The statistic shows the number of deaths through natural disasters in developing Asian countries from 2011 to August 2018, broken down by type of disaster. During that period, meteorological disasters caused 15.88 thousand deaths, followed by hydrological disasters that caused 12.1 thousand deaths. In total, natural disasters caused 39.73 thousand deaths.
Number of deaths through natural disasters in developing Asian countries from 2011 to August 2018, by type
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Climatological disasters include drought, forest fires, and land fires.
Geophysical disasters consist of ash fall, associated avalanches, earthquakes or other ground movements, landslides, lava flows, rockfalls, and tsunamis.
Hydrological disasters include associated avalanches, coastal floods, flash floods, landslides, mudslides, riverine floods, rockfalls, and subsidence.
Meteorological disasters include cold waves, convective storms, heat waves, severe winter conditions, and tropical cyclones.
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Asian Development Bank. (October 3, 2018). Number of deaths through natural disasters in developing Asian countries from 2011 to August 2018, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/984349/apac-number-deaths-natural-disasters/
Asian Development Bank. "Number of deaths through natural disasters in developing Asian countries from 2011 to August 2018, by type." Chart. October 3, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/984349/apac-number-deaths-natural-disasters/
Asian Development Bank. (2018). Number of deaths through natural disasters in developing Asian countries from 2011 to August 2018, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/984349/apac-number-deaths-natural-disasters/
Asian Development Bank. "Number of Deaths through Natural Disasters in Developing Asian Countries from 2011 to August 2018, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Oct 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/984349/apac-number-deaths-natural-disasters/
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Number of deaths through natural disasters in developing Asian countries from 2011 to August 2018, by type [Graph], Asian Development Bank, October 3, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/984349/apac-number-deaths-natural-disasters/