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Cameroon - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1984 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1984 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 36
No of people killed: 4,587
Average killed per year: 183
No of people affected: 264,780
Average affected per year: 10,591
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 1,700
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 68


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.12
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.72
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.36
Insect infestation: 0.08
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.04
Volcano: 0.12
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1990 186,900
Flood 2008 25,000
Volcano 1986 10,437
Flood 2007 10,296
Epidemic 1992 7,865
Epidemic 1993 4,070
Volcano 1999 3,010
Epidemic 2004 2,924
Epidemic 1996 2,825
Flood 2001 1,500

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Volcano 1986 1,746
Epidemic 1992 731
Epidemic 1993 513
Epidemic 1996 378
Epidemic 1991 308
Epidemic 1998 126
Epidemic 1990 118
Epidemic 1998 113
Epidemic 1989 100
Epidemic 1997 60

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Insect infestation 1998 1,700
Volcano 1984 0
Volcano 1986 0
Insect infestation 1987 0
Epidemic 1988 0
Flood 1988 0
Epidemic 1989 0
Epidemic 1990 0
Drought 1990 0
Epidemic 1991 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 149.89
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 9.56
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 20.00
Volcano: 594.33
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 62,300.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 1,379.83
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 4,388.44
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 100.00
Volcano: 4,482.33
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: 850.00
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
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