2013 Major Water-Related Disasters in the World (Pt.1)
India. Nepal (Jun. 2013)
The Torrential rain by earlycoming monsoon causedfloods, flash floods andlandslides in northern India andNepal. The Death toll was
6,054 across India, 76 in Nepal

Bangladesh (May. 2013)Landed tropical cyclone
MAHASEN broughttorrential rain and storms.
The death toll was 17., andabout 1.5 million people
were affected.

China (May. 2013)
Continuous heavy
rain caused floods
and landslide insouth China.
55 were killed.

India (Oct. 2013)
The Tropical Cyclone PHAILIN
landed at east coast of India,and killed 47 people. About 1.3
million people were affected.
India (Oct. 2013)
The Flash floods in Odisha
and Andhra Pradesh, east
coast of India, killed 72people.
Saudi Arabia (Apr.2013)
Continuous heavy rain for 2
weeks caused floods andflash floods in various area.
The death toll was 24 in
Saudi Arabia.
Thailand (Sep. 2013)
The heavy rain during the rainyseason caused floods in 47
provinces out of 77 provinces inThailand. The death toll was 61.
The inundation at Industrial
estate reported.
Afghanistan, Pakistan (Aug.
2013)
The torrential rain by monsoon
caused floods and flashfloods.
52 killed in Afghanistan and234 killed in Pakistan.

Philippines, China (Sep. 2013)
The rainstorm by powerful
Typhoon USAGI caused floods
and landslides.
The death toll was 5 inPhilippines, and 20 in China.

Indonesia (Jul. 2013)
The natural dam
which has madeabout a year before
collapsed, and thiscaused floods. 1 killed,
3 were missing and
32 injured.*Philippines (Nov. 2013)
The Typhoon HAIYAN, the mostpowerful typhoon in 2013, landed atEastern Samar at morning on 8th
Nov, and moved across Leyte,
Cebu and Panay Island, then went
to South China Sea at morning on
9th.
This typhoon killed 7,354..

China (Aug. 2013)
Continuous heavy rain caused
over-flow the river of borderarea between China and Russia,
and floods in Northeast China
and Far East Russia. The death
toll was 118 in China.

China (Aug. 2013)
The torrential rain by
Typhoon Utor, hit China on
Aug. 14, caused floods insouthern China. More than 8
million were affected and 88
were killed.

China (Jan. 2013)
A landslide causedby the continuous
heavy rains buried
16 families, killing
46.*

China, Taiwan (Jul. 2013)
Torrential rain caused
floods and landslides inChina. And Typhoon
SOULIK lashed Taiwan
and coastal area of China
on 13th Jul. These killed
233.

Viet Nam (Nov.2013)
The torrential rain by Tropical
Depression caused floods inCentral Viet Nam. 47 people
were killed .

China, Viet Nam (Sep.2013)
The rainstorm by Typhoon
WUTIP caused floods andkilled 16 in Viet Nam and 74in China.

Viet Nam, Cambodia (Sep. 2013)
The torrential rain during rainyseason turned worse by typhoon,
and it caused floods. The death toll
was 30 in Viet Nam, 200 inCambodia.

Local Survey
carried out
Number of Death

0～49

Number of Death

50～99

Number of Death 100～499
Number of Death 500～999

Basically filtered thedisasters with more than
10 death in thedeveloped countries andwith more than 50 deathin the developingcountries

Number of Death 1000～
Source (death toll and affected No.)：D.
Guha-Sapir, R. Below, Ph. Hoyois - EM-DAT:International Disaster Database –www.emdat.be – Université Catholique deLouvain – Brussels – Belgium. (figures with *are from press release)

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