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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. Please login or register. Powered by AkoComment! |