25 Nov 2011, CNW
Canada's Environment Minister, the Honourable Peter Kent, and Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) today announced seven winning projects from across Africa that will support important and innovative initiatives to better equip the African continent to deal with the effects of climate change...
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population ![]() |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | |||
| Drought | 282,093 | ||
| Flood | 1,797 | ||
| Landslide | 24 | ||
| Earthquake | |||
| Tsunami | |||
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 1983 | 500,000 | |
| Drought | 2002 | 500,000 | |
| Drought | 2007 | 475,000 | |
| Drought | 1992 | 331,500 | |
| Flood | 1987 | 100,000 | |
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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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