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Cyprus - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1983 and 2007.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1983 - 2007


Overview

No of events: 11
No of people killed: 63
Average killed per year: 3
No of people affected: 2,685
Average affected per year: 107
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 14,340
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 574


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

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




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Earthquake* 1995 1,865
Extreme temp. 2000 400
Epidemic 1996 280
Extreme temp. 1998 100
Storm 2003 30
Storm 2004 10
Storm 1983 0
Drought 1991 0
Wildfire 2000 0
Drought 2000 0

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Extreme temp. 1998 52
Extreme temp. 2000 5
Extreme temp. 2007 4
Earthquake* 1995 2
Storm 1983 0
Drought 1991 0
Epidemic 1996 0
Wildfire 2000 0
Drought 2000 0
Storm 2003 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 2003 10,000
Earthquake* 1995 4,340
Storm 1983 0
Drought 1991 0
Epidemic 1996 0
Extreme temp. 1998 0
Extreme temp. 2000 0
Wildfire 2000 0
Drought 2000 0
Storm 2004 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 2.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 20.33
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 1,865.00
Epidemic: 280.00
Extreme temp: 166.67
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 13.33
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 4,340.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 3,333.33
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