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European Commission allocates €2 million for disaster risk reduction in South Caucasus

22 Dec 2009, APA

The APA reports on the EC's commitment to funding aimed at increasing resilience and reducing the vulnerability of local communities and institutions by supporting disaster risk reduction outreach and capacity development...


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Human Exposure
Hazard type Population
exposed
Percentage of population
Cyclone 0
Drought 723,093
Flood 15,755
Landslide 422
 
Earthquake 290,547
Tsunami 0
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 1995 1,650,000
Earthquake* 1998 700,010
Flood 1997 75,000
Flood 2003 31,500
Earthquake* 1999 9,170
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
Data version: v11.08   *: Including tsunami
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