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Disasters in Numbers 2010
Prof. Dr. Debarati Guha-Sapir
CRED, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)
January 24, 2011 - Geneva
Natural disasters : 373
Total deaths: 296,800
Total affected: 207 million
Estimated damage: 109 billion US$
NATURAL DISASTERS IN 2010
*
CRED, D.Guha-Sapir, Geneva, January 2011
TOP 10 DISASTERS BY NUMBER OF DEATHS (2010)
Event Month Country Deaths
Earthquake
Heat wave
Earthquake
Flood
Landslide
Flood
Earthquake
Earthquake
Cold wave
Landslide
January
July/August
April
July/August
August
May-August
February
October
July-December
February-March
Haiti
Russia
China
Pakistan
China
China
Chile
Indonesia
Peru
Uganda
222,570
55,736
2968
1985
1765
1691
562
530
409
388 CRED, D.Guha-Sapir, Geneva, January 2011
DEATHS FROM NATURAL DISASTERS BY REGION
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NATURAL DISASTERS
2010 - compared to decade average
* Biological disasters excluded
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TOP10 DISASTERS ECONOMIC LOSSES (2010) Event Month Country Damage*
Earthquake
Flood
Flood
Earthquake
Storm Xynthia
Hurricane Karl
Earthquake
Flood
Storm
Storm
February
May/August
July/August
January
February
September
April
May
May
April/May
Chile
China
Pakistan
Haiti
France
Mexico
New Zealand
Poland
USA
USA
30.0
18.0
9.5
8.0
4.2
3.9
3.7
3.2
2.7
2.3 *in US$ billion CRED, D.Guha-Sapir, Geneva, January 2011
DEATHS FROM NATURAL DISASTERS OVER 4 DECADES (1970-2010)
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0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
350000
400000
450000
500000
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Total Killed
China, Earthquake
Drought/famine Ethiopia
Indian Ocean, Tsunami
China earthquake, Myanmar, Cyclone
Haiti, Earthquake
Bangladesh, Cyclone
DO TRENDS IN CLIMATE DISASTERS AND VICTIMS FOLLOW POPULATION GROWTH? (1900-2009)
* Includes: flood, wet mass movements, storms, extreme temperature, drought and wild fires
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Population
Victims
Events
WORLD SOUTH-EAST ASIA
Central America Northern Africa
Population
Victims
Events
Population
Victims
Events
Population
Victims
Events
Haiti – Natural Disasters in 2010
Disaster type Occurrence Total deaths Total affected Total Damage (billion US$)
Earthquake 1 222,570 3,500,000 8
Epidemic 1 3790 185,012 na
Flood 3 44 22,087 na
Storm 2 27 78,142 na
Total 7 225,402 3,871,094 8
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Haiti – Natural Disasters in 2000-2009
Disaster type Occurrence Total Deaths Total Affected Total Damage (billion US$)
Earthquake 1 0 35,000 n.a.
Epidemic 1 40 200 n.a.
Flood 20 2910 394,743 0,001
Storm 18 3663 762,834 0,100
Total 40 6613 1,156,777 0,101
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Brazil – Natural Disasters in 2000-2010
Disaster type Occurrence Total Deaths Total Affected
Drought 6 0 2,062,000
Earthquake 1 1 286
Epidemic 3 203 606,570
Extreme Temperature 3 39 0
Flood 37 1280 4,567,393
Mass Movement Wet 5 162 149,670
Storm 5 26 15,768
Total 60 1711 7,543,687
CRED, D.Guha-Sapir, Geneva, January 2011
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