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Tonga
Pacific Rim nations prepare for UN-backed tsunami preparedness test
4 Nov 2011, UNNC
Some 30 Pacific Rim countries are to take part next week in a United Nations-backed tsunami warning exercise to improve their ability to respond to an alert and enhance regional coordination in the event of a disaster...
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Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 9,978 |      |
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| Drought | 145 |  |
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| Flood | |||
| Landslide |  |
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| Earthquake | 21,174 |     |
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| Tsunami | |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storm | 1982 | 146,512 |  |
| Storm | 2001 | 16,500 | |
| Storm | 1990 | 3,103 | |
| Storm | 1998 | 3,071 | |
| Storm | 1997 | 3,000 | |
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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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- Global Risk Data Platform (dynamic mapping tool)
Tonga: composite hazard mapJun 2007, OCHA-ROAP
- Consultant - Disaster risk reduction education - Technical writer, education resources & training materialVanuatu (Port Vila), Save the Children AUS
- Head of technical servicesAustralia (Melbourne, Victoria), Save the Children AUS
- Environmental specialistFiji (Suva), WHO
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