International Strategy for Disaster Reduction   


 
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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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