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Tajikistan

Tajik quake victims receive further UN aid as focus moves to reconstruction

13 Jan 2010, UN News Centre

The UN reports that the Government has now asked that priority be given to risk reduction by supporting the reconstruction of seismically-resistant houses in the region...


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Human Exposure
Hazard type Population
exposed
Percentage of population
Cyclone 0
Drought 237,697
Flood 17,905
Landslide 90
 
Earthquake 221,813
Tsunami 0
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 2000 3,000,000
Extreme temp. 2008 2,000,000
Drought 2008 800,000
Flood 2004 400,000
Flood 1996 180,000
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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