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Guinea
CGD: Twenty cities most vulnerable to storm surges, sea level rise
1 Oct 2009, IRIN
A new climate change report from development think-tank CGD lists 20 cities where the greatest number of people will be at the greatest risk from sea level rise and storm surges in the developing world...
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- Contact:Directeur Général Adjoint
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Hyogo Framework for Action
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- Guinea: Common country assessment - CCA (2005)2005, UNDG
- Guinea: Poverty reduction strategy paper - PRSP (2008)2008, Guinea - gov; IMF; WB
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 0 |  |
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| Drought | 127,789 |  |
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| Flood | 7,902 |  |
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| Landslide | 1,486 |  |
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| Earthquake | 7,198 |     |
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 2001 | 220,000 |  |
| Epidemic | 1994 | 24,000 | |
| Earthquake* | 1983 | 21,436 | |
| Flood | 2007 | 20,685 | |
| Flood | 1993 | 6,066 | |
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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
- Status report on disaster risk reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa, preliminary version, June 20092009, AU; UNISDR - AF; WB
- UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 20092009, UNICEF
- Disaster reduction in Africa: ISDR informs, issue 7, 20062006, UNISDR - AF
- Social scientist, climate changeKenya (Nairobi), ICRAF
- Internship vacancy with UNISDRKenya (Nairobi), UNISDR
Neighbouring Countries
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