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 #8 EXTREME TEMPERATURE (2010) RUSSIAN FEDERATION 55,736 #10 FLOOD (1974) #4 TROPICAL CYCLONE (1991) BANGLADESH 28,700 BANGLADESH 138,866 #3 DROUGHT (1984) SUDAN 150,000 #5 CYCLONE NARGIS (2008) #2 TROPICAL CYCLONE (1970) MYANMAR 138,366 BANGLADESH 300,000 #9 FLOOD (1999) #6 DROUGHT (1975) ETHIOPIA 100,000 #1 DROUGHT (1983) VENEZUELA 30,000 ETHIOPIA 300,000 #7 DROUGHT (1983) MOZAMBIQUE 100,000 1970-2012 1970-2012 TOTAL DISASTERS 8,835 TOTAL DEATHS 1,944,653 9% TEMPERATURE 2% MASS WET MOVEMENT <1% WILDFIRES EXTREME 40% STORMS 35% DROUGHTS 14% FLOODS Simran Khosla / GlobalPost Source: World Meteorological Organization, 2014 Deaths From Disasters Linked to Weather, Climate and Water Extremes 1970-2012 gp AFRICA #7 FLOOD (2001) ALGERIA 921 #10 FLOOD (1994) EYGPT 600 #1 DROUGHT (1983) # 2 DROUGHT (1984) ETHIOPIA 300,000 #9 DROUGHT (1995) SUDAN 150,000 MOROCCO 730 #5 DROUGHT (1975) SOMALIA 19,000 #3 DROUGHT (1975) #6 FLOOD (1975) ETHIOPIA 100,000 SOMALIA 2,311 # 4 DROUGHT (1983) MOZAMBIQUE 100,000 #8 DROUGHT (2000) MOZAMBIQUE 800 TOTAL DISASTERS IN AFRICA 1,319| TOTAL DEATHS IN AFRICA 698,380 3% FLOODS 1% STORMS 96% DROUGHTS Deaths From Disasters Linked to Weather, Climate and Water Extremes 1970-2012 9P NORTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN MASS MOVEMENT WET: includes subsidence, rockfalls, avalanches and landslides. EXTREME #Y TEMPERATURE (1980) UNITED STATES 1,260 # 2 HURRICANE FIFI (1974) HONDURAS 8,000 #7 HURRICANE KATRINA (2005) #1 HURRICANE MITCH (1998) UNITED STATES1,833 HONDURAS 14,600 #5 HURRICANE JEANE (2004) #A MASS MOVE- (1973) MENT WET HAITI 2,754 HONDURAS 2,800 #6 FLOOD (2004) # 8 HURRICANE STAN (2005) HAITI 2,665 GUATEMALA 1,513 #10 HURRICANE GORDON (1994) #3 HURRICANE MITCH (1973) NICARAGUA 3,332 HAITI 1,122 TOTAL DISASTERS IN N. AMERICA 1,631 TOTAL DEATHS IN N. AMERICA 71,246 6% MASS MOVE- MENT WET 6% EXTREME TEMPERATURE 72% STORMS 16% FLOODS Deaths From Disasters Linked to Weather, Climate and Water Extremes 1970-2012 9P #3 MASS MOVE. MENT WET (1987) SOUTH AMERICA COLOMBIA 640 #7 FLOOD (2010) #1 FLOOD (1999) COLOMBÍA 418 VENEZUELA 30,000 #4 MASS MOVE- (1971) MENT WET #2 FLOOD (2011) PERU 600 BRAZIL 900 EXTREME #8 TEMPERATURE (2010) #5 FLOOD (1998) PERU 409 PERU 518 #10 EXTREME TEMPERATURE (2003) MASS MOVE- (1971) PERU 339 #6 MENT WET PERU 500 #9 MASS MOVE- MENT WET (1983) PERU 364 MASS MOVEMENT WET: includes subsidence, rockfalls, avalanches and landslides. TOTAL DISASTERS IN S. AMERICA 696 TOTAL DEATHS IN S. AMERICA 54,995 4% EXTREME TEMPERATURE 2% STORMS 80% FLOODS 14% MASS MOVE MENT WET Deaths From Disasters Linked to Weather, Climate and Water Extremes 1970-2012 9P EUROPE EXTREME TEMPERATURE (2010) RUSSIA 55,736 # 1 EXTREME #8 TEMPERATURE (2003) BELGIUM 1,175 #3 EXTREME TEMPERATURE (2003) FRANCE 19,490 EXTREME #5 TEMPERATURE (2003) GERMANY 9,355 EXTREME #7 TEMPERATURE (2006) FRANCE 1,388 EXTREME #10 FEMPERATURE (1987) GREECE 1,000 EXTREME #6 TEMPERATURE (2003) PORTUGAL 2,696 #2 EXTREME TEMPERATURE (2003) EXTREME #4 TEMPERATURE (2003) SPAIN 15,090 ITALY 20,089 #9 TEMPERATURE (2003) SWITZERLAND 1,039 EXTREME 2% STORMS TOTAL DISASTERS IN EUROPE 1,352 TOTAL DEATHS IN EUROPE 149,959 3% FLOODS 1% MASS MOVE MENT WET EXTREME 94% TEMPERATURE Simran Khosla / GlobalPost Source: World Meteorological Organization, 2014 Deaths From Disasters Linked to Weather, Climate and Water Extremes 1970-2012 9P ASIA #9 FLOOD (1980) CHINA 6,200 #10 CYCLONE SIDR (2007) BANGLADESH 4,234 #4 FLOOD (1974) #5 TROPICAL CYCLONE (1985) BANGLADESH 28,700 BANGLADESH 15,000 #2 TROPICAL CYCLONE (1991) #6 TROPICAL CYCLONE (1977) BANGLADESH 138,866 INDIA 14,204 #7 TROPICAL CYCLONE (1999) INDIA 9,843 #3 CYCLONE NARGIS (2008) #8 TROPICAL CYCLONE (1971) #1 TROPICAL CYCLONE (1970) MYANMAR 138,366 INDIA (9,658 BANGLADESH 300,000 EXTREME 2% TEMPERATURE TOTAL DISASTERS IN ASIA 2,681 TOTAL DEATHS IN ASIA 915,389 2% MASS MOVE MENT WET <1% DROUGHTS 76% STORMS 20% FLOODS Deaths From Disasters Linked to Weather, Climate and Water Extremes 1970-2012 9P 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) #10 TYPHOON NINA (1987) PHILIPPINES 1,439 PHILIPPINES 882 #6 TYPHOON DURIAN (2006) #9 TYPHOON ANGELA (1995) PHILIPPINES 1,399 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% VWILDFIRES 68% STORMS 18% FLOODS 9% MASS MOVE Simran Khosla / GlobalPost Simran Khosla / GlobalPost Simran Khosla / GlobalPost Source: World Meteorological Organization, 2014 Source: World Meteorological Organization, 2014 Simran Khosla / GlobalPost Source: World Meteorological Organization, 2014 Simran Khosla / GlobalPost Source: World Meteorological Organization, 2014 Source: World Meteorological Organization, 2014