
Precise and accurate disaster location data is central to effective disaster management. Disaster location data improves impact assessments and enables locationspecific risk analysis by linking...
Precise and accurate disaster location data is central to effective disaster management. Disaster location data improves impact assessments and enables locationspecific risk analysis by linking...
Since June 2023, there have been a series of updates of the EM-DAT Project to enhance its accessibility for disaster risk management professionals, scientists, and members of the public interested in...
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Following the catastrophic flooding (as of July 2024: 181 deaths, 32 missing and over 2.3 million people affected) in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in late April 2024, hydrological disasters1 within the...
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In 20231 , the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards. These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities3 and affected 93.1 million people. The...
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Executive Summary In 2023,1 the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards.2 These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million...
EM-DAT plays an important role in disaster loss monitoring, serving as a reference for many organizations globally. Despite its strengths, EM-DAT's global focus sometimes limits its ability to...
Türkiye, situated on the highly active MediterraneanAlpine-Himalayan seismic belt (Box 1), is susceptible to frequent powerful earthquakes. This newsletter presents an overview of earthquake data and...
Celebrating 50 Years of Disaster Epidemiological Research, Data Collection, and International Cooperation The year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Centre of Research on the Epidemiology of...
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Climate in action 387 Reported disasters 30,704 Deaths 185 million People affected 223.8 billion US$ economic damage In 2022, the Emergency Event Database EM-DAT recorded 387 natural hazards and...
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Executive Summary In 2022, the Emergency Event Database EM-DAT recorded 387 natural hazards and disasters worldwide, resulting in the loss of 30,704 lives and affecting 185 million individuals...
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Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and magnitude of hydro-climatic extremes events, such as floods and droughts, impacting economies, livelihoods, and the environment, particularly...
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While facing the day-to-day news stream, the most recent tragic events, such as heat waves, droughts, forest fires, and monsoon floods last July and August, tend to supersede the recollection of...
In 2021, the Emergency Event Database (EM-DAT) recorded 432 disastrous events related to natural hazards worldwide. Overall, these accounted for 10,492 deaths, affected 101.8 million people and...
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Executive summary In 2021, the Emergency Event Database (EM-DAT) recorded 432 disastrous events related to natural hazards worldwide. Overall, these accounted for 10,492 deaths, affected 101.8...
As well as disasters related to natural hazards, EM-DAT reports on the occurrence and impacts of technological disasters, which are categorized into three subgroups: industrial, transport, and...
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In 2020, 389 natural disasters were reported in EMDAT killing 15,080 people, affecting 98.4 million others and costing 171.3 billion US$. The year 2020 rivalled 2016 as the world’s hottest recorded...
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Executive Summary The year 2020 rivalled 2016 as the world’s hottest recorded year despite the absence of a strong El Niño effect. Apart from the COVID-19 pandemic, the year was dominated by...
Over the last twenty years, 7,348 disaster events were recorded worldwide by EM-DAT, one of the foremost international databases of such events. In total, as seen in Figure 1, disasters claimed...
Authors: Rémi Froment, supervised by Boris van Loenhout, Sophie Vanwambeke and in collaboration with Debarati Guha-Sapir. 1. Introduction Throughout human history, technological innovations have...
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UNDRR report published to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, 2020, confirms how extreme weather events have come to dominate the disaster landscape in the 21st...