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Comoros - 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: 16
No of people killed: 146
Average killed per year: 5
No of people affected: 407,114
Average affected per year: 15,078
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 42,804
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 1,585


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.04
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.22
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: 0.15
Storm: 0.19
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Volcano 2005 245,000
Storm 1987 50,000
Volcano 2005 39,000
Storm 1985 35,000
Storm 1983 30,052
Epidemic 1998 3,200
Epidemic 2007 1,490
Epidemic 2005 1,358
Epidemic 2006 924
Epidemic 1989 450

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1998 40
Storm 1983 33
Epidemic 2007 29
Storm 1987 24
Epidemic 1999 14
Epidemic 1989 3
Storm 1985 2
Volcano 2005 1
Drought 1981 0
Storm 1989 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 1983 23,000
Storm 1987 9,000
Storm 1985 5,568
Storm 1989 5,236
Drought 1981 0
Epidemic 1989 0
Volcano 1991 0
Epidemic 1998 0
Epidemic 1999 0
Storm 2003 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 14.33
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: 0.25
Storm: 11.80
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 1,260.33
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: 71,050.00
Storm: 23,070.40
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 8,560.80
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