SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC: Deaths from Disasters Linked to Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970-2012)

Deaths From Disasters Linked to Weather, Climate and Water Extremes 1970-2012 9P gp SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC #1 TROPICAL STORM THELMA (1991) PHILIPPINES 5,965 #3 TROPICAL CYCLONE (1973) INDONESIA 1,650 |#2 TYPHOON BOPHA (2012) PHILIPPINES 1,901 #4 TROPICAL STORM WINNIE (2004) PHILIPPINES 1,619 #5 TROPICAL STORM WASHI (2011) PHILIPPINES 1,439 #10 TYPHOON NINA (1987) PHILIPPINES 882 | #6 TYPHOON DURIAN (2006) PHILIPPINES 1,399 #9 TYPHOON ANGELA (1995) PHILIPPINES 882 #7 MASS MOVE- MENT WET (2006) #8 HURRICANE AGNES (1984) PHILIPPINES 1,079 PHILIPPINES 1,126 TOTAL DISASTERS IN S. W. PACIFIC 1,156 TOTAL DEATHS IN S. W. PACIFIC 54,684 3% DROUGHTS 1% EXTREME TEMPERATURE 1% WILDFIRES 68% STORMS 18% FLOODS 9% MASS MOVE MENT WET Simran Khosla / GlobalPost Source: World Meteorological Organization, 2014