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Top five most common natural disasters between 2000 and 2011
| Disaster | Number of events |
|---|---|
| Flood | 2066 |
| Storms | 1231 |
| Epidemic | 666 |
| Earthquake | 344 |
| Extreme temperature | 265 |
EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database – www.emdat.net – Université catholique de Louvain – Brussels–Belgium.
