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EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database

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General Info
Provider 
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Global
Coverage type 
Global
Time period covered 
01/1900 - 02/2024
Data type
Event data
Summary 

The EM-DAT database covers natural and technological disasters, occurrences and effects, from 1900 to present (ongoing). The database is maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). The Web site allows you to create extracts of the data by country, region, year and type of disaster.

Keywords 
Disasters, Mortality
GHDx Entry last modified on: Feb 28, 2024