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Puerto Rico - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1981 and 2007.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1981 - 2007


Overview

No of events: 19
No of people killed: 671
Average killed per year: 25
No of people affected: 173,400
Average affected per year: 6,422
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 3,148,000
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 116,593


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.04
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.19
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.07
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.41
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Storm 1995 98,000
Storm 1996 57,315
Flood 2001 9,480
Storm 2004 3,500
Flood 2003 2,405
Storm 1989 2,000
Flood 1992 600
Storm 2003 100
Mass mov. wet 1981 0
Flood 1985 0

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Flood 1985 500
Mass mov. wet 1985 100
Mass mov. wet 1981 26
Flood 1992 18
Storm 1996 18
Flood 2001 2
Flood 2003 2
Storm 2004 2
Storm 1995 1
Storm 1999 1

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 1998 1,750,000
Storm 1996 500,000
Flood 1992 200,000
Storm 1995 200,000
Storm 1999 150,000
Flood 2001 146,000
Storm 1995 100,000
Storm 2004 100,000
Drought 1994 2,000
Mass mov. wet 1981 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 104.40
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 63.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 2.09
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 2,497.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 14,628.64
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 2,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 69,200.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 254,545.45
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