Table 5.5.
Summary of disaster events in 2018a
| Natural disaster category | Events | Key details |
|---|---|---|
| Droughts and extreme temperature | 39 |
Kenya: three million people affected Afghanistan: 2.2 million people affected Central America: 2.5 million affected Europe |
| Earthquakes and Tsunamis | 20 |
Papua New Guinea: 181 killed, over half million affected Island of Lombok, Indonesia: 564 killed Island of Sulawesi, Indonesia: 3400 killed |
| Floods | 108 |
Somalia: 700,000 affected Nigeria: 300 killed, four million affected Japan: 230 killed Kerala, India: 504 killed, over 23 million affected |
| Storms | 84 |
United States: Hurricanes Florence and Michael Japan: Typhoon Jebi Asia China India Philippines |
| Volcanic activity | 7 |
Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala: 400 killed, 1.7 million affected Anak Krakatau, Indonesia: resulting tsunami resulted in 400 killed on the islands of Sumatra and Java |
| Wildfires | 9 |
Attica Fires, Greece: 126 killed Camp Fire, California, US: 88 killed |
aUsed with permission from CRED, 2019 (Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) 2019)