14 Oct 2009, IRIN
The same technology that ski resorts in rich countries have used for decades to make snow has been brought to sub-Saharan Africa, but with a different aim: to keep crops and communities alive...
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population ![]() |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 0 | ||
| Drought | 33,855 | ||
| Flood | 23,160 | ||
| Landslide | 6 | ||
| Earthquake | 0 | ||
| Tsunami | 0 | ||
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 1980 | 1,500,000 | |
| Drought | 2005 | 1,000,000 | |
| Drought | 1991 | 302,000 | |
| Flood | 2007 | 47,255 | |
| Flood | 2007 | 41,603 | |
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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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