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Sierra Leone - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1984 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1984 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 20
No of people killed: 1,218
Average killed per year: 49
No of people affected: 232,950
Average affected per year: 9,318
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 0
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 0


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.56
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.16
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.08
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 1996 200,000
Flood 2005 15,000
Flood 2007 4,500
Epidemic 1999 3,094
Epidemic 1985 3,000
Epidemic 1997 2,000
Epidemic 1998 1,770
Epidemic 2008 1,746
Epidemic 2004 633
Epidemic 1996 470

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1985 352
Epidemic 2008 170
Epidemic 1999 132
Epidemic 1996 110
Epidemic 1996 73
Storm 1984 60
Epidemic 2004 56
Epidemic 1998 55
Epidemic 1996 43
Epidemic 2000 38

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 1984 0
Epidemic 1985 0
Epidemic 1996 0
Flood 1996 0
Epidemic 1996 0
Epidemic 1996 0
Epidemic 1997 0
Epidemic 1997 0
Epidemic 1998 0
Storm 1999 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 78.79
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 10.50
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 36.50
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 960.50
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 54,875.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 1.50
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

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