Natural Disaster Data Book 2013
An Analytical Overview

Asian Disaster Reduction Center

Overview[Notes]The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
Natural Disasters Data Book 2013 provides thestatistical perspectives in figures and tables for2013 as well as for the period 1984-2013 basedon data obtained by EM-DAT.
According to EM-DAT, 361 natural disasters
occurred in 2013 worldwide, killing 23,538 people
and affecting over 99.9 million people. The
estimated amount of economic damage cameclose to US$119 billion.
In 2013 again, Typhoon Haiyan, which hit thePhilippines in November, brought about serious
damages to the country. The disaster killed 7,986
people and affecting over 16 million, which are
ranked highest in the world in 2013.
As for economic damage, Typhoon Haiyan at 10
billion USD is ranked first in Asia and second in
the world, following flooding in Germany, 12.9
billion USD.
By region, Asia is ranked the highest in all theindices of disaster occurrences, the number ofpeople killed and affected and economic damage.
Asia accounts for 44.6 percent in occurrences;
number of people killed, 84.6 percent; number ofaffected people, 87.1 percent; and amount of
economic damage, 49.0 percent.
By disaster types, flood and storm are dominantamong all in terms of occurrence, the numbers ofpeople killed and affected and economic damage.
While flood exceeds storm in occurrence at 41.3
percent, the number of people killed, 41.7 percent
and economic damage 44.5 percent, respectively
while storm shares largest in the number ofpeople affected at 49.2 percent.
Data Book 2013 also contains tables of the 25
worst disasters by number of people killed andtotal affected people, economic damage, and theirrespective ratios to population and grossdomestic product. It also includes tables of 2013
disasters in ADRC member and other Asian
countries sorted by country and disaster type.

Source:All disaster data are based on EM-DAT:The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Databasewww.emdat.be, Université Catholique de Louvain,
Brussels (Belgium), data version v12.07 on 1 May
2014, unless otherwise stated.

EM-DAT Criteria:
For a disaster to be entered into the database, atleast one of the following criteria must be fulfilled:• Ten (10) or more people reported killed• Hundred (100) or more people reported
affected• Declaration of a state of emergency• Call for international assistance.
In this Data Book 2013 “killed people” are definedas persons confirmed as dead and persons
missing and presumed dead. “Affected people”
are the sum of injured, homeless, and affected in
EM-DAT. EM-DAT defines affected people aspeople requiring immediate assistance during aperiod of emergency; it can also include displacedor evacuated people.

Disaster Terms:“Earthquake or seismic activity” includes groundshaking and tsunami.
“Epidemic” includes bacterial and viral infectious
diseases.
“Extreme Temperature” includes heat wave, cold
wave, and extreme winter conditions.
“Flood” includes general flood, and flash flood.
“Mass Movement” includes avalanche, landslide,and rockfall.
“Storm” includes local storm, tropical cyclone, andwinter storm.
“Volcano” means volcanic eruption.
“Wildfire” includes bush/brush fire, forest fire, andscrub/grassland fire.

Disclaimer:
Country and region classification used in this
book
are
based
on
EM-DAT
criteria.

Table of Contents
1. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS BY REGION, 2013 ....................................................... 2
2. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS BY DISASTER TYPE, 2013 ......................................... 3
3. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN ASIA BY DISASTER TYPE, 2013 ........................... 4
4. TRENDS OF WORLD NATURAL DISASTERS, 1984-2013 ...................................................... 5
4-1 NUMBER OF DISASTERS IN THE WORLD (1984-2013).................................................................... 5
4-2 NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED IN THE WORLD (1984-2013) ............................................................. 6
4-3 NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED IN THE WORLD (1984-2013) ........................................................ 7
4-4 ECONOMIC DAMAGE IN THE WORLD (1984-2013) ......................................................................... 8

5. IMPACTS OF WORLD NATURAL DISASTERS BY REGION, 1984-2013 ................................ 9
6. THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA 2013 ........................................................................... 10
6-1 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED, 2013 .................................. 10
6-2 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED PER MILLION POPULATION,
2013 ....................................................................................................................................... 11
6-3 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED, 2013 ............................. 12
6-4 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY AFFECTED PEOPLE PER THOUSAND POPULATION, 2013 .. 13
6-5 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY ECONOMIC DAMAGE, 2013 .............................................. 14
6-6 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY RATIO OF ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO GDP, 2013 .................. 15

7. DISASTERS IN ASIA BY COUNTRY, 2013 ............................................................................. 16
8. DISASTERS IN ASIA BY DISASTER TYPE, 2013 .................................................................. 18-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sources of Image on the front page
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Super Typhoon HAIYAN(31W)

1. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS BY REGION, 2013This section covers the impacts of natural disasters—occurrence, number of deaths, number of affected people, andeconomic damage—that took place in different regions across the world in 2013. As shown in Figure 1, Asia ranks
first among all regions in all the categories of disaster occurrence, the number of killed and affected people andeconomic damage, accounting for 44.6 percent, 84.6 percent 87.1 percent and 49.0 percent respectively. While
Africa ranks the second in the number of killed and affected, its share in economic damages accounts for 0.2
percent, the lowest share.

Figure 1: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Region, 2013

Table 1: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Region, 2013

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)22. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS BY DISASTER TYPE, 2013This section provides the breakdown of impacts of disasters sorted by disaster type. As Figure 2 shows, twodisasters, flood and storm, are dominant in all categories. While flood tops in occurrence, the number of people
killed and damage, storm has highest the share of 49.2 percent in the number of people affected.

Figure 2: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Disaster Type, 2013

Table 2: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Disaster Type, 2013

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)33. IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN ASIA BY DISASTER TYPE, 2013This section provides the overview of impacts of disasters sorted by disaster type in Asia. The share of flood andstorm are dominant in all indices, occurrence, the number of people killed are and people affected and economic
damage. Storm tops in the number of people affected at 55.3 while flood is ranked higher or similar to storm. This islargely attributed to Typhoon Haiyan of Philippines and flood in India, which affected over 16 million and 13 million
respectively.

Figure 3: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Disaster Type in Asia, 2013

Table 3: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Disaster Type in Asia, 2013

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)44. TRENDS OF WORLD NATURAL DISASTERS, 1984-2013
4-1 NUMBER OF DISASTERS IN THE WORLD (1984-2013)
In terms of number of disasters, the year 2013 sees slight decline from the previous year. In the long run, theupward shift of disaster occurrence’s trend continues from the early1980s through early 2000s. In the collective 5year period representation of data in Figure 4-2, downward trend is observed in the last 15 years starting from 19992003 period.

Figure 4-1: Disaster Occurrence, 1984-2013

Figure 4-2: Disaster Occurrence (Average of 5-year period), 1984-2013
Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)54-2 NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED IN THE WORLD (1984-2013)
The death toll in 2013, standing at 23,538 is doubled from the figure of previous year’s 10,783. As seen in Figure4-4,
for the trend of the 5-year period average, the number of people killed for the period 2009-2013 declines by around
40,000 people from the previous period 2004-2008.

Figure 4-3: Number of People Killed, 1984-2013

Figure 4-4: Number of People Killed (Average of 5-year period), 1984-2013
Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)64-3 NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED IN THE WORLD (1984-2013)
In terms of number of affected people, 2013 sees lowest in the past 16 years. For the 5 year period average
representation of data, the number of affected people in the last five-year slightly increases with nearly 180 million
people affected.

Figure 4-5: Total Number of Affected People, 1984-2013

Figure 4-6: Number of Affected People (Average of 5 year period), 1984-2013
Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)7

4-4 ECONOMIC DAMAGE IN THE WORLD (1984-2013)
Economic damage caused by natural disasters in 2013 (approximately US$119 billion) shows sharp decline fromthe previous year but it still ranks rather high in the period 1984-2013. For the 5-year period average analysis, the2009-2013 average has reached record high level, which is largely attributed to large-scale disasters that hit the
Asia region.

Figure 4-7: Amount of Damage, 1984-2013

Figure 4-8: Economic Damage (Average of 5-year period), 1984-2013
Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)85. IMPACTS OF WORLD NATURAL DISASTERS BY REGION, 1984-2013
For the period 1984-2013, Asia dominates and ranks first in all natural disaster’s impact categories across regionsof the world, especially in terms of the number of killed and affected.

Figure 5: Impacts of World Natural Disasters by Region, 1984-2013

Table 5: Impacts of Natural Disasters by Region, 1984-2013

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)96. THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA 2013
6-1 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED, 2013
The death toll by Typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines in November tops in Asia, and the world in 2013 followedby 6,054 by flood in India. There are 14 disaster events in Asia found in the list which claimed more than 100 lives.
China and India occupy eight and seven ranks in the list respectively.

Table 6-1: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Number of People Killed, 2013
Economic
Disaster TypeCountry

Date

KilledAffected

Damage(US$ Million)

1

Storm

Philippines

08/11/2013

7,986

16,106,807

10,000.00

2

Flood

India

12/06/2013

6,054

504,473

1,100.00

557
100.003

Extreme temperature

India--/04/2013

4

Earthquake

Pakistan

24/09/2013

399

185,749

5

Extreme temperatureJapan--/05/2013

338

54,0006

Extreme temperatureIndia

22/12/2012

249

7

Flood

Pakistan

07/08/2013

234

1,497,725

1,500.00

8

Flood

China P Rep

07/07/2013

233

3,500,000

4,621.60

9

Earthquake

Philippines

15/10/2013

230

3,222,224

51.46

10

Flood

Cambodia

24/09/2013

200

1,500,000

500.0011

Earthquake

China P Rep

20/04/2013

198

2,198,785

6,800.00

12

Flood

India

09/07/2013

174

500,000

13

Flood

Nepal

10/07/2013

119

4,320

14

Flood

China P Rep

12/08/2013

118

1,075,000

4,960.00

15

Earthquake

China P Rep

22/07/2013

95

123,887

1,000.00

16

Storm

China P Rep

15/08/2013

88

8,000,000

2,120.00

17

Mass Movement

China P Rep

29/03/2013

83

18

Flood

India

23/06/2013

80

2,000,000

19

Epidemic

Lao P Dem Rep--/01/2013

77

36,00012,503

20

Flood

Nepal

25/05/2013

76

21

Storm

China P Rep

30/09/2013

74

22

Flood

India

22/08/2013

73

40,00023

Extreme temperature

Bangladesh--/12/2012

72

75,000

24

Flood

India

21/10/2013

72

375,000

260.0025

Flood

Thailand

30/09/2013

61

3,500,000

482.00Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)106-2 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED PER MILLIONPOPULATION, 2013
Using the index of the ratio of the number of people killed to total country population, Typhoon Haiyan in thePhilippines takes the first place with 82 persons killed per one million. By disaster type, floods have most shares in
the 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by number of people killed per population in 2013 with 17 disaster events listed in thelist.

Table 6-2: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Number of People Killed per Million Population, 2013

Disaster TypeCountry

Date

Killedper million

KilledPopulation*

1

Storm

Philippines

08/11/2013

82.58

7,986

96,706,764

2

Flood

Cambodia

24/09/2013

13.45

200

14,864,646

3

Epidemic

Lao P Dem Rep--/01/2013

11.59

77

6,645,827

4

Flood

India

12/06/2013

4.90

6,054

1,236,686,732

5

Flood

Nepal

10/07/2013

4.33

119

27,474,377

6

Flood

Lao P Dem Rep--/06/2013

3.01

20

6,645,827

7

Flood

Sri Lanka

08/06/2013

2.85

58

20,328,000

8

Flood

Nepal

25/05/2013

2.77

76

27,474,377

9

Extreme temperatureJapan--/05/2013

2.65

338

127,561,489

10

Flood

Sri Lanka

08/01/2013

2.56

52

20,328,000

11Earthquake

Philippines

15/10/2013

2.38

230

96,706,764

12

Earthquake

Pakistan

24/09/2013

2.23

399

179,160,111

13

Flood

Korea Dem P Rep

12/07/2013

2.06

51

24,763,188

14

Extreme temperature

Nepal

01/01/2013

1.78

49

27,474,377
29,824,536

15

Flood

Afghanistan

01/08/2013

1.74

52

16

Flood

Yemen

16/08/2013

1.68

40

23,852,409

17

Flood

Pakistan

07/08/2013

1.31

234

179,160,111

18

Flood

08/01/2013

1.24

5

4,046,901

Palestine (West
Bank)

19

Flood

Afghanistan

10/08/2013

1.04

31

29,824,536

20

Flood

Thailand

30/09/2013

0.91

61

66,785,001

21

Flood

Saudi Arabia

02/05/2013

0.85

24

28,287,855

22

Mass Movement

Afghanistan

10/09/2013

0.80

24

29,824,536

23

Flood

Afghanistan

25/04/2013

0.67

20

29,824,536

24

Earthquake

Afghanistan

24/04/2013

0.60

18

29,824,536

25

Flood

Saudi Arabia

16/11/2013

0.53

15

28,287,855

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)*Data from World Bank 201211

6-3 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED, 2013
In terms of the number of people affected too, Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines ranks first with over 16 million
people affected. In 2013, 18 disaster events have more than one million affected people. By country, China consistsof 9 ranks followed by 6 of the Philippines. By disaster type, flood and storm occupy as many as 13 and 8 ranks.

Table 6-3: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Total Number of People Affected, 2013
Economic
Disaster TypeCountry

Date

KilledAffected

Damage(US$ Million)

1

Storm

Philippines

08/11/2013

7,986

16,106,807

10,000

2

Storm

India

12/10/2013

47

13,230,000

633

3

Storm

China P Rep

15/08/2013

88

8,000,000

2,120

4

Drought

China P Rep--/01/2013

5,000,000

5

Flood

Thailand

30/09/2013

61

3,500,000

482

6

Flood

China P Rep

07/07/2013

233

3,500,000

4,622

7

Earthquake

Philippines

15/10/2013

230

3,222,224

51

8

Flood

Philippines

13/08/2013

31

3,096,422

2,190

9

Earthquake

China P Rep

20/04/2013

198

2,198,785

6,800

10

Flood

Viet Nam

14/11/2013

47

2,130,001

72

11

Storm

Israel02/12/2013

42,003,000

12

Flood

India

23/06/2013

80

2,000,000

13

Storm

Viet Nam

30/09/2013

16

1,840,349

734

14

Flood

Cambodia

24/09/2013

200

1,500,000

500

15

Storm

Bangladesh

16/05/2013

17

1,498,644

16

Flood

Pakistan

07/08/2013

234

1,497,725

17

Storm

China P Rep

18/03/2013

25

1,398,324

259

18

Flood

China P Rep

12/08/2013

118

1,075,000

4,960

19

Storm

Philippines

12/10/2013

20

871,755

97

20

Flood

Korea Dem P Rep

12/07/2013

51

848,690

1,500

21

Flood

China P Rep

21/07/2013

36

718,500

1,400

22

Flood

China P Rep

29/06/2013

55

625,000

1,400

23

Flood

Philippines

23/09/2013

33

588,155

4

24

Earthquake

China P Rep

31/08/2013

3

538,050

155

25

Flood

Philippines

15/01/2013

10

507,769

3

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)126-4 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY AFFECTED PEOPLE PER THOUSAND POPULATION,
2013
Using the index of affected people per thousand population, storm in Israel in December results in 253 affected
person per thousand population followed by 166 of the Philippines’ Typhoon Haiyan. Among top 25 countries, Floodand storm disasters occupy 11 and 10 ranks in the list respectively.

Table 6-4: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Total Number of People Affected per Thousand Population, 2013

Disaster TypeCountry

Date

Affected
per thousand

Affected

Population

1

Storm

Israel02/12/2013

253.21

2,003,000

7,910,500

2

Storm

Philippines

08/11/2013

166.55

16,106,807

96,706,764

3

Flood

Cambodia

24/09/2013

100.911,500,000

14,864,646

4

Flood

Lao P Dem Rep--/06/2013

52.68

350,077

6,645,827

5

Flood

Thailand

30/09/2013

52.41

3,500,000

66,785,001

6

Flood

Korea Dem P Rep

12/07/2013

34.27

848,690

24,763,188

7

Flood

Lao P Dem Rep

16/09/2013

33.73

224,176

6,645,827

8

Earthquake

Philippines

15/10/2013

33.32

3,222,224

96,706,764

9

Flood

Philippines

13/08/2013

32.02

3,096,422

96,706,764

10

Flood

Viet Nam

14/11/2013

23.99

2,130,001

88,772,900

11

Storm

Armenia

12/05/2013

21.56

64,0002,969,081

12

Storm

Viet Nam

30/09/2013

20.73

1,840,349

88,772,900

13

Storm

India

12/10/2013

10.70

13,230,000

1,236,686,732

14

Storm

Bangladesh

16/05/2013

9.69

1,498,644

154,695,368

15

Storm

Philippines

12/10/2013

9.01

871,755

96,706,764

16

Flood

Pakistan

07/08/2013

8.36

1,497,725

179,160,111

17

Flood

Philippines

23/09/2013

6.08

588,155

96,706,764

18

Storm

19

Epidemic

China P Rep

15/08/2013

5.92

8,000,000

1,350,695,000

Lao P Dem Rep--/01/2013

5.42

36,0006,645,827

20

Flood

Georgia

19/07/2013

5.34

24,0004,490,700

21

Flood

Philippines

15/01/2013

5.25

507,769

96,706,764

22

Storm

10/12/2013

4.97

20,1004,046,901

Palestine (West
Bank)

23

Storm

Philippines

12/08/2013

4.09

395,730

96,706,764

24

Extreme temperature

Armenia--/12/2013

4.04

12,0002,969,081

25

Drought

China P Rep--/01/2013

3.70

5,000,000

1,350,695,000

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)*Data from World Bank 201213

6-5 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY ECONOMIC DAMAGE, 2013
According to the EM-DAT database, flood, storm and earthquake are the three disaster types that occupy 25 ranksof the worst economic damage in Asia in 2013, by 15, 7 and 3 ranks respectively. Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
tops at 10 billion USD. By country, China has 14 disaster events that are ranked in the worst 25 disasters in Asia byeconomic damage.
Table 6-5: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Economic Damage, 2013
Economic
Disaster TypeCountry

Date

KilledAffected

Damage(US$ Million)

1

Storm

Philippines

08/11/2013

7,986

16,106,807

10,0002

Earthquake

China P Rep

20/04/2013

198

2,198,785

6,800

3

Storm

China P Rep

07/10/2013

8475,000

6,700

4

Flood

China P Rep

12/08/2013

118

1,075,000

4,960
4,622

5

Flood

China P Rep

07/07/2013

233

3,500,000

6

Flood

Indonesia

17/01/2013

34

248,846

3,000

7

Flood

Philippines

13/08/2013

31

3,096,422

2,190

8

Storm

China P Rep

15/08/2013

88

8,000,000

2,120

9

Flood

Pakistan

07/08/2013

234

1,497,725

1,500

10

Flood

China P Rep

21/07/2013

36

718,500

1,400

11

Flood

China P Rep

29/06/2013

55

625,000

1,400

12

Flood

India

12/06/2013

6,054

504,473

1,100

13

Earthquake

China P Rep

22/07/2013

95

123,887

1,000

14

Storm

Viet Nam

30/09/2013

16

1,840,349

734

15

Storm

Viet Nam

11/11/2013

16

13,094

734

16

Flood

China P Rep

12/05/2013

55

300,000

661

17

Storm

India

12/10/2013

47

13,230,000

633

18

Earthquake

Iran Islam Rep

09/04/2013

37

4,350

600

19

Flood

China P Rep

25/07/2013

10

125,000

571

20

Flood

China P Rep

14/06/2013

11

280,500

555

21

Flood

Cambodia

24/09/2013

200

1,500,000

500

22

Flood

Thailand

30/09/2013

61

3,500,000

482

23

Storm

China P Rep

14/07/2013

9

390,150

460

24

Flood

China P Rep

18/08/2013

43

255,000

457

25

Flood

China P Rep

19/05/2013

12

100,000

445

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)146-6 THE 25 WORST DISASTERS IN ASIA BY RATIO OF ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO GDP, 2013
In terms of economic damage incurred relative to gross domestic product (GDP), the two disasters, Typhoon Haiyan
in the Philippines and flood in Cambodia result in highest damage with 3.997 percent and 3.562 percent of its GDP
while the remaining figures are below one percent. Eleven countries and regions are listed in highest ratios of
economic damages to their economies.
Table 6-6: The 25 Worst Disasters in Asia by Ratio of Economic Damage to GDP, 2013

Disaster TypeCountry

Economic

EconomicDamageDamage(as per cent)(US$ Million)

Date

GDP*
(US$ Million)

1

Storm

Philippines

08/11/2013

3.9971%

10,000250,182

2

Flood

Cambodia

24/09/2013

3.5617%500

14,0383

Flood

Philippines

13/08/2013

0.8754%2,190

250,182

4

Flood

Pakistan

07/08/2013

0.6662%1,500

225,143

5

Flood

Lao P Dem Rep

16/09/2013

0.6477%

61

9,418

6

Flood

Lao P Dem Rep--/06/2013

0.6371%

60

9,418

7

Storm

Armenia

12/05/2013

0.6030%

60

9,951

8

Storm

Viet Nam

30/09/2013

0.4712%734

155,820

9Storm

Viet Nam

11/11/2013

0.4711%

734

155,820

10

Flood

Indonesia

17/01/2013

0.3417%3,000

878,043

11

Flood

Thailand

30/09/2013

0.1317%482

365,966

12

Earthquake

Iran Islam Rep

09/04/2013

0.1086%600

552,397

13

Earthquake

China P Rep

20/04/2013

0.0827%6,800

8,227,103

14

Storm

China P Rep

07/10/2013

0.0814%6,700

8,227,103

15

Flood

China P Rep

12/08/2013

0.0603%4,960

8,227,103

16

Flood

India

12/06/2013

0.0592%

1,100

1,858,740

17

Flood

China P Rep

07/07/2013

0.0562%

4,622

8,227,103

18

Storm

Viet Nam

10/10/2013

0.0488%76

155,820

19

Flood

Viet Nam

14/11/2013

0.0462%

72

155,820

20

Earthquake

Pakistan

24/09/2013

0.0444%100

225,143

21

Storm

Philippines

12/10/2013

0.0387%97

250,182

22

Storm

India

12/10/2013

0.0341%633

1,858,740

23

Flood

Thailand25/07/2013

0.0265%97

365,966

24

Storm

China P Rep

15/08/2013

0.0258%2,120

8,227,103

25

Earthquake

Philippines

15/10/2013

0.0206%51

250,182

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)*Data from World Bank 201215

7. DISASTERS IN ASIA BY COUNTRY, 2013
Country
Afghanistan

Disaster Type

Occurrence

Earthquake

KilledDamageAffected(US$ Million)

1

18

3,531

Flood

4

113

17,097Mass Movement

1

24

1,000

Extreme temperature1

12,000Storm

164,000Extreme temperature1

72

75,000

Storm

3

50

1,532,207

20

Cambodia

Flood

1

200

1,500,000

500

China P Rep

Drought

1

Earthquake

7296

3,439,262

8,017

7,684,030

16,599Armenia
Bangladesh

Georgia
India

Indonesia

Iran Islam Rep

60

5,000,000

Extreme temperature

1

40

Flood

14

637

Mass Movement

4

157

4

8

Storm

15

265

11,345,574

10,787Flood

225,000

Storm

1

1,750

Earthquake

1

3

Extreme temperature

2

806

Flood

5

Storm

5

Earthquake

3

50

59,188

130

Flood

10

89

591,276

3,000

Mass Movement234

Volcano2

Earthquake

3

45

59,350120

6,453

3,419,473

1,360

106

13,230,004

895

42,027
5,997

600

Iraq

Flood

1

11

Israel

Storm

1

4

2,003,000

Japan

Earthquake

1

Extreme temperature1

338

54,000

Flood

1

5

3,633

Storm

7

57

61,089

Kazakhstan

Extreme temperature

1

Korea Dem P Rep

Flood

1

51

848,690

Lao P Dem Rep

Epidemic

1

77

36,000

Flood

2

23

574,253

Malaysia

Flood

1

4

75,000

Myanmar

Flood

1

7

73,300Mass Movement

116Extreme temperature

1

49

Flood

2

195

Earthquake

3462

200,974

100

Flood

2

268

1,497,782

1,500

Flood

1

5

12,500

Storm

1

1

20,100

Nepal
Pakistan
Palestine (West Bank)

16

8,438

14

5,000

121

16,823

Country

Disaster TypePhilippines

Earthquake

Occurrence

KilledAffected

1

230

3,222,224

Damage(US$ Million)
51

Flood

5

105

4,500,338

2,235

Storm

8

8,047

17,944,508

10,137

Saudi Arabia

Flood

2

39

1,021

Sri Lanka

Flood

2

110

73,961

Storm

1

7

7,339

Earthquake

2

5

1,616

2

Storm

3

5

54

62

Tajikistan

Extreme temperature

1

Thailand

Flood

3

84

3,515,254

579

Taiwan (China)

2,500

TurkeyMass Movement

17

Viet Nam

Flood

6

141

2,161,001

79

Storm

4

59

1,968,208

1,545

Yemen

Flood

Total

1

40

49,092

161

19,91087,045,468

58,521

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)

In 2013, China accounts for 42 occurrences, 26 percent of the total number of disasters that hit Asia, followed byIndonesia’ 17 events, 11 percent.
The Philippines has the largest number of people killed, 8,382, equivalent to 42 percent in Asia, due mainly to storms, anearthquake and floods.
With regards to number of people affected, China ranks first with more than 27.5 million people, 32 percent, followed byPhilippines 25.7 million, 29 percent.
Similarly, economic damage is made up of China 35.4 billion USD, 61 percent and the Philippines 12.4 billion USD, 21
percent.

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8.

DISASTERS IN ASIA BY DISASTER TYPE, 2013
Disaster TypeCountry

Occurrence

KilledAffected

Drought

China P Rep

1

Earthquake

Afghanistan

1

18

3531

China P Rep

7296

3439262

Damage(US$ Million)

5000000
8017.3

India

1

3

59350

120

Indonesia

3

50

59188

130

Iran Islam Rep

3

45

5997

600

Japan

1

Pakistan3462

200974100

Philippines

1

230322222451.459Taiwan (China)

2

5

1616

2.1

77

8438

Epidemic
Extreme temperature

Flood

Lao P Dem Rep

1

Armenia

1

Bangladesh

172

China P Rep

1

40

India

2

806

Japan

1

338

Kazakhstan

1

Nepal

1

Tajikistan

1

Afghanistan

4

36000
12000
75000

54000
5000

49
2500
113

17097

Cambodia1

200

1500000

500

China P Rep

14

637

7684030

16598.6

Georgia

2

India

5

6453

3419473

25000
1360

Indonesia

1089591276

3000

Iraq

1

11

Japan

1

5

3633

Korea Dem P Rep

1

51848690Lao P Dem Rep

2

23574253

Malaysia

1

4

75000

Myanmar

1

7

73300

Nepal

2

195

16823

Pakistan

2268

1497782

Palestine (West Bank)

1

5

12500

Philippines

51054500338

Saudi Arabia

2

39

1021

Sri Lanka

2

110

73961

Thailand3

843515254

579

Viet Nam

6141

2161001

78.5

Yemen

1

40

49092

18

121

1500
2234.788

Disaster Type
Mass Movement

Storm

VolcanoCountry

Occurrence

KilledDamageAffected(US$ Million)

Afghanistan

1

24

1000

China P Rep

4

157

4

8

Indonesia

234

Myanmar1

16

Turkey1

7

Armenia

1

64000

60

Bangladesh

3501532207

20

China P Rep

15

265

11345574

10787

Georgia

1

India

5

106

13230004

Israel1

42003000

Japan

7

57

61089

Palestine (West Bank)

1

1

20100

Philippines

8

8047

17944508

1750
895.47114.2
10136.563

Sri Lanka

1

7

7339

Taiwan (China)

3

5

54

61.6

Viet Nam

4

59

19682081545.2319910

87045468

Indonesia

2

Total

161

42027
58520.811

Source:EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)This table shows disasters in Asia in 2013 by disaster type.
Flood and storm make up for the largest shares in all indices of occurrence, the number of people killed, the number ofpeople affected and economic damage.
While flood tops in occurrence at 67, which is equivalent to 42 percent and in economic damage by 26 billion USD, 44
percent, storm outnumbers it in the number of people killed as 8,580, 43 percent and in the number of people affected,
48 million as 55 percent.

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