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Hungary - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1984 and 2007.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1984 - 2007


Overview

No of events: 23
No of people killed: 650
Average killed per year: 27
No of people affected: 179,818
Average affected per year: 7,492
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 1,435,400
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 59,808


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.13
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 0.13
Flood: 0.50
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.21
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 1999 90,700
Flood 1999 42,795
Flood 2006 32,000
Flood 2001 10,000
Flood 2000 2,000
Flood 2002 1,430
Extreme temp. 2008 500
Flood 2004 393
Storm 2006 300
Flood 1996 200

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Extreme temp. 2007 500
Extreme temp. 2001 81
Extreme temp. 2005 48
Storm 1999 40
Extreme temp. 2008 17
Flood 1999 8
Storm 2003 7
Storm 2006 5
Storm 1984 4
Storm 2005 4

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 1986 500,000
Drought 1992 384,000
Flood 1999 165,000
Flood 1999 128,400
Drought 2003 100,000
Flood 2000 55,000
Flood 2005 48,000
Flood 2002 30,000
Flood 1997 10,000
Storm 2006 10,000



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 193.67
Flood: 0.75
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 12.00
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 14,959.83
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 60.00
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: 328,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 36,783.33
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 2,000.00
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