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Viet Nam - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1980 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 140
No of people killed: 15,377
Average killed per year: 530
No of people affected: 67,700,028
Average affected per year: 2,334,484
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 6,156,350
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 212,288


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.17
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.31
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1.72
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.17
Volcano: ...
Storm: 2.41
Wildfire: 0.03




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Storm 1980 9,027,174
Storm 1980 6,624,710
Flood 2000 5,000,004
Storm 1989 4,635,762
Flood 1999 3,504,412
Drought 1997 3,000,000
Flood 1985 2,800,000
Storm 1986 2,502,502
Storm 1998 2,440,092
Flood 1999 2,163,694

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Storm 1997 3,682
Storm 1985 798
Storm 1989 751
Flood 1999 622
Storm 1996 585
Storm 1983 578
Flood 2000 460
Storm 1986 435
Flood 1994 310
Flood 2001 310

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 2006 624,000
Flood 2008 479,000
Storm 1997 470,000
Storm 2006 456,000
Drought 1997 407,000
Storm 1996 362,000
Flood 2007 350,000
Flood 2007 300,000
Flood 2000 250,000
Flood 1999 237,000



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 64.89
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 84.22
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 63.40
Volcano: ...
Storm: 146.64
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 1,222,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 1,989.56
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 409,871.96
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 7,814.60
Volcano: ...
Storm: 586,277.87
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 129,824.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 45,510.50
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 460.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 46,134.36
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