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Kenya - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1982 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1982 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 68
No of people killed: 5,494
Average killed per year: 203
No of people affected: 45,217,592
Average affected per year: 1,674,726
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 112,338
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 4,161


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.33
Earthquake*: 0.07
Epidemic: 0.96
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1.04
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 0.07
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.04
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1999 23,000,000
Epidemic 1994 6,500,000
Drought 2005 3,500,000
Drought 1991 2,700,000
Drought 2004 2,300,000
Drought 1997 1,600,000
Drought 2008 1,400,000
Drought 1994 1,200,000
Flood 1997 900,000
Flood 2006 723,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1999 1,237
Epidemic 1994 1,000
Epidemic 1999 563
Epidemic 1997 555
Epidemic 1997 300
Epidemic 1997 237
Epidemic 2006 155
Epidemic 1997 140
Flood 2006 114
Flood 1997 86

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Earthquake* 2004 100,000
Flood 1997 11,800
Flood 2005 500
Flood 2001 38
Flood 1982 0
Drought 1984 0
Storm 1988 0
Earthquake* 1990 0
Flood 1990 0
Epidemic 1991 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: 25.00
Earthquake*: 0.50
Epidemic: 172.15
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 25.21
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 18.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 50.00
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 4,033,555.56
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 264,141.12
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 73,139.89
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 3.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 50,000.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 440.64
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