Table 11.
Event distributions according to their groups and main types of disaster profile
| Group | Events % | Main Type | Category | No. of Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biological | 12 | Animal stampede | Animal stampede | 0 |
| Epidemic | Bacterial infectious diseases | 646 | ||
| Parasitic infectious diseases | 42 | |||
| Viral infectious diseases | 394 | |||
| Other epidemics | 137 | |||
| Insect infestation | Grasshopper/Locust/Worm | 78 | ||
| Climatological | 12.1 | Drought | Drought | 506 |
| Extreme temperature | Cold wave | 260 | ||
| Extreme winter condition | 59 | |||
| Heat wave, Icing, Freezing rain | 141 | |||
| Wildfire | Forest fire | 246 | ||
| Scrub/Grassland fire, Bush/Brush fire | 76 | |||
| Other wildfires | 15 | |||
| Land fire | 0 | |||
| Extraterrestrial | 0 | Meteorite/Asteroid | Meteorite/Asteroid | 0 |
| Geophysical | 9.9 | Earthquake (seismic activity) | Ground shaking | 838 |
| Tsunami, Other seismic activity | 27 | |||
| MMD | Landslide-MMD | 25 | ||
| Other MMD, Debris flow, Sudden subsidence, Mudslide, Snow avalanche, Rock fall, Avalanche | 18 | |||
| Volcano | Volcanic eruption | 160 | ||
| Hydrological | 39.3 | Flood | Flash flood | 481 |
| General flood | 2368 | |||
| Storm surge/coastal flood | 76 | |||
| Other flood, General flood/Mudslide | 815 | |||
| MMW | Landslide-MMW | 432 | ||
| Other MMW, Debris flow, Sudden subsidence, Mudslide, Snow avalanche, Rock fall, Avalanche | 79 | |||
| Meteorological | 26.7 | Storm | Extratropical cyclone | 99 |
| Hailstorm | 93 | |||
| Severe storm | 136 | |||
| Snowstorm | 73 | |||
| Snowstorm/Blizzard | 49 | |||
| Blizzard, Blizzard/Tornado, Blizzard/Dust storm, Dust storm, Sandstorm/Dust storm, Sandstorm, Snowstorm/Sandstorm, Extratropical cyclone (winter storm), Severe storm/ Hailstorm | 25 | |||
| Thunderstorm | 87 | |||
| Tornado | 221 | |||
| Other local/ Convectional storm | 22 | |||
| Tropical cyclone | 1437 | |||
| Other storm | 646 |
MMD = Mass Movement Dry; and MMW = Mass Movement Wet