Disasters | # of Events | Death toll | Total Affected | Total losses (US$ thousands) | Avg. losses per event (US$ thousands) |
Panel A: Global natural disasters | |||||
Climatological | 1461 | 11,881,372 | 2,258,591,701 | 198,489,104 | 135,858 |
Hydrological | 4729 | 6,992,618 | 3,534,240,607 | 593,558,557 | 1479 |
Meteorological | 7149 | 2,766,859 | 1,850,620,901 | 1,872,273,246 | 387 |
Panel B: Climatological disasters | |||||
Drought | 630 | 11,707,611 | 2,155,147,897 | 88,674,906 | 140,978 |
Extreme temperature: Cold wave | 256 | 15,493 | 12,304,064 | 12,177,284 | 47,568 |
Extreme winter conditions | 51 | 3,460 | 80,542,897 | 22,940,000 | - |
Extreme temperature: Heat wave | 159 | 151,186 | 4,653,436 | 22,389,859 | 140,817 |
Wildfire: Unspecified | 9 | 132 | 60,884 | 2,016,000 | 224,000 |
Bush/Brush fire | 7 | 277 | 20,295 | 3,767,000 | 538,143 |
Forest fire | 252 | 2,662 | 5,047,527 | 41,917,761 | 166,340 |
Scrub/grassland fire | 97 | 551 | 814,701 | 4,606,294 | 47,488 |
Sub-Total | 1461 | 1,881,372 | 2,258,591,701 | 198,489,104 | 135,858 |
Panel C: Hydrological disasters | |||||
Flood: Unspecified | 1,286 | 2,432,686 | 910,493,253 | 89,788,882 | 69,820 |
Flash flood | 494 | 63,685 | 171,008,701 | 49,677,236 | 100,561 |
General flood | 2258 | 4,431,010 | 2,417,905,474 | 435,319,465 | 192,790 |
General flood/Mudslide | 1 | 11 | 9950 | - | - |
Storm surge/coastal flood | 81 | 5341 | 21,125,409 | 10,322,976 | 127,444 |
Mass movement wet: Avalanche | 86 | 4051 | 71,146 | 824,889 | 9592 |
Mass movement wet: Landslide | 520 | 55,408 | 13,623,836 | 7,625,109 | 14,664 |
Mass movement wet: Rockfall | 1 | 33 | - | - | - |
Debris flow | 1 | 106 | - | - | - |
Subsidence | 1 | 287 | 2838 | - | - |
Sub-Total | 4729 | 6,992,618 | 3,534,240,607 | 593,558,557 | 125,515 |
Panel D: Meteological disasters | |||||
Storm: Unspecified | 1658 | 60,860 | 125,963,460 | 144,558,786 | 87,189 |
Extratropical cyclone | 96 | 482 | 6,809,210 | 62,053,978 | 646,396 |
Extratropical cyclone (winter storm) | 64 | 360 | 1,010,750 | 38,914,300 | 608,036 |
Local storm | 1459 | 36,273 | 383,485,463 | 321,944,840 | 220,661 |
Tropical cyclone | 3872 | 2,668,884 | 1,333,352,018 | 1,304,801,342 | 336,984 |
Sub-Total | 7149 | 2,766,859 | 1,850,620,901 | 1,872,273,246 | 261,893 |