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Barbados - 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: 7
No of people killed: 1
Average killed per year: 0
No of people affected: 8,218
Average affected per year: 294
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 106,700
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 3,811


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 0.04
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.04
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.18
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Storm 1980 5,007
Storm 2002 2,000
Storm 2004 880
Storm 1987 230
Flood 1984 100
Earthquake* 2007 1
Storm 1995 0

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Storm 2004 1
Storm 1980 0
Flood 1984 0
Storm 1987 0
Storm 1995 0
Storm 2002 0
Earthquake* 2007 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 1987 100,000
Storm 2004 5,000
Storm 1980 1,500
Storm 2002 200
Flood 1984 0
Storm 1995 0
Earthquake* 2007 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.20
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 1.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 100.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 1,623.40
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 21,340.00
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