Einar H. Dyvik
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This statistic shows the number of deaths resulting from the world's major mudslides from 1900 to 2016*. The mudslide in Honduras in 1973 claimed 2,800 lives.
Natural disasters
Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruption, tsunamis, floods, tornados or mudslides affect people worldwide.
Mudslides typically occur during periods of heavy rainfall or rapid snowmelt and basically appear in regions which are likely to have monsoon storm. The number of people affected by major mudslides worldwide stood at 4,000,000 due to the mudslide in Brazil in January 11, 1966. Compared to Brazil, India counted 2,500,000 affected people in July, 1986.
Earthquakes are typically caused by the movement of the earth crusts, these movements cause vibrations which pass through and around the world. Earthquakes often destroy the homes of many people and cause a lot of casualties. The global number of death due to earthquakes varies from year to year. As a result of earthquakes, 320,120 people died worldwide in 2010 and about 768 people died in 2012.
Tropical cyclones are a rotating system of clouds and thunderstorm and although there are tropical cyclone warning systems the tropical cyclone in the Philippines was the natural disaster with the most fatalities in 2012, 1,901 people lost their lives due to the tropical cyclone.
It is always a big tragedy when people are affected by natural disasters, 1,036,065 affected people were counted during the volcanic eruption in the Philippines in June 9, 1991. Most of the states which know about the volcanic activities in their countries have an evacuation plan trying to safe peoples lives. In some cases it is difficult for the people to follow authorities’ instructions caused by unforeseen situations and it comes to high number of casualties like in the volcanic eruption in Ecuador in August 14, 2006.
Natural disasters
Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruption, tsunamis, floods, tornados or mudslides affect people worldwide.
Mudslides typically occur during periods of heavy rainfall or rapid snowmelt and basically appear in regions which are likely to have monsoon storm. The number of people affected by major mudslides worldwide stood at 4,000,000 due to the mudslide in Brazil in January 11, 1966. Compared to Brazil, India counted 2,500,000 affected people in July, 1986.
Earthquakes are typically caused by the movement of the earth crusts, these movements cause vibrations which pass through and around the world. Earthquakes often destroy the homes of many people and cause a lot of casualties. The global number of death due to earthquakes varies from year to year. As a result of earthquakes, 320,120 people died worldwide in 2010 and about 768 people died in 2012.
Tropical cyclones are a rotating system of clouds and thunderstorm and although there are tropical cyclone warning systems the tropical cyclone in the Philippines was the natural disaster with the most fatalities in 2012, 1,901 people lost their lives due to the tropical cyclone.
It is always a big tragedy when people are affected by natural disasters, 1,036,065 affected people were counted during the volcanic eruption in the Philippines in June 9, 1991. Most of the states which know about the volcanic activities in their countries have an evacuation plan trying to safe peoples lives. In some cases it is difficult for the people to follow authorities’ instructions caused by unforeseen situations and it comes to high number of casualties like in the volcanic eruption in Ecuador in August 14, 2006.
