International Strategy for Disaster Reduction   


 
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Top 10 Natural Disaster
Number of people killed
Disaster Date Killed
Wind Storm May-1977 105
Wind Storm 14-Apr-2003 30
Wind Storm 8-May-1981 26
Wind Storm 10-May-2002 7
Wind Storm 12-Jun-1977 2
  Number of people affected
Disaster Date Affected
Wind Storm May-1977 5,048
Wind Storm 12-Jun-1977 1,548
Wind Storm 10-May-2002 83
Wind Storm 8-May-1981 0
Wind Storm 14-Apr-2003 0
Source : OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database / Sep-3-2004 - Data version: v07.04
 
 
Natural Disaster from 1908-2004

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 19-Apr-2002 46
Transport Accident 27-Apr-2004 21
  Number of people affected
Disaster Date Affected
Transport Accident 27-Apr-2004 13
Transport Accident 19-Apr-2002 8
Source : OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database / Sep-3-2004 - Data version: v07.04
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