The following is an overview of disasters worldwide. The data from 1970 to 2010, over 2000 death-toll disasters, which had 50 events, were analyzed (Total death toll approx. 3mil).
Vulnerable Areas:
1. Southeast Asia –West Asia
Over 50% of the world’s pop.is living.
events 68%
death 56%
Countries: The Philippines, Indonesia, China, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Armenia, Turkey
2. Central America
event 18%
death 14%
Countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Haiti, Venezuela, Columbia, Peru
3. Africa
Drought: 3 events, total death toll 0.9mil. (29%)
4. By country
India 8, Iran 6, Bangladesh 4, China/Indonesia/The Philippines 3
India: Earthquake and Flood
Iran: Earthquake 1/4 of the world earthquake disasters (over 1000 death toll)
Bangladesh: Storm Surge 1/10 year has over 1000 death toll event.
5. Others
Volcanic Disaster
Indonesia has 13/30 events (over 1000 death toll after 19the 60s) in the World.
Affected People
Populated Countries: China and India: Flood and drought
These analyses referred to the NIED DIL homepage (in Japanese).
