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India: Kashmir approves disaster management policy

1 Feb 2012, Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd Mangalore

'We need a comprehensive strategy with befitting command and control to be in place to face any exigency befittingly and in a coordinated manner' stated Chief Minister Omar Abdullah...


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Human Exposure
Hazard type Population
exposed
Percentage of population
Cyclone 7,607,821
Drought 58,912,300
Flood 15,859,640
Landslide 180,254
 
Earthquake 3,349,237
Tsunami 1,114,388
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1987 300,000,000
Drought 2002 300,000,000
Flood 1993 128,000,000
Drought 1982 100,000,000
Drought 2000 50,000,000
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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