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Eritrea
Eritrea: Water on their minds
15 Jun 2009, IRIN
"[We] faced one of the worst droughts since independence [in 1993] last year [2008]. Crops failed. We are determined that rainwater has to be harvested to be used," said Mogos Weldeyohannes, Director General of the Department of Environment...
National Platform
- Other Development Reports
- Eritrea: Common country assessment - CCA (2001)2001, UNDG
- Eritrea: National adaptation programme of action - NAPA (2007)2007, Eritrea - gov; GEF; UNDP; UNFCCC
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 0 |  |
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| Drought | 118,101 |  |
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| Flood | 1,213 |  |
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| Landslide | 36 |  |
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| Earthquake | 113 |     |
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| Tsunami | 0 |  |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 1999 | 2,300,000 |  |
| Drought | 2008 | 1,700,000 | |
| Drought | 1993 | 1,600,000 | |
| Storm | 1993 | 15,675 | |
| Flood | 2004 | 7,013 | |
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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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From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change in least developed countries2003, IIED
- UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 20092009, UNICEF
- Horn of Africa natural hazard probability and risk analysis2007, Humanitarian Info Unit, U.S. Dept of State
- Global Risk Data Platform (dynamic mapping tool)
- Horn of Africa: annual probability of drought, flood, or locust infestationJun 2007, Humanitarian Info Unit, U.S. Dept of State
- Horn of Africa: earthquake hazard mapJun 2007, Humanitarian Info Unit, U.S. Dept of State
- Horn of Africa: most probable hazard typeJun 2007, Humanitarian Info Unit, U.S. Dept of State
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.