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World + 17 others
CredCrunch Newsletter, Issue 31, March 2013, “Disaster Data: A Balanced Perspective”

Natural disasters1 in 2012

In 2012, 310 natural disasters were recorded in the EM-DAT database. They claimed 9,930 lives, affected over 106 million others and caused economic damages of US$138 billion.

There were no mega-disasters in 2012 in terms of human impact.

The largest disaster of 2012 in terms of mortality was Typhoon Bopha in the Philippines that resulted in 1,901 deaths. It was the strongest tropical cyclone on record to hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao and affected over 6 million persons.

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World + 10 others
CredCrunch Newsletter, Issue 30, January 2013, “Disaster Data: A Balanced Perspective”

Natural Disasters in Asia

Analyses of EM-DAT disaster statistics for the last decades provide us with insights on the trends and patterns of disaster occurrence and impact, both globally and in individual continents, regions and countries. From 2002 to 2011 worldwide, a total of 3,800 disasters killed over 1 million people, affected 2.5 billion others and caused US$ 1,453 billion of economic damages.

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World + 7 others
Floods deaths down but economic losses significant

In 2012 so far, floods were the most frequent disaster occurring in Asia (44%), accounted for 54% of the death toll, 78% of people affected and 56% of all economic damages in the region.

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CRED Technical Brief: Outbreaks in Fragile States. Yellow Fever in Darfur September – December 2012

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Synopsis of the Darfur Epidemic Sep – Nov 2012.
The current outbreak of YF in Darfur started at the beginning of September 2012. As of the latest WHO situation report from November 30th 2012:

  • 32 out of 64 localities in Darfur are affected

  • Total number of suspected cases is 677 including 164 deaths (CFR of 24.2%)

  • The majority of cases are located in Central Darfur (58%) (17.2%, 14.6% and 9.3% are located in West, North and South Darfur respectively).

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CE-DAT spotlight: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

While security conditions have improved in most of DRC, the eastern region of North Kivu continues to experience violence and displacement. Besides affecting the population, the crisis also reduces humanitarian access and data availability. Values in the above table must be interpreted with caution, bearing in mind that while CE-DAT coverage and data timeliness from Bandundu are satisfactory (see map), data from North Kivu are scarce and mainly dating back to 2010.

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CredCrunch Newsletter, Issue 28, July 2012 - “Disaster Data: A Balanced Perspective”

Climate-related disasters in Africa

In 2011, 64 climate-related disasters in the African continent were recorded in the EM-DAT database, of which 69% were floods, 17% droughts and 14% storms. A total of 792 deaths and 22.6 million affected people were reported as a result of these disasters. Economic damages were estimated at US$ 1.0 billion. The total number of people affected by climate-related disasters in Africa in 2011 was above the 2001-2010 annual average (14.8 million), due to the impact of droughts.

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Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2011: The Numbers and Trends

Executive Summary

In 2011, 332 natural disasters were registered, less than the average annual disaster frequency observed from 2001 to 2010 (384). However, the human and economic impacts of the disasters in 2011 were massive. Natural disasters killed a total of 30 773 people and caused 244.7 million victims worldwide (see Figure 1). Economic damages from natural disasters were the highest ever registered, with an estimated US$ 366.1 billion.

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Injury, disability and quality of life after the 2009 earthquake in Padang, Indonesia: a prospective cohort study of adult survivors

Mondastri K. Sudaryo, Besral1, Ajeng Tias Endarti, Ronnie Rivany, Revati Phalkey, Michael Marx and Debarati Guha-Sapir

Background: On 30 September 2009, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake severely hit the coast of Padang city in West Sumatra, Indonesia leaving about 1,117 people dead and injuring another 3,515. Health consequences such as physical injury, co-morbidity, disability and quality of life over time are seldom reported among survivors after earthquakes.

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Ethiopia + 2 others
CE-DAT spotlight: Ethiopia

The nutritional situation is serious in the western part of the country (Amhara and Benishangul Gumuz administrative regions), yet without reporting alarming values. In the other areas, GAM is below 10%. Community-based management of acute malnutrition and outreach activities implemented following the 2002/2003 drought are paying off. Severe malnutrition and mortality rates are low as well. Measles vaccination remains inadequate in four out of five regions, with alarming minimum values reported in Oromia (35.8%) and SNNPR (47%).

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CredCrunch Newsletter, Issue 27, February 2012 - “Disaster Data: A Balanced Perspective”

Natural disasters in 2011

In 2011, 302 natural disasters were recorded in the EM-DAT database. They claimed over 29,780 lives, affected nearly 206 million others and caused record economic damages of US$366 billion.

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Belize + 14 others
CredCrunch Newsletter, Issue No. 26, December 2011- "Disaster Data: A Balanced Perspective”

Natural disasters in the American continent

In the last decade, the American continent suffered from 922 natural disasters, killing more than 247 thousand people, affecting over 82 million others and causing at least US$ 487 billion of economic damages. The Americas were the second most affected continent by natural disasters, after Asia, in terms of disaster occurrence and people killed. However the Americas took the largest share of economic damages during the decade (46% of worldwide damages).

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China + 4 others
CredCrunch Newsletter, Issue 25, September 2011 - “Disaster Data: A Balanced Perspective”

In the first semester of 2011, natural disasters had a devastating impact on human society. Preliminary EM-DAT figures showed the occurrence of 108 natural disasters, which killed over 23 thousand people, affected nearly 44 million others and caused more than US$ 253 billion of economic damages.

Sixty-one countries experienced a natural disaster, with 11 disasters (10%) happening in the Philippines alone. This country was mainly hit by severe floods and storms. However China, suffering from 8 disasters, counted the most people affected by natural disasters (25.9 million or 59%).

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Health data in civil conflicts: South Sudan under scrutiny

Introduction

The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) is a Brussels based academic research institution which has been undertaking epidemiological research into international disaster and conflict health for over 30 years. This analysis forms part of a loose series of country analyses produced by CRED staff. Former country analyses have been conducted on Ethiopia, Darfur, Somaliaand and Zimbabwe.

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Australia + 3 others
CredCrunch Newsletter, Issue No. 24 - July 2011

Natural Disasters in Countries with Very High Human Development

Merely halfway through the year 2011, disaster figures continue to show the tremendous impacts that natural disasters have on human societies. The end of 2010 and the first months of 2011 were particularly marked by extreme events in several developed countries.

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Chile + 2 others
Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2010: The Numbers and Trends

Executive Summary

After the relatively moderate year of 2009, the extent of the impact of natural disasters took a turn for the worse in 2010. A total of 385 natural disasters killed more than 297 000 people worldwide, affected over 217.0 million others and caused US$ 123.9 billion of economic damages.

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CredCrunch Newsletter, Issue No. 23:"Disaster Data: A Balanced Perspective" - February 2011

Natural disasters in 2010

In 2010, 373 natural disasters were recorded in the EM-DAT database. They killed over 296,800 people, affected over 207 million others and caused more than US$109 billion of econom-ic damages. The two most lethal disasters - the January 12 earth-quake in Haiti, which killed over 222,500 people, as well as the Russian summer heat wave, which caused about 56,000 fatalities - made 2010 the deadliest year in at least two decades. For the first time, the Americas headed the list of the world's most af-fected continents, with 75 per cent of total deaths were caused

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Australia + 6 others
Killer year caps deadly decade - reducing disaster impact is critical says top UN disaster official

Geneva - Some 373 natural disasters killed over 296,800 people in 2010, affecting nearly 208 million others and costing nearly US$110 billion, according to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED).

The top two most lethal disasters -- the 12 January earthquake in Haiti, which killed over 222,500 people, as well as the Russian heat wave in summer, which caused about 56,000 fatalities made 2010 the deadliest years in at least two decades.

"These figures are bad, but could be seen as benign in years to come," said Margareta Wahlström, Special

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Kenya + 2 others
Complex Emergency Database (CE-DAT) Newsletter 15 - November 2010

Refugees in Kenya

There are four refugee camps in Kenya, with three located near the city of Dadaab in Garissa District (North Eastern province) and hosting mostly Somali refugees. The remain-ing camp is located in Kakuma, Turkana district (Rift Val-ley), and hosts mainly Somali and Sudanese refugees. As the number of Somali refugees steadily increased over the last 3 years, transfers from Dadaab to Kakuma camp have been implemented in order to alleviate chronic overcrowding. Indeed, Dadaab was originally established to accommodate a maximum of 90,000 refugees, and today hosts

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Czech Republic + 3 others
CredCrunch Newsletter, Issue No. 22, November 2010

Flood disasters in Europe

This issue of the CRED Crunch reveals the human and economic impacts of floods, with a special focus on Europe. Floods are the most common natural disaster in the world but also in Europe. They have a significant impact on the health and mental status of communities.

General floods can be defined as gradually rising inland water levels due to high total depth of rainfall or snowmelt, caused when a body of water (e.g. rivers, lakes) overflows its normal confines. These floods are longer term events that may last for days or weeks, in