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Honduras - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1980 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 50
No of people killed: 15,548
Average killed per year: 536
No of people affected: 3,601,379
Average affected per year: 124,185
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 4,411,979
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 152,137


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.21
Earthquake*: 0.14
Epidemic: 0.14
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.72
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 0.03
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.45
Wildfire: 0.03




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Storm 1998 2,112,000
Flood 1999 503,001
Flood 2008 313,357
Drought 2001 195,000
Drought 2004 137,500
Storm 2005 90,000
Storm 2001 86,321
Drought 2002 82,000
Flood 1996 75,000
Flood 1993 67,447

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Storm 1998 14,600
Flood 1993 374
Flood 1994 150
Storm 1982 130
Flood 2008 67
Storm 2005 47
Flood 1993 39
Flood 1999 34
Storm 2001 21
Storm 1995 18

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Storm 1998 3,793,600
Storm 1982 101,000
Flood 1990 100,000
Flood 2002 100,000
Storm 2005 100,000
Flood 1993 57,600
Flood 1993 56,700
Flood 1996 31,000
Flood 2003 20,000
Storm 2005 15,500



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 0.50
Epidemic: 7.50
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 32.48
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 10.00
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 1,140.31
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 69,270.83
Earthquake*: 1,025.75
Epidemic: 5,745.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 38,902.24
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 180,132.62
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 1,666.67
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 18,038.10
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 309,475.31
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