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Sierra Leone - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2010.

Natural Disasters from 1980 - 2010


Overview

No of events: 23
No of people killed: 1,337
Average killed per year: 43
No of people affected: 234,659
Average affected per year: 7,570
Economic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 0
Economic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 0


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.45
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.19
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.03
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.06
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
Flood 2009 1,470
Epidemic 2004 633

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1985 352
Epidemic 2008 170
Epidemic 1999 132
Epidemic 1996 110
Flood 2009 103
Epidemic 1996 73
Storm 1984 60
Epidemic 2004 56
Epidemic 1998 55
Epidemic 1996 43

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 1984 0
Epidemic 1985 0
Epidemic 2000 0
Epidemic 2001 0
Epidemic 2003 0
Epidemic 2004 0
Flood 2004 0
Flood 2005 0
Flood 2007 0
Epidemic 2008 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 78.79
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 24.17
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 16.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 36.50
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 960.50
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 36,867.33
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 5.00
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


Percentage of reported people killed by disaster type

Percentage of reported people affected by disaster 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