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Cuba - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1980 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 55
No of people killed: 200
Average killed per year: 7
No of people affected: 13,360,226
Average affected per year: 460,697
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 7,533,697
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 259,783


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.21
Earthquake*: 0.03
Epidemic: 0.07
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.66
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.86
Wildfire: 0.07




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Storm 2001 5,900,012
Storm 2005 2,500,000
Drought 1998 820,000
Flood 1993 532,000
Storm 1985 498,891
Storm 2008 450,000
Storm 1996 336,676
Storm 2002 281,470
Storm 1999 254,990
Storm 2004 244,005

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Flood 1993 34
Storm 1982 24
Flood 1988 23
Storm 2005 16
Flood 1983 15
Flood 1993 12
Flood 1994 12
Storm 2008 7
Storm 1998 6
Storm 1993 5

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 2008 2,072,000
Storm 1998 2,000,000
Storm 2008 1,500,000
Storm 2005 1,400,000
Storm 1993 1,000,000
Storm 2004 1,000,000
Storm 2005 700,000
Storm 2007 500,000
Storm 2004 200,000
Drought 1998 180,000



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 1.50
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 5.63
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 3.60
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 136,666.67
Earthquake*: 5,869.00
Epidemic: 25,090.50
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 54,243.95
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 458,141.64
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 30,523.17
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 10,662.63
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 285,918.72
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