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EM-DAT: Disasters of the week
Week 2-2022: January 10 - January 16
Natural disasters: 2022-0009 Floods; Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
2022-0011 Floods; Papua province, Indonesia
2022-0012 Earthquake; Maluku province, Indonesia
2022-0013 Tropical storm ‘Cody’; Viti Levu, Fiji
2022-0020 Floods and landslides; Minas Gerais, Brazil
2022-0026 Volcanic eruption and tsunami; Tonga
2022-0029 Snow storm; Canada and USA
2022-0039 Severe weather; Greece
2022-0040 Floods and landslides; Indonesia
2022-0041 Severe weather, Norway
Technological disasters: 2022-0017 Road accident; Limpopo province, South Africa
2022-0018 Road accident; Mwanza, Tanzania (Uni Rep)
2022-0019 A truck falls from a Ferry; Egypt
2022-0028 Shipwreck with migrants; Tarfaya; Morocco
2022-0030 Truck accident; Mindanao, Philippines
2022-0031 Fire in a displacement camp; Alindao, Central African rep
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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