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Egypt - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1987 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1987 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 20
No of people killed: 1,469
Average killed per year: 67
No of people affected: 259,324
Average affected per year: 11,787
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 1,342,000
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 61,000


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 0.14
Epidemic: 0.09
Extreme temp: 0.14
Flood: 0.32
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 0.09
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.14
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 1994 160,660
Earthquake* 1992 92,649
Flood 1995 3,000
Flood 2002 800
Mass Movement Dry 2008 697
Mass mov. dry 1993 300
Flood 1996 260
Earthquake* 2002 250
Flood 1991 208
Epidemic 2004 120

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Flood 1994 600
Earthquake* 1992 552
Mass Movement Dry 2008 98
Mass mov. dry 1993 34
Extreme temp. 1995 32
Storm 1987 30
Extreme temp. 1996 22
Storm 1997 18
Epidemic 2006 15
Flood 2002 14

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Earthquake* 1992 1,200,000
Flood 1994 140,000
Flood 1997 1,000
Storm 1997 1,000
Storm 1987 0
Flood 1991 0
Mass mov. dry 1993 0
Earthquake* 1995 0
Flood 1995 0
Extreme temp. 1995 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 187.33
Epidemic: 7.50
Extreme temp: 19.00
Flood: 91.71
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 66.00
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 20.33
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 30,989.33
Epidemic: 71.50
Extreme temp: 35.00
Flood: 23,571.14
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 498.50
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 37.67
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 400,000.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 20,142.86
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 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