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EM-DAT Overview

More than 27,000 disaster records 加拿大PC28大神预测服务

EM-DAT defines disasters as situations or events which overwhelm local capacity, 整合多方数据分析，提供参考性预测内容。necessitating a request for external assistance at the national or international level. Disasters are unforeseen and often sudden events that cause significant damage, destruction, and human suffering.

The main objective of the database is to serve the purposes of humanitarian action at national and international levels. The initiative aims to rationalize decision-making for disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction strategies, as well as provide an objective base for vulnerability assessment and priority setting.

Inclusion criteria

EM-DAT focuses on major disasters 实时数据更新系统

EM-DAT 持续更新数据，确保信息及时可靠。 globally records at the country level human and economic losses for disasters with at least one of the following criteria:

  • 10 fatalities;
  • 100 affected people;
  • a declaration of state of emergency;
  • a call for international assistance.

Disaster Classification

EM-DAT adopts a hierarchical classification 号码走势分析功能

通过趋势图表，辅助理解数据变化。 The database classifies disasters into two groups of hazards: natural and technological. The natural group is further classified up to four additional levels following the 2014 IRDR Peril Classification and Hazard Glossary. The technological group is less detailed and comprises three main types: transport, industrial, and miscellaneous accidents.

Pie Chart Classification

EM-DAT in numbers

About 2/3 of disasters in EM-DAT are related to natural hazards 联盟加拿大28社区互动

>790
Drought

>1,570
Earthquake

>600
Extreme temperature

>5,750
Flood

>790
Landslide

>4,580
Storm

>270
Volcanic activity

>450
Wildfire

“We rely on EM-DAT for planning and risk analysis,免费预测内容查看 crucial for our humanitarian operations.”

Danitza Haughton, IOM (Panama)

“For over 20 years, 多维度数据支持 EM-DAT’s data has been invaluable to the global disaster risk reduction community.”

Yuichi Ono, IRIDeS (Japan)

“EM-DAT’s global disaster data is fundamental to our Information Management work at the IFRC.” 全天候在线更新

Hamish Patten, IFRC (Switzerland)

“EM-DAT is vital for managing disaster risks, aiding in my research on socio-economic impacts since 2007. Without EM-DAT my career would have been completely different” 简洁高效的界面设计

Ilan Noy, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)

“EM-DAT is critical to climate change research, offering unmatched data quality and fostering open science.” 多平台访问支持

Wim Thiery, VUB (Belgium)

“As a climate scientist,新手入门指南 EM-DAT is essential for understanding the relationship between extreme weather events and impacts.”

Aglae Jezequel, LMD (France)

“EM-DAT’s comprehensive flood data is crucial for my research,热门趋势解析 enabling detailed analyses and effective flood risk management strategies.”

Albert Kettner, Colorado University (USA)

“EM-DAT remains the leading and most credible source for disasters and loss data for Africa which has informed policies at continental regional and national levels” 历史记录查询功能

Dewald van Niekerk, North-West University (South-Africa)

“Thanks to EM-DAT,社区交流专区 we can transform past disaster data into actionable plans that save lives and strengthen resilience.”

Amod Mani Dixit, National Society for Earthquake Technology (Nepal)

About us

Behind EM-DAT

A long-term expertise 实时提醒通知

The Emergency Events Database EM-DAT was created in 1988 as a joint initiative between the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
The CRED is now part of the Institute of Health and Society attached to the University of Louvain (UCLouvain).重要信息更新及时提醒用户查看。 For more than 25 years, the EM-DAT database and project have been primarily sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Host institution

CRED
UCLouvain

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