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Morocco - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1982 and 2008.

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Natural Disasters from 1982 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 27
No of people killed: 1,713
Average killed per year: 63
No of people affected: 427,048
Average affected per year: 15,817
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 1,567,059
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 58,039


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.11
Earthquake*: 0.04
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 0.04
Flood: 0.52
Insect infestation: 0.15
Mass mov. dry: 0.04
Mass mov. wet: 0.04
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.07
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1999 275,000
Flood 1996 60,000
Flood 1995 35,000
Flood 2008 20,000
Flood 2002 15,017
Earthquake* 2004 13,465
Mass mov. wet 1982 12,216
Flood 2003 10,000
Flood 1995 3,000
Flood 2006 1,100

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Flood 1995 730
Earthquake* 2004 628
Flood 2002 80
Flood 1997 60
Flood 1995 43
Flood 2003 35
Mass mov. dry 1988 31
Flood 2008 30
Flood 1996 25
Flood 1995 18

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 1999 900,000
Earthquake* 2004 400,000
Flood 2002 200,000
Flood 1996 55,000
Flood 1995 9,000
Flood 2001 2,200
Extreme temp. 2000 809
Storm 2005 50
Mass mov. wet 1982 0
Drought 1983 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 628.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 74.14
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 31.00
Mass mov. wet: 1.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 7.50
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 91,666.67
Earthquake*: 13,465.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 9,026.21
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 12,216.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 300,000.00
Earthquake*: 400,000.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 809.00
Flood: 19,014.29
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 25.00
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