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Syrian Arab Republic - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1999 and 2006.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1999 - 2006


Overview

No of events: 5
No of people killed: 118
Average killed per year: 15
No of people affected: 329,375
Average affected per year: 41,172
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: 0.13
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.13
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.13
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.25
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 2008 1,000,000
Drought 1999 329,000
Storm 2004 180
Storm 2001 172
Mass mov. wet 2002 23
Flood 2006 0

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Mass mov. wet 2002 80
Storm 2001 27
Flood 2006 6
Storm 2004 5
Drought 1999 0
Drought 2008 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 1999 0
Storm 2001 0
Mass mov. wet 2002 0
Storm 2004 0
Flood 2006 0
Drought 2008 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 6.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 80.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 16.00
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 329,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 23.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 176.00
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