Table 5.8.
Top 10 deadliest disaster events (2018)a
| Rank | Event | Country | Death toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earthquake/Tsunami | Indonesia | 3400 |
| 2 | Earthquake, August | Indonesia | 564 |
| 3 | Flood, August | India | 504 |
| 4 | Volcanic Activity/Tsunami, December | Indonesia | 453 |
| 5 | Volcanic Activity, June | Guatemala | 425 |
| 6 | Flood, June | Japan | 220 |
| 7 | Flood, September | Nigeria | 199 |
| 8 | Heatwave, May | Pakistan | 180 |
| 9 | Flood, August | Korea DPR | 151 |
| 10 | Earthquake, February | Papua New Guinea | 145 |
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)