10 Aug 2011, Today.az
The conference was held to sum up the 'Supporting Disaster Risk Reduction amongst Vulnerable Communities and Institutions in Azerbaijan' project co-implemented by the UNICEF, Ministries of Education and Emergency Situations...
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population ![]() |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | |||
| Drought | 723,093 | ||
| Flood | 15,755 | ||
| Landslide | 422 | ||
| Earthquake | 290,547 | ||
| Tsunami | |||
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 1995 | 1,650,000 | |
| Earthquake* | 1998 | 700,010 | |
| Flood | 1997 | 75,000 | |
| Flood | 2010 | 70,000 | |
| Flood | 2003 | 31,500 | |
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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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Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.