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Mozambique - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1980 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 65
No of people killed: 104,335
Average killed per year: 3,598
No of people affected: 22,202,592
Average affected per year: 765,607
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 779,650
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 26,884


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.31
Earthquake*: 0.03
Epidemic: 0.69
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.62
Insect infestation: 0.03
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.03
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.48
Wildfire: 0.03




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1981 4,750,000
Flood 2000 4,500,000
Drought 1991 3,300,000
Storm 1994 2,502,000
Drought 2005 1,400,000
Drought 2002 600,000
Flood 2001 549,326
Drought 2007 520,000
Flood 1981 500,000
Flood 1985 500,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Drought 1981 100,000
Flood 2000 800
Epidemic 1997 619
Epidemic 1990 588
Epidemic 1992 587
Storm 1994 240
Epidemic 1983 189
Storm 1984 109
Epidemic 1998 109
Epidemic 1990 106

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 2000 419,200
Flood 2007 100,000
Storm 1984 75,000
Flood 2007 71,000
Drought 1991 50,000
Flood 2001 36,000
Storm 1996 14,500
Flood 1999 12,400
Storm 2000 1,000
Flood 1985 500



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: 11,118.67
Earthquake*: 4.00
Epidemic: 128.05
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 57.83
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 87.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 37.50
Wildfire: 49.00

Affected People

Drought: 1,199,722.22
Earthquake*: 1,476.00
Epidemic: 15,897.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 431,731.44
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 2,500.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 236,356.21
Wildfire: 3,023.00

Economic Damages

Drought: 5,555.56
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 35,505.56
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 6,467.86
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