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Austria - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2010.

Natural Disasters from 1980 - 2010


Overview

No of events: 40
No of people killed: 518
Average killed per year: 17
No of people affected: 71,716
Average affected per year: 2,313
Economic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 5,621,770
Economic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 181,347


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 0.03
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 0.13
Flood: 0.48
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.13
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.52
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 2002 60,000
Mass mov. wet 1999 10,000
Flood 2005 900
Flood 2006 516
Storm 2002 300
Flood 1980 0
Storm 1981 0
Mass mov. wet 1982 0
Flood 1982 0
Flood 1983 0

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Extreme temp. 2003 345
Mass mov. wet 1999 50
Mass mov. wet 1984 30
Mass mov. wet 2000 13
Mass mov. wet 1982 12
Storm 1984 12
Flood 1985 12
Flood 2002 9
Extreme temp. 2007 5
Flood 1991 5

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 2002 2,400,000
Flood 2005 700,000
Storm 2008 500,000
Storm 2009 500,000
Storm 2007 400,000
Extreme temp. 2003 280,000
Flood 2009 200,000
Flood 1997 175,000
Storm 1990 120,000
Storm 1990 120,000



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 88.00
Flood: 2.60
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 26.25
Volcano: ...
Storm: 1.38
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 4,094.40
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 2,500.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 18.75
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 70,000.00
Flood: 239,613.33
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 10,392.50
Volcano: ...
Storm: 106,625.00
Wildfire: ...


Statistics By Disasters Type


Percentage of reported people killed by disaster type

Percentage of reported people affected by disaster type




Estimated economic damages reported by disaster type (US$ X 1,000)

*: Including tsunami


More information and data on: www.emdat.be/

Source of data: "EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Bel."
Data version: v11.08

Data displayed does not imply national endorsement