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Spain - 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: 64
No of people killed: 15,692
Average killed per year: 506
No of people affected: 6,828,197
Average affected per year: 220,264
Economic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 26,250,297
Economic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 846,784


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.13
Earthquake*: 0.03
Epidemic: 0.10
Extreme temp: 0.23
Flood: 0.58
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.03
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.55
Wildfire: 0.42




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1990 6,000,000
Flood 1983 506,000
Flood 1982 226,600
Storm 1984 60,030
Wildfire 1994 15,020
Flood 1996 4,000
Flood 2007 3,600
Flood 1987 2,000
Flood 1983 1,600
Wildfire 1994 1,500

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Extreme temp. 2003 15,090
Mass mov. wet 1996 84
Flood 1983 45
Flood 1982 43
Extreme temp. 1985 40
Flood 1982 34
Extreme temp. 1995 30
Extreme temp. 2004 26
Extreme temp. 2006 21
Storm 1997 21

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 1990 4,500,000
Flood 1983 3,900,000
Drought 1999 3,200,000
Wildfire 2005 2,050,000
Storm 2009 1,900,000
Drought 1980 1,500,000
Drought 1981 1,460,000
Flood 1987 1,283,000
Storm 1984 1,000,000
Extreme temp. 2003 880,000



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.67
Extreme temp: 2,173.71
Flood: 10.67
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 84.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 7.76
Wildfire: 5.08

Affected People

Drought: 1,500,000.00
Earthquake*: 20.00
Epidemic: 711.67
Extreme temp: 10.00
Flood: 41,483.89
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 129.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 3,553.65
Wildfire: 1,440.08

Economic Damages

Drought: 2,665,000.00
Earthquake*: 44,004.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 243,471.43
Flood: 424,493.61
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 20,000.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 201,588.24
Wildfire: 211,854.46


Statistics By Disasters Type


Percentage of reported people killed by disaster type

Percentage of reported people affected by disaster type




Estimated economic damages reported by disaster type (US$ X 1,000)

*: 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