13 May 2013, AfDB
The African Development Bank, renewed its support for climate change resilience in Madagascar, Benin and Angola in accessing US $17.8 million of adaptation finance in the form of grants from the Least Developed Countries Fund during the second quarter of 2013...
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 1981 | 1,000,000 | |
| Storm | 2004 | 988,139 | |
| Drought | 1988 | 950,000 | |
| Storm | 2000 | 736,937 | |
| Drought | 2002 | 600,000 | |
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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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