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EM-DAT: Disasters of the week
Week 11-2022: March 14 - March 20
Natural disasters: 2022-0136 Floods and landslides; East Java and Central Java provinces, Indonesia
2022-0151 Severe weather; Northland, New Zealand
2022-0153 Earthquake; Fukushima prefecture, Japan
2022-0154 Flash floods; South Kivu Province, Congo (Dem Rep)
2022-0155 Floods and landslides; East Kalimantan and Aceh provinces, Indonesia
2022-0163 Landslides; Retamas, Peru
2022-0170 Earthquake; Bandar-e Lengeh region, Iran (Islam Rep)
Technological disasters: 2022-0160 Collision between a bus and a truck; Melela Kibaoni, Tanzania (Uni Rep)
2022-0161 Shipwreck with migrants; Indonesia
2022-0162 Collision between two boats; near Dacca, Bangladesh
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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