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EM-DAT: Disasters of the week
Week 30-2022: July 25 - July 31
Natural disasters: 2022-0448 Earthquake; Philippines
2022-0451 Wildfires; Bradenburg state, Germany
2022-0552 Wildfires; Hérault, France
2022-0469 Wildfires, Ardèche, France
2022-0471 Convective storms and flooding; Misouri and Kentucky, USA
2022-0472 Convective storms; China
2022-0474 Floods; Thailand
2022-0475 Floods; SouthWest USA
2022-0476 Floods and landslides; Iran (Islam Rep)
2022-0480 Flash floods; Kentucky, USA
2022-0481 Floods; Uganda
2022-0482 Wildfires; Gard, France
2022-0484 Floods; United Arab Emirates
2022-0497 Flash floods; Mongolia
2022-0511 Floods; Liaoning, China
Technological disasters: 2022-0435 Shipwreck; Sadiqabad sub-district, Pakistan
2022-0461 Bomb accident; Borno state, Nigeria
2022-0485 Road accident; Junin region, Peru
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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