Major Disasters in FY2005 (the final version)

Last Updated:2006/4/3
Basis of Selection:Disasters with more than 100 killed or missing, or more than 100,000 affected, or direct damages totaling 100 million dollars
Exclude epidemics

Date ofOccurrence

Country Type of Disaster No.ofDeath
No.Affectedof People Damage
Direct(No.
ofMissing)(Approx.) (Approximate
Amount $)April 23-24
Ethiopia
May 31 to June 2 China

flood
flood

177
116(63)103,000
9,770,000

June
June mid - 23

ZambiaChinadroughtflood

97（41）

1,200,000
16,700,000

June late to July 6 India
June 30DPRKJulyPakistan
July early
China
July mid
India
July to August
Niger

flood
flood
flood
flood
flood
drought

405,000*
16,093460,073
11,230,000
700,000
3,600,000

H:40
C:16
U:5

H:15,000
C:8,000,000
J:8,000

1,397(106)2,905,000

11

100,000

1,336(4,000-)*

millions

383 million Hunan, Guandong,Chongqing, Sichuan,
Guizhou
Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi,Hunan, Guangdong,
Guangxi
Gujarat *evacuees
NWFP・Punjab・Sindh
SichuanAssam, Arimacjal Pradesh

IFRC
OCHAMay 6
June 7

finalized
finalized

IRIN
OCHA

June 20
June 24

finalized
finalized

OCHA
IFRC
OCHA
OCHA
OCHA
IRIN

July 7
July 5
July 26
July 13
July 15
August 8

finalized
finalized
finalized
finalized
finalized
finalized

OCHA,IFRC,USAID

July 12
July 13
July 15

finalized

August 25

finalized

August 31

finalized

December 20

finalized

OCHA

September 12

finalized

OCHA

September 21

finalized

September 29
October 7
October 25

finalized

Haiti・
Cuba・
Jamaica・USA

July 24

India

August midThailand

August 23-30

USAhurricane(Katrina),(Rita)

September 1-3

China

typhoon (Talim),
flood, landslide

September late

India・Bangladesh

September 26

China・Vietnam typhoon (Damrey),flood
Indiadepression,
cyclone, flood

C;9
C:5,719,000
V:59(16)
V:600,000
100 100,000

V:219,002,500 C:Hainan, Guangdon,
Guangxi
Tamil Nadu・Karnataka・West Bengal・Orissa

OCHA

October 4-9

Guatemala・
El Salvador・
Mexico・
Costa Rica・
Nicaraguahurricane (Stan),storm,flood,
landslide

G:669(84)
E:69
M:15

G:474,928
M:1,954,571
C:1,074
N:13,750

G:207 million* * damage in agriculture
Category 1

OCHA, USAID

October 9
October 12
October 28

finalizedOctober 8

PakistanIndia
Afganistan

earthquake

P:73,338
I:1,309
A:4

P&I:4,000,000

OCHA,USAID

October 10
January 20

finalized

USA・Haiti・
Mexico・Jamaica・
Cuba・
Honduras・
CaymanIslands・
Bahamas・
CanadaPhilippines

hurricane(Wilma),tropicalstorm(Alpha),
flood

U:14
H:12
M:4
J:1

M:1,000,000
C:100,000

Wilma: category 5

OCHA

October 25
October 26
January 27

finalized

514706* * damage in agriculture

Governmentof Philippines

December 28

finalized

Fire andDisaster
Management
AgencyMarch 30

finalized

IFRC

January 17

finalized

IFRC

Janurary 11

finalized

October late

December 5-27
December toMarchJapan

December late

India,Bandladesh

December 29 toJanuary early

Chinaflood, landslide

flood

stormflood

129(30)19,624,000

I:33(1,000)
B:16(3,000)

149

cold wave

I: 180
B:100

snow

Maharashtra・Gujarat・
Government
Karnataka・West Bengal・of India
Jharkhand・ Goa・Orissa・Assam・Bihar・
UtterPradesh
Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai,
IFRC
Lampang, Lamphun, Mae
Hong Son, Nakhon
Phanom, Phayao, Tak
Lousiana, Mississippi,
National
Florida, Alabama, Georgia
Hurricane
K:category 5 (August 28)
CenterGulf of Mexicocategory 4 (August 29)
USA*L:1090, M:228, F:14, A:2,G:2
R:category 3
1.9 billion Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian,Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei

I:61,000

I:Andhra Pradesh・Orissa・Gujarat・Maharashtra

Magnitude: 7.6
P:14,000 primary andsecondary schools
destroyed (estimated byUNICEF)

14(10)262,767

snow

Category 4Source Announced
Data
Date
UpdateJuly 7-9

Octoberhurricane(Dennis)226（13）88（105）
39
49（9）

Note

B:millions

622,000

Xinjiang Uygur
autonomous region

OCHA

finalizedJanuary earlyFebruary 17

Indonesia
PhilippinesMarch 30, 31

Iranflash flood, landslide
landslideearthquake

154
139(980)18,862

70 100,000

8,304**evacuees
Southern Leyte

OCHA
Governmentof Philippines

Mid - West Iran

OCHA

January 9
March 1

finalized
finalized

April 3 continued