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Mauritius - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2007.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1980 - 2007


Overview

No of events: 15
No of people killed: 12
Average killed per year: 0
No of people affected: 51,869
Average affected per year: 1,852
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 421,373
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 15,049


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.04
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.07
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.43
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Storm 1982 32,000
Storm 1991 7,500
Storm 1989 4,507
Epidemic 2006 2,553
Storm 1994 2,300
Storm 2002 1,050
Storm 1999 1,000
Storm 1982 500
Storm 1983 351
Epidemic 1980 108

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Storm 1996 3
Storm 2002 3
Storm 1994 2
Storm 2007 2
Storm 1983 1
Storm 1989 1
Epidemic 1980 0
Storm 1982 0
Storm 1982 0
Storm 1984 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 1999 175,000
Storm 1994 135,400
Storm 1989 60,000
Storm 2002 50,000
Storm 1982 650
Storm 1982 323
Epidemic 1980 0
Storm 1983 0
Storm 1984 0
Storm 1985 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 1.00
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 1,330.50
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 4,100.67
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 175,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 20,531.08
Wildfire: ...


Statistics By Disasters Type





*: 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