A flood is an overflow of a body of water (rive, lake) that submerges land or the abnormal accumulation of water on the surface due to excess rainfall and rise of the groundwater level above surface on impermeable or saturated terrains. source: CRED
22 May 2013, AlertNet
'People's own determination to get out of poverty should be matched by our commitment to redistribute risk and build equality, thereby supporting them to thrive and prosper, rather than just cope and survive in a world of increasing risks,' Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wrote in a foreword to the Views from the Frontline report...
Manual de ingenieria naturalistica2012, Plan Intl; SNGR, Ecuador - gov; UNDP Ecuador
Disaster management: engineering and environmental aspects2013
The role of ecosystems in disaster risk reduction2013, UNU
Floods in the WHO European Region: health effects and their prevention2013, PHE, United Kingdom - gov; WHO - Europe
Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2012Jan 2013, Munich Re
Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2011Jan 2012, Munich Re
| Countries | People exposed per year
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| 1 | Bangladesh | 19,279,960 | |
| 2 | India | 15,859,640 | |
| 3 | China | 3,972,502 | |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 3,403,041 | |
| 5 | Cambodia | 1,765,674 | |
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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| Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database |
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