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Georgia - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1991 and 2006.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1991 - 2006


Overview

No of events: 13
No of people killed: 24
Average killed per year: 2
No of people affected: 723,796
Average affected per year: 45,237
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 583,856
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 36,491


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.06
Earthquake*: 0.19
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.50
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.06
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 2000 696,000
Earthquake* 2002 19,156
Earthquake* 1991 3,740
Flood 2005 2,500
Storm 2001 900
Flood 2006 600
Flood 1995 300
Flood 1997 300
Flood 1997 200
Flood 2004 90

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Earthquake* 1991 8
Earthquake* 2002 6
Flood 1997 4
Flood 1997 3
Earthquake* 1992 1
Flood 1995 1
Flood 2004 1
Flood 1997 0
Drought 2000 0
Storm 2001 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Earthquake* 2002 350,000
Drought 2000 200,000
Flood 1997 19,500
Flood 1997 10,000
Flood 1995 2,200
Flood 2004 2,156
Earthquake* 1991 0
Earthquake* 1992 0
Flood 1997 0
Storm 2001 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 5.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1.13
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 696,000.00
Earthquake*: 7,635.33
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 498.75
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 900.00
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 200,000.00
Earthquake*: 116,666.67
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 4,232.00
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