Cold Wave - Data and statistics
Submitted by lalit on Wed, 2013-01-09 13:23
A profile of disasters reported for cold wave including a summary of events from 1980 to September 2008 , as well as the top 10 disasters. Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2008.
Cold Wave disasters from 1980 - 2008
Overview
| No of events: | 156 |
| No of people killed: | 11,595 |
| Average people killed per year: | 400 |
| No of people affected: | 6,875,103 |
| Average people affected per year: | 237,073 |
| Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): | 5,901,560 |
| Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): | 203,502 |
Top 10 Disasters Reported
Affected people
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 2004 | 2,137,467 |
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| Peru | 2003 | 1,839,888 |
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| Liberia | 1990 | 1,000,000 |
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| Russia | 1999 | 725,000 |
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| Kazakhstan | 1997 | 600,000 |
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| China P Rep | 1997 | 100,000 |
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| Afghanistan | 2001 | 100,000 |
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| Afghanistan | 2001 | 100,000 |
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| Bangladesh | 2002 | 50,000 |
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| Bangladesh | 1998 | 34,000 |
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Killed people
| Disaster | Date | Killed | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2002 | 900 |
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| Bangladesh | 2002 | 700 |
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| India | 1982 | 400 |
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| India | 2003 | 400 |
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| Peru | 2003 | 339 |
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| Russia | 2001 | 332 |
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| India | 1981 | 300 |
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| India | 1984 | 290 |
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| India | 1992 | 275 |
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| India | 2000 | 275 |
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Economic damages
| Disaster | Date | Cost | (US$ X 1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1992 | 2,000,000 |
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| Spain | 1995 | 824,300 |
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| France | 1991 | 772,000 |
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| Israel | 1992 | 550,000 |
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| Brazil | 1994 | 475,000 |
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| Jordan | 1992 | 400,000 |
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| Germany | 2005 | 300,000 |
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| India | 1985 | 144,000 |
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| Netherlands | 2005 | 100,000 |
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| Ukraine | 2000 | 85,000 |
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Statistics for cold-wave
Number of events reported
Number of people affected
Number of people killed
Reported economic damages (US$ in billion)
More information and data on: www.emdat.be/
Source of data: "EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database,
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Publication Date:
09/01/2013