(Source: ADRC, Japan based on CRED-EM- DAT data base, 2001)

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                                            Summary of Natural Disasters(1991-2000)

  Number of Disasters Occurred Number of Killed Number of Totally Affected People Amount of Damage  (1,000 US$)
World 2,961 754,026 2,116,593,188 687,020,090
Asia 1,137(38.4%) 588,654(78.1%) 1,888,686,026(89.2%) 373,893,530(54.4%)

 

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