The loss of life during major types of natural disaster.
1947 - 1980
| TYPE OF DISASTER | DEATHS |
| Tropical Cyclones
(Hurricanes, Typhoons) |
499 000 |
| Earthquakes | 450 000 |
| Floods (other than with tropical cyclones) |
194 000 |
| Thunderstorms & Tornadoes | 29 000 |
| Snowstorms | 10 000 |
| Volcanoes | 9 000 |
| Heat-waves | 7 000 |
| Avalanches | 5 000 |
| Landslides | 5 000 |
| Tsunamis | 5 000 |
1990 - 2004
| Year | Drought | Earthquake | Heat | Flood | Slides |
| 1990 | 0 | 42,884 | 992 | 2,203 | 214 |
| 1991 | 0 | 2,454 | 835 | 5,936 | 814 |
| 1992 | 0 | 4,035 | 388 | 5,367 | 1,070 |
| 1993 | 0 | 10,088 | 106 | 5,930 | 1,498 |
| 1994 | 0 | 1,237 | 416 | 6,413 | 280 |
| 1995 | 0 | 7,739 | 1,730 | 8,154 | 1,497 |
| 1996 | 0 | 569 | 300 | 7,171 | 1,155 |
| 1997 | 520 | 3,219 | 619 | 6,958 | 801 |
| 1998 | 260 | 7,391 | 3,225 | 9,689 | 981 |
| 1999 | 0 | 4,739 | 771 | 34,367 | 351 |
| 2000 | 370 | 216 | 922 | 6,429 | 1,023 |
| 2001 | 199 | 21,336 | 1,653 | 4,662 | 692 |
| 2002 | 533 | 1,634 | 3,369 | 4,122 | 1,149 |
| 2003 | 9 | 29,617 | 48,228 | 3,718 | 706 |
| 2004 | 1 | 882 | 239 | 6,957 | 357 |
| Year | Volcano | Wave/Surge | Wild Fires | Wind Storm | Total |
| 1990 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4,926 | 51,252 |
| 1991 | 683 | 10 | 90 | 146,970 | 157,792 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 1,335 | 12,317 |
| 1993 | 99 | 59 | 3 | 2,968 | 20,751 |
| 1994 | 101 | 31 | 84 | 4,081 | 12,643 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3,724 | 22,873 |
| 1996 | 4 | 27 | 45 | 4,217 | 13,488 |
| 1997 | 53 | 400 | 32 | 5,330 | 17,932 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2,182 | 109 | 24,657 | 48,494 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 11,904 | 52,205 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 1,138 | 10,146 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1,818 | 30,393 |
| 2002 | 200 | 0 | 6 | 1,112 | 12,125 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1,002 | 83,327 |
| 2004 | 2 | 226,435 | 14 | 6,513 | 241,400 |
Date Created: 25-Jan-2008
Last Updated: 25-Jan-2008
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