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Cape Verde - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1982 and 2004.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1982 - 2004


Overview

No of events: 10
No of people killed: 277
Average killed per year: 12
No of people affected: 66,372
Average affected per year: 2,886
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 3,000
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 130


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.17
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.04
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: 0.09
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: 0.04
Storm: 0.09
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 2002 30,000
Epidemic 1994 12,344
Drought 1998 10,000
Volcano 1995 6,306
Storm 1984 5,500
Storm 1982 2,222
Drought 1982 0
Insect infestation 1988 0
Drought 1992 0
Insect infestation 2004 0

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1994 245
Storm 1984 29
Storm 1982 3
Drought 1982 0
Insect infestation 1988 0
Drought 1992 0
Volcano 1995 0
Drought 1998 0
Drought 2002 0
Insect infestation 2004 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 1982 3,000
Drought 1982 0
Storm 1984 0
Insect infestation 1988 0
Drought 1992 0
Epidemic 1994 0
Volcano 1995 0
Drought 1998 0
Drought 2002 0
Insect infestation 2004 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 245.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 16.00
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 10,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 12,344.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: 6,306.00
Storm: 3,861.00
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

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