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Disasters in Numbers: Global Impact and Economic Costs

This report provides an overview of natural disasters worldwide in 2008, including the number of occurrences, total deaths, affected population, and estimated damages. It also highlights the top 10 disasters by number of deaths and economic damage costs. The report emphasizes the increasing losses in middle-income countries and the lack of damage estimations in Africa. Contact information for the EM-DAT team is provided.

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Disasters in Numbers: Global Impact and Economic Costs

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  1. Disasters in Numbers - 2008 EM-DAT Debarati Guha-Sapir CRED, University of Louvain, Belgium January 22th, 2009 - Geneva www.emdat.be

  2. GLOBAL FIGURES - 2008 Occurence: 321 country level disasters* Total Deaths: 235,816 Total Affected: 211,6 million Estimated Damages: 181 billion US$ * Epidemics and Insect Infestation excluded

  3. NATURAL DISASTERS IN EM-DAT1950-2008

  4. ANNUAL REPORTED ECONOMIC DAMAGES FROM NATURAL DISASTERS : 1980-2008

  5. NUMBER OF NATURAL DISASTERS BY COUNTRY - 2008 China, P Rep Philippines United States Indonesia Viet Nam India Colombia Kenya Taiwan, Cuba, Thailand, Brazil, Iran Pakistan, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Ethiopie, Haiti 26 20 19 16 10 10 8 8 5 4

  6. TOP 10 DISASTERS BY NUMBER OF DEATHS Event Date Country Deaths Cyclone Nargis Earthquake Flood Extreme Winter Typh. Fengshen Hurricane Hanna Wet Mass Mov. Flood Flood Flood May May June-August Jan-Feb June September September October June September Myanmar China, P Rep India Afghanistan Philippines Haiti China, P Rep Yemen China, P Rep India 138,366 87,476 1,963 1,317 644 529 277 180 176 173

  7. PERCENTAGE FLOODS AND STORMS WORLDWIDE: 2000-2008 GRAPH ‘Flood share remains the same’

  8. Annual reported economic damages from natural disasters: 1975-2008

  9. TOP 10 ECONOMIC DAMAGE COSTS Event Date Country Damage* Earthquake Hurricane Ike Extreme winter Flood Hurric. Gustav Cyclone Nargis Hurric. Gustav Wildfire Flood Tornadoes May September January June September May August November May-June May China, P Rep United States China, P Rep United States United States Myanmar Cuba United States China, P Rep United States 85.0 30.0 21.1 10.0 7.0 4.0 2.7 2.0 2.0 1.6 *in US$ billion

  10. NATURAL DISASTER IMPACT IN PER INCOME CLASS, 2008 *in 2007 constant US$ (Million)‏

  11. DROUGHT OCCURRENCE, VICTIMS AND REPORTED DAMAGES IN 2008

  12. Main findings • Middle income countries are likely to suffer increasing natural disaster related losses • Data from Africa reveal a crucial lack of damage estimations due to disasters • 2008 is the third costliest year in the last twenty years • First year in which middle income countries are main contributors of economic loss

  13. THANK YOU … • CONTACT EM-DAT Team – CRED 30, Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs 1200 Brussels – Belgium Tel: +32-2-764-3327/Fax-3441 E-Mail: contact@emdat.be www.emdat.be

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