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EM-DAT: Disasters of the week
Week 17-2022: April 25 - May 1
Natural disasters: 2022-0239 Tropical storm ‘Jasmine’; Madagascar
2022-0240 Landslide; Bukavu City (South Kivu Province), Congo (Dem Rep)
2022-0241 Severe weather; Lambunao Municipality (Iloilo Province), Philippines
2022-0243 Floods; southern Mindanao, Philippines
2022-0245 Severe convective storm; southern China
2022-0248 Heat wave; India and Pakistan
2022-0249 Cholera outbreak; Somalia
2022-0250 Floods; Venezuela
2022-0251 Floods; Amapa state, Brazil
2022-0252 Floods; Guadaloupe
2022-0253 Floods and landslides; Norte de Santander and Antioquia Departments, Colombia
2022-0255 Plague outbreak; Ituri, Congo (Dem Rep)
2022-0257 Severe weather; Gassol (Taraba State), Nigeria
2022-0258 Floods; Mbeya and Songwe Regions, Tanzania
2022-0260 Floods; Indonesia
2022-0266 Floods, Canada and USA
2022-0267 Thunderstorms; Puerto Rico
2022-9254 Drought; Niger
Technological disasters: 2022-0242 Electrocution during an religious procession; Thanjavur, India
2022-0269 Collapse of a building; Changsha, China
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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