27 Jan 2012, JPost
Yeshayahu Bar-Or, deputy director-general of the Environmental Protection Ministry, took the opportunity to make a call for disaster prevention: 'The name of the game is risk management, and we want to reduce the risk. As long as there is a forest, there is a risk for fire'...
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population ![]() |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | |||
| Drought | 358,846 | ||
| Flood | 3,504 | ||
| Landslide | 148 | ||
| Earthquake | 21,056 | ||
| Tsunami | 2,338 | ||
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfire | 2010 | 20,022 | |
| Flood | 1998 | 1,000 | |
| Storm | 2000 | 410 | |
| Wildfire | 1995 | 240 | |
| Epidemic | 2000 | 139 | |
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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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