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EM-DAT: Disasters of the week
Week 11-2023: March 13 - March 19
Natural disasters: 2023-0134 Convective storm; Thailand
2023-0141 Floods; Adiyaman and Sanliurfa provinces, Turkey
2023-0142 Floods; Davao Region, Philippines
2023-0153 Eruption Mount Merapi; Indonesia
2023-0155 Earthquake; Ecuador and Peru
2023-0160 Floods; IDPs Camps, Syria (Arab Rep)
2023-0161 Severe weather; Madhya Pradesh State, India
2023-0162 Severe weather; Chiang Mai, Thailand
2023-0163 Flash floods; NorthEast; Syria (Arab Rep)
2023-0164 Floods; Sarawak, Malaysia
2023-0166 Diphteria outbreak; Nigeria
2023-9167 Drought; Honduras
Technological disasters: 2023-0145 Coal mine explosion; Sutatausa, Colombia
2023-0146 Miscellaneous accident during fire celebration; Iran (Islam Rep)
2023-0154 Bus accident; Shibchar, Bangladesh
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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