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National Disaster Profile, Bangladesh
 
Top 10 Natural Disaster of Bangladesh
Number of people killed
 
Disaster Date Killed
Famine 1943 1,900,000
Epidemic 1918 393,000
Wind Storm 12-Nov-1970 300,000
Wind Storm 30-Apr-1991 138,866
Wind Storm Oct-1942 61,000
Wind Storm 11-May-1965 36,000
Flood Jul-1974 28,700
Wind Storm Jun-1965 12,047
Wind Storm 28-May-1963 11,500
Wind Storm 9-May-1961 11,000
  Number of people affected
 
Disaster Date
Affected
Flood Aug-1988 73,000,000
Flood Jul-1974 38,000,000
Flood 20-Jun-2004 36,000,000
Flood May-1984 30,000,000
Flood 22-Jul-1987 29,700,000
Drought 5-Jul-1983 20,000,000
Flood Jul-1968 15,889,616
Wind Storm 11-May-1965 15,600,000
Wind Storm 30-Apr-1991 15,438,849
Flood 8-Jul-1998 15,000,050
Source : OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database / Sep-3-2004 - Data version: v07.04
 
 
Natural Disaster from 1904-2004
Source: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, http://www.em-dat.net/ - Université catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium
 
 
Top 10 Technological Disasters
Number of people killed
 
Disaster Date Killed
Transport Accident 18-May-1986 600
Transport Accident 8-Jul-2003 528
Transport Accident 15-Aug-1986 500
Transport Accident 20-Apr-1986 400
Transport Accident 23-Mar-1985 300
Transport Accident 3-May-2002 300
Transport Accident 27-Jul-2003 300
Transport Accident Nov-1979 200
Transport Accident 16-Feb-1986 200
Transport Accident 9-Oct-1986 200
  Number of people affected
 
Disaster Date Affected
Misc Accident 20-Apr-1986 20,000
Misc Accident 7-Mar-2002 20,000
Transport Accident 15-Jan-1989 1,000
Transport Accident 13-Jan-1995 500
Industrial Accident 21-Apr-1999 500
Transport Accident 21-Dec-1983 200
Transport Accident 2-Apr-1999 200
Misc Accident 1-Dec-2002 200
Transport Accident 8-Jul-2003 200
Transport Accident 26-Jan-1979 182
Source : OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database / Sep-3-2004 - Data version: v07.04

 

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