Source : OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database / Sep-6-2004 - Data version: v07.04
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