Publication Name

Asia, the region most hit by natural disasters in 2014

China

Canada

Japan

United States

Philippines

Mexico

Russian Federation

Papua New Guinea

Guatemala

Honduras Nicaragua

UK

Cambodia Vietnam

Nepal

Belarus

Tajikistan

Malaysia

Pakistan Afghanistan

Hungary

Serbia

Thailand

Slovenia Croatia Italy

Colombia

Bangladesh Myanmar

Azerbaidjan

Macedonia

Australia

Indonesia

Bosnia

Peru

Iran

Morocco

India

Bolivia

Sri Lanka

Niger

Sudan

Brazil

57 000

Paraguay

Somalia

Chile

Nigeria

Argentina

Burkina Faso

Kenya

People affected by natural disasters* Thousands, 2014

20 000

Tanzania

10 000

Madagascar

Do natural disasters kill the poorest? People killed in each income group, 1994–2013 474 000 441 000

Mozambique

1 000

South Africa

100

* Includes droughts, floods, wildfire, storms, extreme temperatures and landslides Countries in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region Countries by income groups Low income Lower middle income Upper middle income High income

252 000

182 000

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by ICIMOD, CICERO or GRID-Arendal.

Source: Guha-Sapir, D; Below, R, Hoyois, Ph (nd) EM-DAT: International disaster database ; Brussels: Université Catholique de Louvain. www.emdat.be

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