20 Dec 2011, Liberté Algérie
À défaut de pouvoir éliminer le risque, il est primordial d’en atténuer les effets dévastateurs ; c’est pourquoi la prévention doit s’imposer comme l’élément essentiel et prioritaire de toute démarche face aux risques naturels...
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population ![]() |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | |||
| Drought | 3,763,800 | ||
| Flood | 26,738 | ||
| Landslide | 1,750 | ||
| Earthquake | 1,306,229 | ||
| Tsunami | |||
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake* | 1980 | 930,317 | |
| Earthquake* | 2003 | 210,261 | |
| Flood | 2006 | 60,000 | |
| Flood | 2008 | 59,050 | |
| Flood | 2001 | 45,423 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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Educational kit on natural disaster risk reduction2010, UNESCO Cairo; UNISDR ROAS
Guidance note on recovery: telling live lessons2010, IRP; UNISDR
Reducing earthquake losses in the extended Mediterranean region2011, CGS, Cyprus - gov; UNESCO; USGS, United States of America - gov
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