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Top 10 EDIS Ratings – 2009 |
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Rank |
EDIS Rating |
General Information |
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1 |
21.9 |
Country: Laos Disaster Type: Tropical Storm Ondoy Approximate Date: 1 October |
151 killed, 155,000 affected; Attapeu, Sekong, Savannak…(EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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2 |
21.4 |
Country: Samoa Disaster Type: Tsunami Approximate Date: 29 September |
148 killed, 5,585 affected; (EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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3 |
19.5 |
Country: American Samoa Disaster Type: Tsunami Approximate Date: 29 September |
31 killed, 2,500 affected; (EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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4 |
16.9 |
Country: Philippines Disaster Type: Typhoon Pepeng (Parma) Approximate Date: 3 October |
470 killed, 3,107,162 affected; NCR; LaUnion, Pangasinan…(EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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5 |
16.9 |
Country: Philippines Disaster Type: Tropical Storm Ondoy (Ketsana) |
391 killed, 4,321,149 affected; Bolinao, Sual, …(EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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6 |
16.6 |
Country: Bangladesh Disaster Type: Cyclone Aila Approximate Date: 25 May |
190 killed, 3,935,341 affected; Khulna, Satkhira, Patuak…(EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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7 |
16.5 |
Country: Fiji Disaster Type: Flood Approximate Date: |
12 killed, 10,556 affected; Nadi, Lautoka, Labasa,….(EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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8 (tie) |
16.0 |
Country: Afghanistan Disaster Type: Flood Approximate Date: May |
20 killed, 54,594 affected; Kach Guzar, Nasrat Abad,… (EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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8 (tie) |
16.0 |
Country: Somalia Disaster Type: Drought Approximate Date: January - April |
3,300,000 affected; Beletweyne, Matabaan….(EM-DAT) Confidence: Low |
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10 |
15.8 |
Country: Namibia Disaster Type: Flood Approximate Date: 1-19 March |
92 killed, 350,000 affected; Oshakati East and West…(EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
*Evans Disaster Impact Scale
Disaster data may vary depending on the source. It can also change as more data is gathered over time. The Confidence column relates to the possibility of changing data. A high confidence rating means that any expected data variance would have a minimal affect on the EDIS rating.
2009 EDIS ratings are available by request for the following countries (# of rated disasters):
Afghanistan (3), Algeria (1), American Samoa (1), Angola (1), Australia (1), Bangladesh (1), Benin (1), Brazil (1), Central African Republic (1), Chad (2), Colombia (1), Comoros (1), Costa Rica (1), Cote d’Ivoire (1), Czech Republic (1), Djibouti (1), Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (1), Ethiopia (2), Fiji (1), Ghana (2), Guinea (1), The Gambia (1), Haiti (2), India (3), Indonesia (4), Italy (1), Kenya (1), Laos (1), Liberia (1), Madagascar (3), Mongolia (1), Morocco (1), Mozambique (2), Namibia (1), Nepal (2), Niger (2), Paraguay (1), Peru (2), Philippines (11), Samoa (1), Senegal (1), Solomon Islands (1), Somalia (1), Taiwan (1), Tajikistan (3), Tonga (1), Tunisia (1), Turkey (1), Uganda (1), Vietnam (2).
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Top 5 EDIS Ratings – 2008 |
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Rank |
EDIS Rating |
General Information |
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1 |
27.6 |
Country: Myanmar (Burma) Disaster Type: Cyclone Nargis Approximate Date: |
138,366 killed, 2,420,000 affected; Ngapadudaw, Labutta,… (EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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2 |
21.0 |
Country: Haiti Disaster Type: Hurricane Hanna Approximate Date: |
529 killed, 48,000 affected; Gonaives, St. Marc,…(EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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3 |
19.7 |
Country: Philippines Disaster Type: Approximate Date: |
644 killed, 4,785,460 affected; Aklan, Cebu, Cotabatu… (EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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4 (tie) |
18.8 |
Country: Madagascar Disaster Type: Cyclone Ivan Approximate Date: |
93 killed, 524,153 affected; Fenoarivo, Atsinanana…(EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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4 (tie) |
18.8 |
Country: Nepal Disaster Type: Flood Approximate Date: |
50 killed, 180,003 affected Bardeya, Banke, Dang…(EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
*Evans Disaster Impact Scale
Disaster data may vary depending on the source. It can also change as more data is gathered over time. The Confidence level relates to the possibility of changing data. A high confidence rating means that any expected data variance would have a minimal affect on the EDIS rating.
2008 EDIS ratings are available by request for the following countries (# of rated disasters):
Afghanistan (3), Algeria (1), Angola (2), Antigua & Barbuda (1), Bangladesh (2), Belize (2), Benin (1), Brazil (4), Burundi (2), Camaroon (1), Central African Republic (1), Chad (2), Chile (2), China (8), Columbia (1), Congo (2), Costa Rica (3), Cote d'Ivoire (1), Cuba (1), Djibouti (1), Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (1), El Savador (1), Eritrea (1), Ethiopia (4), Ghana (1), Guatemala (1), Guinea (1), Guinea Bissau (2), Guyana (1), Haiti (4), Honduras (1), India (8), Indonesia (11), Iran (1), Jamaica (1), Kenya (4), Kyrgyzstan (1), Laos (1), Madagascar (3), Mexico (2), Moldova (1), Morocco (1), Mozambique (3), Myanmar (1), Nepal (2), Nicaragua (3), Niger (2), Pakistan (3), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), Philippines (17), Rwanda (2), Senegal (1), Sierra Leone (1), Somalia (3), Sri Lanka (2), Sudan (3), Suriname (1), Syria (1), Tajikistan (2), Tanzania (1), Thailand (3), Togo (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (3), Uganda (2), Ukraine (1), Vietnam (7), Yemen (1), Zambia (1), Zimbabwe (2).
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Top 5 EDIS Ratings – 2007 |
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Rank |
EDIS Rating |
General Information |
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1 |
22.5 |
Country: North Korea Disaster Type: Flood Approximate Date: 7 – 25 August |
610 killed, 1,170,518 affected; Kangwon, North Hwanghae, South Hamgyong (EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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2 (tie) |
21.9 |
Country: Nicaragua Disaster Type: Hurricane Felix Approximate Date: 4-12 September |
188 killed, 188,726 affected; Puerto Cabezas, Wespam (EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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2 (tie) |
21.9 |
Country: Papua New Guinea Disaster Type: Cyclone Guba Approximate Date: 12-16 November |
172 killed, 162,140 affected; Sakarina, Afore, Mamba (EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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2 (tie) |
21.9 |
Country: Haiti Disaster Type: Tropical Storm Noel Approximate Date: 28 October – 2 November |
90 killed, 108,763 affected; Port-au-Prince region (EM-DAT) Confidence: Medium |
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5 |
20.0 |
Country: Somalia Disaster Type: Epidemic (Cholera) Approximate Date: 2007 |
1,133 killed, 35,687 affected (EM-DAT) Confidence: High |
*Evans Disaster Impact Scale
Disaster data may vary depending on the source. It can also change as more data is gathered over time. The Confidence level relates to the possibility of changing data. A high confidence rating means that any expected data variance would have a minimal affect on the EDIS rating.
2007 EDIS ratings are available by request for the following countries (# of rated disasters):
Afghanistan (7), Algeria (4), Angola (2), Bangladesh (3), Belize (1), Benin (1), Bolivia (1), Burkina Faso (2), Burundi (1), Cambodia (1), Central African Republic (1), Chad (1), Columbia (2), Comoros (1), Congo (1), Costa Rica (2), Cuba (1), Democratic Republic of Congo (2), Djibouti (1), Dominica (1), Dominican Republic (2), Ethiopia (3), Ghana (1), Guinea (1), Haiti (6), India (3), Indonesia (4), Iran (1), Kenya (3), Kyrgyzstan (1), Lesotho (1), Liberia (1), Macedonia FRY (1), Madagascar (3), Malawi (1), Mali (1), Mauritania (1), Mexico (1), Mozambique (4), Myanmar (3), Nepal (1), Nicaragua (2), Niger (1), Nigeria (2), North Korea (2), Oman (1), Pakistan (3), Papua New Guinea (1), Paraguay (2), Peru (3), Philippines (5), Rwanda (3), Sierra Leone (1), Solomon Islands (1), Somalia (3), Sri Lanka (2), Sudan (2), Tajikistan (3), Tanzania (1), Thailand (2), Timor-Leste (1), Togo (1), Tunisia (1), Uganda (2), Uruguay (1), Vietnam (6), Yemen (3), Zambia (2), Zimbabwe (2).
Source: EM-DAT : The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database - www.emdat.net - Universite Catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium.