25 Mar 2013, UNISDR EUR
'The development of disaster loss databases represents a valuable step to provide evidence based support to decision makers,' said the Head of UNISDR's Regional Office for Europe, Ms. Paola Albrito. In an associated move, Italy has also recently introduced new legislation to make earthquake insurance available country-wide...
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake* | 1996 | 2,000 | |
| Flood | 2001 | 1,200 | |
| Flood | 2010 | 810 | |
| Flood | 2000 | 600 | |
| Flood | 2010 | 300 | |
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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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