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EM-DAT: Disasters of the week
Week 13-2023: March 27 - April 02
Natural disasters: 2023-0177 Landslides; Alausí Canton, Ecuador
2023-0178 Floods ; Pando department, Bolivia
2023-0187 Floods; Kenya and Ethiopia
2023-0191 Floods; Cibitoke, Burundi
2023-0192 Tornadoes; USA
2023-0193 Landslides; North Kivu, Congo (Dem rep)
2023-0194 Wildfires; Korea (Rep of)
2023-0197 Wildfires and pollution; Mekong region, Thailand
2023-0198 Severe weather; Odisha, India
2023-0199 Flash floods; Jiroft County, Kerman province, Iran (Islam Rep)
2023-0200 Floods; Cauca department, Colombia
2023-0202 Marbourg outbreak; Kagera region, Tanzania (United Republic of)
2023-0203 Floods; Cerea state, Brazil
2023-0207 Flash Floods; Taita–Taveta and Narok Counties, Kenya
2023-0209 Flash Floods; Mindanao, Philippines
2023-0210 Storm ‘Mathis’; Switzerland, France and Germany
2023-0211 Floods; Indonesia
2023-0212 Floods; Latvia and Belarus
Technological disasters: 2023-0182 Fire in an immigration processing facility; Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
2023-0184 Road accidents; Asir, Saudi Arabia
2023-0188 Fire on a ferry; Baluk-Baluk IsL, Philippines
2023-0190 Stampede; Karachi, Pakistan
2023-0195 Collapse in a temple; Madhya Pradesh, India
2023-0196 Minibus accident; near Rabat, Morocco
Welcome to the EM-DAT website
In 1988, the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) launched the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT). EM-DAT was created with the initial support of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Belgian Government.
The main objective of the database is to serve the purposes of humanitarian action at national and international levels. The initiative aims to rationalise decision making for disaster preparedness, as well as provide an objective base for vulnerability assessment and priority setting.
EM-DAT contains essential core data on the occurrence and effects of over 22,000 mass disasters in the world from 1900 to the present day. The database is compiled from various sources, including UN agencies, non-governmental organisations, insurance companies, research institutes and press agencies.
Data access policy new public EM-DAT tool
The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) within the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) provides free access to the full Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) for non-commercial purposes. Users on behalf of academic organizations, universities, non-profit organisations and/or international public organization (UN agencies, multi-lateral banks, other multi-lateral institution and national governments), are granted free access to EM-DAT, after acceptance of the present conditions of use.
Users representing an entity with a Commercial use, e.g. corporations, private companies, commercial partnerships, or other business organizations, must contact EM-DAT database manager (regina.below@uclouvain.be) regarding access. Access shall be granted to EM-DAT upon proof of payment of the corresponding annual fee, as agreed upon in the Database License Agreement.
Visit https://public.emdat.be/ to register and access our new public EM-DAT query tool.
Contact regina.below@uclouvain.be or contact@cred.be for more information.
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