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| Wrack and ruin Number of disasters triggered by natural causes, by region and type, 1993 | ||||||
| Africa | America | Asia | Europe | Oceania | Total | |
| Drought & Famine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Volcano | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| High Wind | 4 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 58 |
| Landslide | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Flood | 4 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 57 |
| Earthquake | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Other* | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| The price of vulnerability Estimation of the costs of damage caused by natural disasters, 1988-92 (in $ million) | ||||||
| Earthquake | 67,034 | |||||
| Drought & Famine | 11,342 | |||||
| Flood | 8,674 | |||||
| Landslide | 29.9 | |||||
| High Wind | 49,316 | |||||
| Volcano | 83.3 | |||||
| Other* | 1,109 | |||||
| * includes: cold wave, heat wave, insect infestation, tsunami | ||||||
| Counting calamities Number of disasters due to non-natural causes, by region and type, 1993 | ||||||
| Africa | America | Asia | Europe | Oceania | Total | |
| Accident | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 32 |
| Industrial accident | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Fire | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Conflict | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Catastrophe economics Estimation of losses incurred due to non-natural disasters, 1988-92 (in $ million) | ||||||
| Accident | 2,449 | |||||
| Industrial accident | 474 | |||||
| Fire | 712 | |||||
| Displaced people | 2 | |||||
| Conflict | 2,188 | |||||
| When calamities sweep the earth Today, some 250 million people are affected in an ever-mounting spiral of disasters | |
| Year | Number of disaster affected people |
| 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 | 11,047,904 28,981,406 5,680,571 47,485,048 40,445,109 14,137,334 227,121,061 43,471,600 42,632,028 271,135 25,755,722 109,335,442 220,783,204 94,115,471 33,756,865 272,759,375 292,955,799 99,489,539 43,913,036 42,789,783 376,879,839 220,764,909 192,276,076 124,148,628 319,227,321 90,321,014 175,093,174 |
| Source: World Disaster Report, 1994 | |