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Number of people killed
| Disaster |
Date |
Killed |
| Drought |
1985 |
100,000 |
| Famine |
1989 |
5,200 |
| Epidemic |
8-Dec-1997 |
822 |
| Flood |
Feb-2000 |
800 |
| Epidemic |
Nov-1990 |
588 |
| Epidemic |
Jan-1992 |
587 |
| Flood |
29-Jan-1971 |
500 |
| Flood |
Feb-1977 |
300 |
| Wind Storm |
26-Mar-1994 |
240 |
| Epidemic |
Jan-1983 |
189 |
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Number of people affected
| Disaster |
Date |
Affected |
| Drought |
1980 |
6,000,000 |
| Drought |
17-Feb-1983 |
4,750,000 |
| Drought |
1981 |
4,000,000 |
| Drought |
2-Apr-1992 |
3,300,000 |
| Wind Storm |
26-Mar-1994 |
2,502,000 |
| Drought |
1985 |
2,466,000 |
| Flood |
Feb-2000 |
1,500,000 |
| Drought |
Mar-2002 |
600,000 |
| Flood |
Jan-2001 |
549,326 |
| Flood |
29-Jan-1971 |
500,000 |
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| Source : OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database / Sep-3-2004 - Data version: v07.04 |
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| Source: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster
Database, http://www.em-dat.net/ - Université catholique
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10 Technological Disasters
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Number of people killed
| Disaster |
Date |
Killed |
| Transport Accident |
25-May-2002 |
195 |
| Industrial Accident |
2-Aug-1977 |
159 |
| Transport Accident |
5-Mar-1991 |
109 |
| Transport Accident |
13-Sep-1993 |
77 |
| Transport Accident |
7-Jun-1989 |
74 |
| Transport Accident |
3-Aug-1985 |
58 |
| Transport Accident |
31-Mar-1986 |
44 |
| Transport Accident |
31-Dec-1996 |
40 |
| Transport Accident |
19-Oct-1986 |
33 |
| Transport Accident |
6-Sep-2000 |
32 |
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Number of people affected
| Disaster |
Date |
Affected |
| Transport Accident |
17-Apr-1992 |
50,000 |
| Industrial Accident |
Mar-1985 |
200 |
| Transport Accident |
25-May-2002 |
168 |
| Transport Accident |
3-Aug-1985 |
160 |
| Transport Accident |
5-Mar-1991 |
100 |
| Transport Accident |
13-Sep-1993 |
63 |
| Transport Accident |
17-May-1989 |
48 |
| Industrial Accident |
2-Aug-1977 |
0 |
| Transport Accident |
31-Mar-1986 |
0 |
| Transport Accident |
19-Oct-1986 |
0 |
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