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Germany - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1990 and 2008.

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Natural Disasters from 1990 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 52
No of people killed: 9,635
Average killed per year: 507
No of people affected: 569,673
Average affected per year: 29,983
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 33,302,130
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 1,752,744


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 0.11
Epidemic: 0.11
Extreme temp: 0.26
Flood: 0.58
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.05
Volcano: ...
Storm: 1.63
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 2002 330,108
Flood 1993 100,000
Flood 1999 100,000
Storm 1995 30,000
Flood 1997 5,200
Earthquake* 1992 1,525
Flood 2006 1,000
Epidemic 2002 600
Flood 2005 450
Storm 2006 200

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Extreme temp. 2003 9,355
Extreme temp. 1997 30
Flood 2002 27
Storm 1990 24
Storm 1990 15
Storm 1999 15
Storm 2002 11
Storm 2007 11
Storm 1990 10
Storm 2003 10

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 2002 11,600,000
Storm 2007 5,500,000
Storm 2002 1,800,000
Extreme temp. 2003 1,650,000
Storm 1999 1,600,000
Storm 1990 1,200,000
Storm 1990 1,200,000
Storm 1990 1,200,000
Storm 2008 1,200,000
Storm 1994 645,200



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 0.50
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 1,879.60
Flood: 3.91
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 5.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 6.06
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 837.50
Epidemic: 304.50
Extreme temp: 33.00
Flood: 48,796.18
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 982.77
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 31,000.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 390,000.00
Flood: 1,239,418.18
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 6,230.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 569,364.52
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