23 May 2013, UN-DPI
The fourth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, which met from 19 to 23 May, helped lay the groundwork for the post-2015 development agenda, which highlights resilience to disaster and climate change...
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 1983 | 20,000,000 | |
| Drought | 1998 | 10,000,000 | |
| Flood | 1988 | 3,020,734 | |
| Flood | 1983 | 3,008,300 | |
| Flood | 2008 | 1,500,015 | |
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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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Tsunami alert levels for the Caribbean except for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands2011, NOAA, United States of America - gov
Rio de Janeiro em busca da resiliência frente chuvas fortes2013, Secretaria de Estado de Defesa Civil do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - gov; SUOP, Brazil - gov
South America: a regional view of disaster risk / América del sur: una visión regional de la situación de riesgo de desastres2013, ECHO; UNISDR - AM
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.