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Malawi
Malawi: Waiting for disaster to happen
23 Jan 2012, NPL
Is Malawi prepared enough in the face of disasters? Maynard Nyirenda thinks that the country should do much more in order to save lives. However, Geoffrey Kanyinji is not alarmed, as contingency plans are said to be already in place in disaster areas...
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Commission for Poverty and Disaster Management Affairs - Website:
- Contact:Coordinator for Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Rehabilitation
- Phone:+265 1 789 232 +265 999 937 952
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- National Policy & Plans
- Malawi: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2009-2011) 2010, Commission for Poverty and Disaster Management Affairs, Malawi - gov
- Malawi: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2007-2009)2009, Commission for Poverty and Disaster Management Affairs, Malawi - gov
- Official Statements & Presentations
- Malawi: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2011)2011, Malawi - gov
- Malawi: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)2009, Commission for Poverty and Disaster Management Affairs, Malawi - gov
- Other Development Reports
- Malawi: Common country assessment - CCA (2001)2001, UNDG
- Malawi: Poverty reduction strategy paper - PRSP (2007)2007, IMF; Malawi - gov; WB
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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| Cyclone |  |
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| Drought | 1,142,090 |  |
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| Flood | 18,591 |  |
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| Landslide | 924 |  |
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| Earthquake | 122,021 |     |
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| Tsunami | |
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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 | 1992 | 7,000,000 |  |
| Drought | 2005 | 5,100,000 | |
| Drought | 2002 | 2,829,435 | |
| Drought | 1990 | 2,800,000 | |
| Drought | 1987 | 1,429,267 | |
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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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- Disaster reduction and recovery specialist, P3Niger (Niamey), BCPR-UNDP
- Natural resources management and climate change advisorEthiopia (Addis Ababa), Save the Children U.S.
- Technical specialists - Resilience in the Limpopo river basinMozambique , ARD
Neighbouring Countries
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