Number of Climate-related Disasters, 1980-2011

Number of Climate-related Disasters Around the World (1980-2011) 3455 200 FLOODS 2689 150 STORMS 470 100 DROUGHTS F395 150 EXTREME TEMPS UNISDR The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction http://www.unisdr.org Created on 13 June 2012 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 DATA SOURCES FLOOD 39 43 48 49 47 58 50 68 76 46 60 77 59 84 88 94 92 95 94 122 158 157 172 159 129 193 226 218 166 151 183 154 EM-DAT - http://www.emdat.be/ - The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database; Data version: 13 June 2012 - v12.07 STORM 43 50 52 59 57 51 56 58 60 73 137 66 76 108 81 81 77 88 106 102 108 123 85 129 130 105 111 87 91 84 DROUGHT 14 13 13 32 4 15 17 12 18 12 13 18 20 23 27 22 25 14 11 22 11 16 18 16 16 Humanitarian Symbol Set (2008): http://www.ungiwg.org/map/guideline.php EXTREME TEMPERATURE 3 2 6 13 4 13 13 12 31 23 15 25 16 29 24 25 24 29 15