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Liberia - 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: 19
No of people killed: 681
Average killed per year: 23
No of people affected: 1,051,711
Average affected per year: 36,266
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 47,000
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 1,621


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.03
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.38
Extreme temp: 0.03
Flood: 0.10
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 0.03
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.07
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Extreme temp. 1990 1,000,000
Epidemic 2003 17,561
Flood 2007 17,000
Flood 1998 5,000
Storm 2007 3,500
Storm 1995 2,000
Epidemic 1980 1,887
Epidemic 2003 1,857
Epidemic 2005 674
Epidemic 2002 661

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1980 466
Epidemic 1996 56
Mass mov. dry 1982 46
Epidemic 1999 39
Epidemic 2005 29
Epidemic 1998 12
Flood 1998 10
Epidemic 2000 10
Epidemic 1995 9
Epidemic 2000 3

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Extreme temp. 1990 47,000
Epidemic 1980 0
Drought 1983 0
Mass mov. dry 1982 0
Storm 1995 0
Epidemic 1995 0
Epidemic 1996 0
Epidemic 1998 0
Flood 1998 0
Epidemic 1999 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 56.73
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 3.67
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 46.00
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 2,151.91
Extreme temp: 1,000,000.00
Flood: 7,446.67
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 200.00
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 2,750.00
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: 47,000.00
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