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