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Lesotho - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1983 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1983 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 15
No of people killed: 97
Average killed per year: 4
No of people affected: 1,996,947
Average affected per year: 76,806
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 0
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 0


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.15
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.08
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.12
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.23
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1983 500,000
Drought 2002 500,000
Drought 2007 475,000
Drought 1992 331,500
Flood 1987 100,000
Flood 1985 80,000
Storm 2008 4,500
Epidemic 1999 1,862
Epidemic 2000 1,834
Storm 2001 1,001

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1999 28
Epidemic 2000 28
Flood 1990 22
Flood 1987 18
Storm 2001 1
Drought 1983 0
Flood 1985 0
Storm 1989 0
Drought 1992 0
Storm 1996 0

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Drought 1983 0
Flood 1985 0
Flood 1987 0
Storm 1989 0
Flood 1990 0
Drought 1992 0
Storm 1996 0
Storm 1996 0
Epidemic 1999 0
Epidemic 2000 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 28.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 13.33
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.17
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 451,625.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 1,848.00
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 60,000.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 1,125.17
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: ...
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