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Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep of - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2006.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1980 - 2006


Overview

No of events: 39
No of people killed: 30,839
Average killed per year: 1,142
No of people affected: 845,744
Average affected per year: 31,324
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 3,306,300
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 122,456


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 0.22
Epidemic: 0.19
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.81
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.11
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.11
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 1999 483,635
Flood 1999 59,368
Flood 2002 55,376
Flood 1996 41,500
Epidemic 1995 32,280
Flood 2005 25,042
Flood 2000 20,004
Flood 2005 19,105
Flood 1997 18,000
Mass mov. wet 1987 17,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Flood 1999 30,000
Storm 1993 100
Mass mov. wet 1987 96
Earthquake* 1997 80
Flood 2005 76
Epidemic 1990 74
Flood 1988 63
Flood 1987 40
Flood 1985 38
Epidemic 1989 37

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 1999 3,160,000
Earthquake* 1997 81,000
Flood 2005 50,000
Earthquake* 1981 5,000
Storm 1993 4,500
Flood 2002 3,000
Earthquake* 1986 1,000
Flood 2005 1,000
Mass mov. wet 1987 800
Earthquake* 1980 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 16.33
Epidemic: 32.20
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1,378.64
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 44.67
Volcano: ...
Storm: 38.67
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 1,228.17
Epidemic: 8,550.60
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 34,839.73
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 7,172.67
Volcano: ...
Storm: 2,543.33
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 14,500.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 146,090.91
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 266.67
Volcano: ...
Storm: 1,500.00
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