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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. This list of disasters is not a complete list and still continuously being updated. The source of disasters information are from various news and UNISDR website. The latest figures of natural disasters (2010) is on UNISDR and Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) webpage. | Date | City/Country | Disaster type
| Victims and
damages
| | | | | | 2010
| | | | | 20 May 2010 | Nyiragongo
volcano,
DR Congo
| Climatic:
landslide
| 54 killed | | 18 May 2010 | East and west
Uganda
| Climatic:
landslide | At least
8 killed | 17 May 2010
| Eastern and
Central Europe
| Climatic:
Flood | At least
14 killed | 14 May 2010
| Southern China
| Climatic:
flood | At least
86 killed | 11 May 2010
| Oklahoma, USA
| Climatic:
tornado
| At least
5 killed | 7 May 2010
| Northern
Afghanistan
| Climatic:
flood | At least
65 killed | 6 May 2010
| Southwestern
China
| Climatic:
tornado
| At least
39 killed | 6 May 2010
| Sanaa, Yemen
| Climatic:
flood | 7 killed | 3 May 2010
| Nashville, USA
| Climatic:
flood | At least
29 killed | 30 April 2010
| Marakwet, Kenya
| Climatic:
landslide | At least
8 killed | 28 April 2010
| Orissa, India
| Climatic:
heat wave | 113 killed
| 25 April 2010
| Mississippi, USA
| Climatic:
Tornado
| 12 killed | 19 April 2010
| Samangan,
Afghanistan
| Geophysic:
earthquake | At least
11 killed | 14 April 2010
| Qinghai, China
| Geophysic:
earthquake | 2,039 killed | 7 April 2010
| Rio de Janeiro,
Brasil
| Climatic:
flood and
landslide
| 150 killed
| 5 April 2010
| Mexico-US
border
| Geophysic:
earthquake | 2 killed
| 30 March 2010
| Shanxi, China
| Climatic:
flood | 7 killed,
31 missing
| 8 March 2010
| Eastern Turkey
| Geophysic:
earthquake | At least
57 killed
| 3 March 2010
| Bududa, Uganda
| Climatic:
landslide | More than
300 killed | 28 February 2010
| Western Europe
| Climatic:
Storm
| 50 killed | 27 February 2010
| Chile
| Geophysic:
earthquake | More than
700 killed | 23 February 2010
| West Java,
Indonesia
| Climatic:
landslide | Up to
70 killed
| 21 February 2010
| Madeira,
Portugal
| Climatic:
flood | More than
42 killed | 13 February 2010
| Jakarta and
Bogor,
Indonesia
| Climatic:
flood | At least
2 killed | 10 February 2010
| Salang
pass,
Afghanistan
| Climatic:
avalanche | At least
166 killed | 8 February 2010
| Kashmir,
India
| Climatic:
avalanche
| 17 killed
| 25 January 2010
| Lampung,
Indonesia | Climatic:
flood | 5 killed
| 24 January 2010
| Southeast
Sulawesi,
Indonesia
| Climatic:
flood | 10 killed | 12 January 2010
| Haiti
| Geophysic:
earthquake | Around
230,000 killed | 9 January 2010
| Pasuruan,
Indonesia | Climatic:
flood | 3 killed
| | 5 January 2010 | Pakistan
| Climatic:
landslide | At least
10 killed | 2 January 2010
| Ilha Grande,
Brazil | Climatic:
mudslide | 26 killed
| | | | | | | 2009 | | | | 31 December 2009
| Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil | Climatic:
storm,landslide | At least
19 killed
| | 25 December 2009 | Midwest US
| Climatic:
snow storm | At least
19 killed | | 21 December 2009 | Europe
| Climatic:
snow storm | More than
80 killed | | 20 December 2009 | Eastern US
| Climatic:
snow storm | At least
6 killed | | 15 December 2009 | Fiji
| Climatic:
cyclone | At least
3 killed | 9 November 2009
| El Salvador
| Climatic:
hurricane,flood | 275 killed | 4 November 2009
| Vietnam
| Climatic:
storm,flood | At least
90 killed | 7 October 2009
| Western Nepal | Climatic:
flood,
landslide | At least
45 killed | 3 October 2009
| Northern
Philippines
| Climatic:
typhoon,flood | At least
600 killed | 2 October 2009
| South India | Climatic:
flood | More than
300 killed | 30 September 2009
| Padang,
West Sumatra,
Indonesia
| Geophysic:
earthquake | 1195 killed
| | 30 September 2009 | Cambodia
| Climatic:
typhoon,flood | At least
9 killed | 29 September 2009
| Samoa,
surrounding
islands
| Geophysic:
earthquakes,
tsunami
| More than
170 killed | 29 September 2009
| Vietnam
| Climatic:
typhoon,flood | At least
85 killed | 26 September 2009
| Manila &
nearby provinces,
Philippines
| Climatic:
typhoon,flood | At least
300 killed | | 22 September 2009 | South-eastern
US, Georgia
| Climatic:
flood
| At least
8 killed
| 21 September 2009
| Bhutan,
Himalayan regions
| Geophysic:
earthquakes | At least
11 killed | 15 September 2009
| North Sumatra,
Indonesia
| Climatic:
flood | At least
38 killed | 9 September 2009
| Northwest Turkey
| Climatic:
flood | At least
31 killed
| | 8 September 2009 | North Argentina,
South Brazil | Climatic:
storm | At least
17 killed | 2 September 2009
| West Java,
Indonesia
| Geophysic:
earthquakes | At least
57 killed
| 10 August 2009
| Western Japan
| Climatic:
storm
| At least
15 killed | 9 August 2009
| Southeast China
| Climatic:
typhoon | At least
8 killed | 9 August 2009
| Taiwan
| Climatic:
typhoon | At least
571 killed | 7 August 2009
| Philippines
| Climatic:
typhoon | At least
23 killed
| July 2009
| India
| Climatic:
flood
| 992 killed
| 24 June 2009
| Southern Europe
| Climatic:
wildfires | At least
10 killed
| May 2009
| Peru
| Climatic:
extreme
temperature
| 274 killed
| 28 May 2009
| Honduras | Geophysic:
earthquakes | 6 killed
| 26 May 2009
| Bangladesh,
West Bengal
| Climatic:
cyclone | More than
200 killed
| 6 May 2009
| Northern Brazil
| Climatic:
flood | At least
39 killed | 7 April 2009
| Namibia,
South Africa
| Climatic:
flood | More than
100 killed | 6 April 2009
| Central Italy
| Geophysic:
earthquake | 300 killed | 31 March 2009
| Orissa, East India
| Climatic:
storm | At least
12 killed | 11 February
| Oklahoma,
USA | Climatic:
tornado | At least
8 killed | 9 February
| Victoria, Australia
| Climatic:
bush fires | Approx.
173 killed | 24 January 2009
| France and Spain | Climatic:
storm | 20 killed | | 12 January 2009 | Sulawesi,
Indonesia | Climatic:
flood | 8 killed | 9 January 2009
| Costa Rica
| Geophysic:
earthquakes | 2 killed | 4 January 2009
| Manokwari,
Indonesia | Geophysic:
earthquake | 4 killed
| | | | | | | 2008 | | | | | 23 November 2008 | Colombia
| Geophysic:
volcano | 10 killed
| | 17 November 2008 | Brisbane,
Australia | Climatic:
storm
| 1 killed
| | 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
87,000 killed | | 10 May 2008 | South-central,
USA | Climatic:
storm | At least
22 killed | 4 May 2008
| Burma
| Climatic:
cyclone Nargis
| 138,000 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
| 1 April 2006
| Western Iran
| Geophysic:
earthquakes | 70 killed
| | | | | | | 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
| | | | | |
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.
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