16 May 2013, NJ.com
Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer will be sharing her experience dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction conference that runs from May 19 to 23 in Geneva, Switzerland. She will be participating in a panel on 'Building Resilience into Urban Planning and Investments'...
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 2008 | 11,000,148 | |
| Storm | 2004 | 5,000,000 | |
| Storm | 1999 | 3,000,010 | |
| Storm | 2008 | 2,100,000 | |
| Storm | 1985 | 1,000,000 | |
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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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