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Sahel: Donors learning funding lessons - slowly

6 Feb 2012, IRIN

This year donors are stepping up more quickly to meet Sahel’s humanitarian needs compared to 2010, when they were slow to respond. However, they are still at fault for taking a quick-fix approach rather than addressing long-term disaster prevention and resilience needs...


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  • Website:http://www.nema.gov.ng/
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Human Exposure
Hazard type Population
exposed
Percentage of population
Cyclone
Drought 3,254,060
Flood 226,622
Landslide 14,038
 
Earthquake 1,155
Tsunami
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1983 3,000,000
Flood 2010 1,500,200
Flood 1994 580,000
Flood 1988 300,000
Flood 2003 210,000
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
Data version: v11.08   *: Including tsunami
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