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Congo, Dem Rep of the - 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: 80
No of people killed: 8,254
Average killed per year: 330
No of people affected: 1,342,858
Average affected per year: 53,714
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 9,000
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 360


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.04
Earthquake*: 0.08
Epidemic: 2.16
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.56
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.08
Volcano: 0.08
Storm: 0.20
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Epidemic 2002 500,000
Drought 1984 300,000
Volcano 2002 110,400
Flood 1999 78,000
Storm 2006 75,066
Epidemic 2004 42,564
Flood 1997 35,506
Epidemic 2002 30,878
Flood 1990 27,500
Storm 2003 22,500

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 2002 2,000
Epidemic 1998 746
Epidemic 2001 502
Epidemic 1991 500
Epidemic 1987 450
Epidemic 2003 380
Epidemic 2003 369
Epidemic 2004 300
Epidemic 2002 296
Epidemic 1995 233

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Volcano 2002 9,000
Drought 1984 0
Epidemic 1987 0
Epidemic 1987 0
Mass mov. wet 1989 0
Flood 1990 0
Epidemic 1991 0
Earthquake* 1992 0
Flood 1994 0
Epidemic 1995 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 8.00
Epidemic: 143.96
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 14.50
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 6.00
Volcano: 100.00
Storm: 9.80
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 300,000.00
Earthquake*: 6,674.00
Epidemic: 11,902.80
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 12,369.64
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 74.00
Volcano: 55,200.00
Storm: 20,607.20
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: 4,500.00
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