| Major Disasters in FY2005 (the final version) | |||||||||
| Last Updated: | 2006/4/3 | ||||||||
| Basis of Selection: | Disasters with more than 100 killed or missing, or more than 100,000 affected, or direct damages totaling 100 million dollars | ||||||||
| Exclude epidemics | |||||||||
| Date of Occurrence | Country | Type of Disaster | No.of Death (No. of Missing) |
No. of People Affected (Approx.) |
Direct Damage (Approximate Amount $) | Note | Source |
Announced Date | Data Update |
| April 23-24 | Ethiopia | flood | 177 | 103,000 | IFRC | May 6 | finalized | ||
| May 31 to June 2 | China | flood | 116(63) | 9,770,000 | 383 million | Hunan, Guandong, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou | OCHA | June 7 | finalized |
| June | Zambia | drought | 1,200,000 | IRIN | June 20 | finalized | |||
| June mid - 23 | China | flood | 97（41） | 16,700,000 | Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi | OCHA | June 24 | finalized | |
| June late to July 6 | India | flood | 226（13） | 405,000* | Gujarat *evacuees | OCHA | July 7 | finalized | |
| June 30 | DPRK | flood | 88（105） | 16,093 | IFRC | July 5 | finalized | ||
| July | Pakistan | flood | 39 | 460,073 | NWFP・Punjab・Sindh | OCHA | July 26 | finalized | |
| July early | China | flood | 49（9） | 11,230,000 | Sichuan | OCHA | July 13 | finalized | |
| July mid | India | flood | 700,000 | Assam, Arimacjal Pradesh | OCHA | July 15 | finalized | ||
| July to August | Niger | drought | 3,600,000 | IRIN | August 8 | finalized | |||
| July 7-9 | Haiti・ Cuba・ Jamaica・ USA |
hurricane(Dennis) | H:40 C:16 U:5 |
H:15,000 C:8,000,000 J:8,000 |
Category 4 | OCHA, IFRC, USAID |
July 12 July 13 July 15 |
finalized | |
| July 24 | India | flood, landslide | 1,397(106) | 2,905,000 | Maharashtra・Gujarat・Karnataka・West Bengal・Jharkhand・ Goa・Orissa・Assam・Bihar・UtterPradesh | Government of India | August 25 | finalized | |
| August mid | Thailand | flood | 11 | 100,000 | Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lampang, Lamphun, Mae Hong Son, Nakhon Phanom, Phayao, Tak | IFRC | August 31 | finalized | |
| August 23-30 | USA | hurricane(Katrina), (Rita) |
1,336(4,000-)* | millions | Lousiana, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia K:category 5 (August 28) Gulf of Mexico category 4 (August 29) USA *L:1090, M:228, F:14, A:2, G:2 R:category 3 |
National Hurricane Center |
December 20 | finalized | |
| September 1-3 | China | typhoon (Talim), flood, landslide |
129(30) | 19,624,000 | 1.9 billion | Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei | OCHA | September 12 | finalized |
| September late | India・Bangladesh | storm | I:33(1,000) B:16(3,000) |
I:61,000 | I:Andhra Pradesh・Orissa・Gujarat・Maharashtra | OCHA | September 21 | finalized | |
| September 26 | China・Vietnam | typhoon (Damrey), flood |
C;9 V:59(16) |
C:5,719,000 V:600,000 |
V:219,002,500 | C:Hainan, Guangdon, Guangxi | OCHA | September 29 October 7 |
finalized |
| October | India | depression, cyclone, flood |
100 | 100,000 | Tamil Nadu・Karnataka・West Bengal・Orissa | OCHA | October 25 | finalized | |
| October 4-9 | Guatemala・ El Salvador・ Mexico・ Costa Rica・ Nicaragua |
hurricane (Stan), storm, flood, landslide |
G:669(84) E:69 M:15 |
G:474,928 M:1,954,571 C:1,074 N:13,750 |
G:207 million* | * damage in agriculture Category 1 |
OCHA, USAID | October 9 October 12 October 28 |
finalized |
| October 8 | Pakistan India Afganistan |
earthquake | P:73,338 I:1,309 A:4 |
P&I:4,000,000 | Magnitude: 7.6 P:14,000 primary and secondary schools destroyed (estimated by UNICEF) |
OCHA, USAID |
October 10 January 20 |
finalized | |
| October late | USA・Haiti・Mexico・Jamaica・Cuba・Honduras・Cayman Islands・Bahamas・Canada | hurricane(Wilma), tropical storm(Alpha), flood |
U:14 H:12 M:4 J:1 |
M:1,000,000 C:100,000 |
Wilma: category 5 | OCHA | October 25 October 26 January 27 |
finalized | |
| December 5-27 | Philippines | flood | 14(10) | 262,767 | 514706* | * damage in agriculture | Government of Philippines | December 28 | finalized |
| December to March | Japan | snow | 149 | Fire and Disaster Management Agency | March 30 | finalized | |||
| December late | India, Bandladesh | cold wave | I: 180 B:100 |
B:millions | IFRC | January 17 | finalized | ||
| December 29 to January early | China | snow | 622,000 | Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region | IFRC | Janurary 11 | finalized | ||
| January early | Indonesia | flash flood, landslide | 154 | 8,304* | *evacuees | OCHA | January 9 | finalized | |
| February 17 | Philippines | landslide | 139(980) | 18,862 | Southern Leyte | Government of Philippines | March 1 | finalized | |
| March 30, 31 | Iran | earthquake | 70 | 100,000 | Mid - West Iran | OCHA | April 3 | continued | |