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Uruguay - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1986 and 2007.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1986 - 2007


Overview

No of events: 20
No of people killed: 21
Average killed per year: 1
No of people affected: 174,212
Average affected per year: 7,919
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 325,000
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 14,773


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.05
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 0.14
Flood: 0.45
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.27
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 2007 119,200
Flood 1986 18,500
Flood 1998 9,300
Flood 2000 5,000
Flood 2001 5,000
Flood 1992 4,700
Flood 2002 2,500
Storm 1993 2,000
Extreme temp. 2004 2,000
Flood 1991 1,500

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Extreme temp. 2000 7
Storm 2005 7
Storm 2002 2
Flood 2007 2
Storm 1997 1
Flood 1998 1
Storm 1999 1
Flood 1986 0
Flood 1991 0
Flood 1992 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 1999 250,000
Flood 2007 45,000
Storm 2002 25,000
Flood 1998 5,000
Flood 1986 0
Flood 1991 0
Flood 1992 0
Storm 1993 0
Storm 1997 0
Storm 1999 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 2.33
Flood: 0.30
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 1.83
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 800.00
Flood: 16,670.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 852.00
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 250,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 5,000.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 4,166.67
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