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List of Disasters Note: Click the city/country to view the news and the disaster type to view the location of the news in the DFDN website. | Date | City/Country | Disaster type
| Victims and damages
| | 2008 | | | | | 5 November 2008 | South-western
China | Climatic:
flood | At least
51 killed | | 2 November 2008 | North and central
Vietnam | Climatic:
flood | At least
92 killed | 29 October 2008
| South-western
Pakistan | Geophysic:
earthquakes | At least
300 killed | | 28 October 2008 | Honduras | Climatic:
floods | 30 killed | | 26 October 2008 | Yemen
| Climatic:
floods | 58 killed
| | 22 October 2008 | Sri Lanka | Climatic:
floods | 4 killed
| | 6 October 2008 | Tibet
| Geophysic:
earthquakes | At least
30 killed
| | 6 October 2008 | Kyrgyzstan | Geophysic:
earthquakes | At least
65 killed | | 2 October 2008 | Algeria
| Climatic:
floods | At least
29 killed | | 23 September 2008 | Philippines | Climatic:
typhoon | 8 killed | | 19 September 2008 | Orissa, India
| Climatic:
flood | 56 killed | | 15 September 2008 | Texas,
Louisiana,
USA | Climatic:
hurricane Ike | At least
27 killed | | 10 September 2008 | Cuba | Climatic:
hurricane Ike | 200,000
homeless | 4 September 2008
| Haiti | Climatic:
storms | 793 killed
| | 31 August 2008 | South-west China | Geophysic:
earthquakes | At least
32 killed | 25 August 2008
| Bihar, India
| Climatic:
flood | More than
90 killed | | 10 August 2008 | Southern
India | Climatic:
flood | At least
40 killed | | 9 August 2008 | Northern
Vietnam | Climatic:
flood | 100 killed
| | 5 August 2008 | North-west
Pakistan | Climatic:
flood | 30 killed | | 1 August 2008 | Togo
| Climatic:
flood | At least
3 killed | | 18 July 2008 | Taiwan
| Climatic:
typhoon | 16 killed | 21 June 2008
| Philippines | Climatic:
typhoon
| 163 killed | | 16 June 2008 | North-eastern
India | Climatic:
flood
| More than
50 killed
two million
homeless
| 16 June 2008
| Mogadishu,
Somalia | Climatic:
flood | At least
6 killed | | 15 June 2008 | Southern China
| Climatic:
flood | 63 killed
| | 14 June 2008 | Northern Japan | Geophysic:
earthquakes | 9 killed | | 9 June 2008 | Midwest USA
| Climatic:
storm, flood
| 24 killed
| | 2 June 2008 | South Sri Lanka
| Climatic:
flood | 19 killed
| | 12 May 2008 | Sichuan, China
| Geophysic:
earthquakes | Up to
69,197 killed | | 10 May 2008 | South-central,
USA | Climatic:
storm | At least
22 killed | 4 May 2008
| Burma
| Climatic:
cyclone
| At least
78,000 killed | | 3 May 2008 | Arkansas, USA
| Climatic:
storm | At least
8 killed | | 30 April 2008 | Sri Lanka
| Climatic:
flood | 9 killed
| | 29 April 2008 | Virginia, USA
| Climatic:
tornado | 200 injured
| | 22 February 2008 | Eastern
Philippines | Climatic:
landslide,
flood | 32 killed | | 20 February 2008 | Western Aceh,
Indonesia | Geophysic:
earthquakes | At least
3 killed | | 18 February 2008 | Madagascar
| Climatic:
tropical storm | At least
2 killed | 6 February 2008
| Bolivia | Climatic:
flood
| At least
48 killed | | 6 February 2008 | Southern USA
| Climatic:
tornadoes | 55 killed | 3 February 2008
| Congo, Rwanda
| Geophysic:
earthquakes | At least
40 killed | | 31 January 2008 | Fiji
| Climatic:
cyclone | 2 killed | | 19 January 2008 | China
| Climatic:
snow storm | At least
80 killed | 2 January 2008
| East Java,
Indonesia | Climatic:
flood | 112 killed | | | | | | 2007
| |
| | | 26 December 2007 | Central Java,
Indonesia | Climatic:
flood | At least
120 killed | | 11 December 2007 | The Caribbean | Climatic:
storm Olga | 38 killed | 10 December 2007
| USA, Canada | Climatic:
ice storm | 22 killed
| | 5 December 2007 | USA North West
| Climatic:
storm | At least
7 killed | | 26 November 2007 | Eastern
Indonesia | Geophysic:
earthquakes | 3 killed | 23 November 2007
| Philippines
| Climatic:
typhoon
Mitag
| At least
12 killed | | 19 November 2007 | Papua New
Guinea | Climatic:
flood | At least
150 killed | | 15 November 2007 | Bangladesh
| Climatic:
cyclon | Around
3,000 killed | | 7 November 2007 | Vietnam | Climatic:
flood
| More than
70 killed
| 1 November 2007
| Tabasco,
Mexico | Climatic:
flood | 5 killed
a half million homeless
| | 29 October 2007 | Dominican
Republic,
The Bahamas | Climatic:
flood,
storm Noel | 116 killed | | 27 October 2007 | DR Congo
| Climatic:
flood
| 30 killed
100 injured
| | 24 October 2007 | California, USA
| Climatic:
fires | 7 killed
1,997 homes
destroyed | | 13 October 2007 | Haiti
| Climatic:
flood | 20 killed | | 6 October 2007 | Eastern China | Climatic:
typhoon Krosa | 5 killed
5 million affected | | 4 October 2007 | Vietnam
| Climatic:
typhoon
Lekima | 55 killed | | 19 September 2007 | Eastern China
| Climatic:
typhoon Wipha
| 5 killed
10,000 homes
destroyed | | 15 September 2007 | West, Central &
East Africa | Climatic:
flood | 387 killed
1.5 million affected | 12 & 13
September 2007 | Sumatra,
Indonesia | Geophysic:
earthquakes | 23 killed | | 10 September 2007 | Assam, India | Climatic:
flood | 7 killed
1 million displaced
| | 4 September 2007 | Central America
| Climatic:
hurricane Felix | 98 killed | | 29 August 2007 | Sudan
| Climatic:
flood | 89 killed
400,000 affected | | 29 August 2007 | Assam, India
| Climatic:
flood | 5 killed
| | 26 August 2007 | Greece
| Climatic:
Fires | 64 killed | | 22 August 2007 | USA Midwest
| Climatic:
flood | 25 killed | 17 August 2007
| Caribbean
| Climatic:
hurricane Dean
| 20 killed | | 15 August 2007 | Peru
| Geophysic:
earthquakes | 610 killed
| | 14 August 2007 | North Korea
| Climatic:
flood | 600 killed | | 9 August 2007 | Sakhalin, Russia
| Geophysic:
earthquakes | 2,400 homeless
| | 7 August 2007 | Bulgaria
| Climatic:
flood | 7 killed | 6 August 2007
| Vietnam | Climatic:
flood | 40 killed
| | 30 July 2007 | South Asia:
India, Nepal
Bangladesh | Climatic:
flood | 1,100 killed | | 23 July 2007 | Sulawesi,
Indonesia | Climatic:
flood | 71 killed | | 22 July 2007 | China | Climatic:
flood | 650 killed | | 19 July 2007 | Sudan
| Climatic:
flood | 113 killed | | 16 July 2007 | Japan
| Geophysic:
earthquakes | 7 killed
400 hurt
| | 29 June 2007 | Pakistan | Climatic:
cyclon Yemyin | 240 killed
1 million homeless
| | 25 June 2007 | UK
| Climatic:
flood | 6 killed
3500 evacuated | | 24 June 2007 | Pakistan
| Climatic:
flood | 228 killed
800,000 affected | | 24 June 2007 | India
| Climatic:
flood | 67 killed | | 23 June 2007 | Sri Lanka
| Climatic:
strong winds
| 5 killed | | 12 June 2007 | Pakistan | Climatic:
heatwave | 26 killed | 12 June 2007
| Bangladesh
| Climatic:
mudslides | 22 killed | | 10 June 2007 | China | Climatic:
floods | 71 killed
640,000 displaced | | 3 June 2007 | China | Geophysic:
earthquakes | 3 killed
300 injured
| | June 2007 | Colombia
| Climatic:
floods | 56 killed
270,000 affected
| | 25 May 2007 | China
| Climatic:
floods | 21 killed
| | 4 May 2007 | USA | Climatic:
tornado | 11 killed | | 3 May 2007 | Sri Lanka
| Climatic:
floods | 9 killed
14,881 families
affected | | 16 April 2007 | USA | Climatic:
storms | 8 killed | | 15 April 2007 | Thailand
| Climatic:
floods | 35 killed | | 3 April 2007 | Afghanistan | Climatic:
floods | 88 killed
20,000 affected
| 2 April 2007
| Solomon Island
| Geophysic:
Tsunami
Earthquake | 28 killed
7,000 homeless | | 29 March 2007 | USA
| Climatic:
tornadoes | 4 killed
| | 27 March 2007 | Haiti,
Dominican Rep.
| Climatic:
floods
| 11 killed | | 25 March 2007 | Wajima,
Japan
| Geophysic:
earthquakes | 1 killed
200 injured | | 12 March 2007 | Fiji | Climatic:
floods | 5 killed
| | 7 March 2007 | Lorestan,
West Iran
| Geophysic:
earthquakes | 35 injured
| 6 March 2007
| West Sumatra,
Indonesia
| Geophysic:
earthquakes | 70 killed
3,000 homeless
| | 3 March 2007 | East Nusa
Tenggara,
Indonesia | Climatic:
floods
landslides
| 43 killed
25 missing
5,000 homeless
| | 2 March 2007 | Alabama,
USA | Climatic:
tornadoes | 20 killed | | 20 February 2007 | Bolivia | Climatic:
floods | 40 killed
350,000 affected | | 8 February 2007 | Mozambique | Climatic:
floods
| 120,000 evacuated
| | 6 February 2007 | Burundi
| Climatic:
floods
| | | 2 February 2007 | Jakarta,
Indonesia
| Climatic:
floods
| 58 killed
340,000 homeless | 25 January 2007
| Angola
| Climatic:
floods
| 70 killed
| | 24 January 2007 | Peru
| Climatic:
floods
| 16 killed
| | 14 January 2007 | Malaysia
| Climatic:
floods
| 17 killed
100,000 evacuated
| 13 January 2007
| Sri Lanka
| Climatic:
floods,
landslides
| 17 killed
18,000 displaced
| | | | | | 2006
| | | | | 22 December 2006 | Aceh,
Indonesia | Climatic:
floods | 193 killed
400,000 displaced
| | 22 December 2006 | Malaysia
| Climatic:
floods | 11 killed
90,000 displaced | | 22 December 2006 | Sri Lanka
| Geophysic:
landslides | 521 families
displaced
| | 18 December 2006 | North Sumatra,
Indonesia | Geophysic:
earthquakes
| 7 killed
150 injured
| | 11 August 2006 | China
| Climatic:
typhoon
| 295 killed
| 8 August 2006
| India
| Climatic:
floods
| 187 killed
750,000 homeless
| | 17 July 2006 | Pangandaran,
Indonesia
| Geophysic:
Wave/Surge
Tsunami
Earthquake
| 650 killed
| | 29 May 2006 | East Java,
Indonesia | Geophysic:
Hot toxic
mud
| 11,000 evacuated
| | 27 May 2006 | Yogyakarta,
Indonesia
| Geophysic:
earthquakes | 5,800 killed
200,000 homeless
| | | | | | | 2005 | | | | 26 July 2005
| Mumbai, India
| Climatic:
floods
| 500 killed
| | | | | | | 2004 | | | | October 2004
| Niigata,
Japan
| Geophysic:
earthquakes | 65 killed
3,000 injured
| | | | | | 1995
| | | | January 1995
| Kobe,
Japan | Geophysic:
earthquakes | 6,400 killed
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Recent major climate-related disasters* | Date | Country | Disaster type
| Victims and damages
| | February 2006 | Philippines | Landslide | 1,112 killed, 19 injured
3,272 affected
US$2,203,000 damage | | October 2005 | Guatemala | Wind Storm:
Hurricane Stan | 1,513 killed, 386 injured
474,928 affected
US$988,300,000 damage | | August/Sept 2005 | United States | Wind Storm:
Hurricane Katrina | 1,322 killed
500,000 affected
US$125,000,000,000 damage | | July/August 2005 | India | Flood | 1,200 killed, 55 injured
20,000,000 affected
US$3,330,000,000 damage | | July 2005 | Cuba | Wind Storm:
Hurricane Dennis | 16 killed
2,500,000 affected
US$1,400,000,000 damage | | July 2005 | Bangladesh | Flood | 23 killed
1,000,000 affected | | July 2005 | Niger | Drought | 3,600,000 affected | | February 2005 | Pakistan | Flood | 520 killed, 450 injured
7,000,000 affected | | January/Dec 2005 | Kenya | Drought | 27 killed
3,500,000 affected | | November 2004 | Philippines | Wind Storm:
Tropical storm Winnie | 1,619 killed, 1,023 injured
880,000 affected
US$78,200,000 damage | | June/August 2004 | Bangladesh, India | Flood,
Flash Flood | 1,630 killed
69,000,000 affected
US$2,420,000,000 damage | June/July 2004
| Kenya | Drought
| 2,300,000 affected | | January 2004 | South Africa | Drought | 4,000,000 affected |
Recent major geophysical disasters* Date
| Country
| Disaster type | Victims and damages
| | October 2005 | Pakistan | Earthquake | 73,338 killed, 69,142 injured
2,800,000 homeless
US$5,000,000,000 damage | | 26 December 2004 | Indonesia,
Sri Lanka,
India,
Thailand,
Maldives,
other
countries
| Wave/Surge
Tsunami
Earthquake | 223,492 killed
400,000 homeless
US$10,000,000,000 damage | | February 2005 | Iran | Earthquake | 612 killed, 1,411 injured
93,355 affected
US$80,000,000 damage | February 2004
| Morocco | Earthquake | 628 killed, 926 injured
12,539 homeless
US$400,000,000 damage | | December 2003 | Iran | Earthquake | 26,796 killed, 22,628 injured
45,000 homeless
200,000 affected
US$1,000,000,000 damage |
*Source: EM-DAT, CRED, University of Louvain, Belgium. Emergency Disasters Data Base website. http://www.em-dat.net/ [Accessed 05 May 2006] Only registered users can write comments.
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