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Angola - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1981 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1981 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 40
No of people killed: 4,863
Average killed per year: 174
No of people affected: 3,396,780
Average affected per year: 121,314
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 10,000
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 357


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.21
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.54
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.64
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.04
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1989 1,900,000
Drought 1985 500,000
Flood 2004 331,700
Drought 1997 105,000
Flood 1989 100,000
Flood 2008 81,400
Drought 1981 80,000
Flood 2000 70,000
Epidemic 2006 57,570
Flood 2007 40,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 2006 2,354
Epidemic 1989 766
Epidemic 2007 515
Epidemic 2004 329
Epidemic 2008 229
Epidemic 1999 147
Epidemic 1998 115
Flood 2007 105
Epidemic 2006 68
Epidemic 1987 59

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 2000 10,000
Drought 1981 0
Drought 1985 0
Epidemic 1987 0
Flood 1989 0
Epidemic 1989 0
Drought 1989 0
Epidemic 1995 0
Drought 1997 0
Epidemic 1998 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: 9.67
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 301.73
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 14.78
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 13.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 435,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 6,379.07
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 38,394.11
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 555.56
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
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