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Montserrat - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1989 and 2006.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1989 - 2006


Overview

No of events: 7
No of people killed: 43
Average killed per year: 2
No of people affected: 25,240
Average affected per year: 1,402
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 268,000
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 14,889


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: 0.22
Storm: 0.17
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Storm 1989 12,040
Volcano 1995 5,000
Volcano 1996 4,000
Volcano 1997 4,000
Volcano 2006 200
Storm 1990 0
Storm 1995 0

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Volcano 1997 32
Storm 1989 11
Storm 1990 0
Volcano 1995 0
Storm 1995 0
Volcano 1996 0
Volcano 2006 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 1989 240,000
Storm 1995 20,000
Volcano 1997 8,000
Storm 1990 0
Volcano 1995 0
Volcano 1996 0
Volcano 2006 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: 8.00
Storm: 3.67
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: 3,300.00
Storm: 4,013.33
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: 2,000.00
Storm: 86,666.67
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