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Natural Disasters

• 2024 Disasters in Numbers

  <p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95

  • 18/04/2025

  • Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
  • • Global
    • Natural Disasters
    • Asia
    • Africa
    • Europe
    • Tsunami
    • Earthquake
    • Heat Waves
    • Storms
    • United States Of America (US)

• Heavy Rains Kill 17 Canoeing on Zambia Lake

  • 22/01/2008

  • Planet Ark (Australia)
  • • Natural Disasters

• Italy donates Rs.750 m. for Lanka's disaster manag

  • 22/01/2008

  • Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
  • • Natural Disasters

• Rising Water Levels Force Evacuations

  • 22/01/2008

  • Planet Ark (Australia)
  • • Natural Disasters

• Trees dying in Sundarbans

  • 19/01/2008

  • • Natural Disasters

• Volcano exploded under Antarctic icesheet-study

  • 21/01/2008

  • • Natural Disasters

• Zambia Declares Flood Disaster, Rains Lash Region

  • 21/01/2008

  • Planet Ark (Australia)
  • • Natural Disasters

• 6.2-Magnitude Quake Off Sumatra, Indonesia

  • 23/01/2008

  • Planet Ark (Australia)
  • • Natural Disasters

• Government Warns Flood Risk Still High

  • 23/01/2008

  • Planet Ark (Australia)
  • • Natural Disasters

• OIL urged to stop seismic survey

  • 23/01/2008

  • • Natural Disasters

• Unmanned Aircraft Could Boost Hurricane-Monitoring

  • 23/01/2008

  • Planet Ark (Australia)
  • • Natural Disasters