<p> Cambodia</p><p>Country Profile - Natural Disasters</p><p>The information on natural disasters presented here is taken from EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database. In order for a disaster to be entered into the database at least one of the following criteria has to be fulfilled: </p><p> 10 or more people reported killed  100 people reported affected  a call for international assistance  declaration of a state of emergency </p><p>Data on natural disasters are presented in three forms: </p><p> Top 10  Summarized table  Raw data </p><p>Top 10 Natural Disasters - number killed:</p><p>Disaster type Date No Killed</p><p>Flood 31-Jul-1994 506 </p><p>Flood 11-Jul-2000 347 </p><p>Epidemic Jul-2007 182 </p><p>Flood 22-Aug-1991 100 </p><p>Flood 30-Sep-1996 59 </p><p>Epidemic 16-Apr-1999 56 </p><p>Flood 15-Aug-2001 56 </p><p>Epidemic Jun-1992 50 Flood 18-Aug-2002 29 </p><p>Flood 8-Sep-2005 16 </p><p>Top 10 Natural Disasters - number affected:</p><p>Disaster type Date No Affected</p><p>Drought Jun-1994 5,000,000 </p><p>Flood 11-Jul-2000 3,448,053 </p><p>Flood 15-Aug-2001 1,669,182 </p><p>Flood 18-Aug-2002 1,470,000 </p><p>Flood 30-Sep-1996 1,310,000 </p><p>Flood 22-Aug-1991 900,000 </p><p>Drought Jan-2002 650,000 </p><p>Drought Apr-2005 600,000 </p><p>Flood 2-Aug-1999 535,904 </p><p>Epidemic Mar-1992 380,000 </p><p>Top 10 Natural Disasters - economic damage:</p><p>Disaster type Date Damage US* (000's)</p><p>Flood 11-Jul-2000 160,000 </p><p>Drought Jun-1994 100,000 </p><p>Drought Jan-2002 38,000 Flood 15-Aug-2001 15,000 </p><p>Flood 30-Sep-1996 3,542 </p><p>Flood 18-Aug-2002 100 </p><p>Flood 22-Aug-1991 0 </p><p>Epidemic Mar-1992 0 </p><p>Epidemic Jun-1992 0 </p><p>Flood 31-Jul-1994 0 </p><p>Created on Nov-23-2007. - Data version v03.07 Please note that the CRED/EM-DAT team is currently working on enhancing the economic damage figures. Therefore, we suggest that these figures are treated with caution. Visit our website regularly for updated information. </p><p>Source:"EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, www.em-dat.net - Université catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium" </p><p>For some natural disasters (particularly floods and droughts)there is no exact day or month for the event, and for other disasters (particularly pre-1974) the available record of the disaster does not provide an exact day or month. </p><p>Summarized Table of Natural Disasters in Cambodia from 1987 to 2007</p><p># of Killed Injured Homeless Affected Total Damage US$ Events Affected (000's)</p><p>Drought 5 0 0 0 6,550,000 6,550,000 138,000</p><p> avg per event 0 0 0 1,310,000 1,310,000 27,600</p><p>Epidemic 7 310 0 0 413,343 413,343 0</p><p> avg per event 44 0 0 59,049 59,049 0</p><p>Flood 12 1,125 53 285,805 9,238,756 9,524,614 178,642</p><p> avg per event 94 4 23,817 769,896 793,718 14,887</p><p>Created on Nov-23-2007. - Data version v03.07 </p><p>Source:"EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, www.em-dat.net - Université catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium" </p><p>*Events recorded in the CRED EM-DAT. First Event: /1987, Last Entry: Jul/2007. *Epidemics include: Malaria, Diarrhoeal/Enteric(Cholera), Arbovirus(Dengue fever), Respiratory(Avion Influenza H5N1), Arbovirus(Dengue) </p><p>© 2006 CRED Country Profile - Technological Disasters</p><p>The information on natural disasters presented here is taken from EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database. In order for a disaster to be entered into the database at least one of the following criteria has to be fulfilled: </p><p> 10 or more people reported killed  100 people reported affected  a call for international assistance  declaration of a state of emergency </p><p>Data on technological disasters are presented in three forms: </p><p> Top 10  Summarized table  Raw data </p><p>Top 10 Technological Disasters - number killed:</p><p>Disaster type Date No Killed</p><p>Misc Accident 11-Feb-1974 130 </p><p>Transport Accident 3-Sep-1997 64 </p><p>Transport Accident 14-Feb-1994 31 </p><p>Transport Accident 27-Aug-1996 24 </p><p>Transport Accident 25-Jun-2007 21 </p><p>Misc Accident 13-Nov-2005 13 </p><p>Misc Accident 26-Nov-2001 0 </p><p>Top 10 Technological Disasters - number affected:</p><p>Disaster type Date No Affected Misc Accident 26-Nov-2001 20,000 </p><p>Misc Accident 11-Feb-1974 10,164 </p><p>Transport Accident 14-Feb-1994 0 </p><p>Transport Accident 27-Aug-1996 0 </p><p>Transport Accident 3-Sep-1997 0 </p><p>Misc Accident 13-Nov-2005 0 </p><p>Transport Accident 25-Jun-2007 0 </p><p>Created on Nov-23-2007. - Data version v03.07 </p><p>Source:"EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, www.em-dat.net - Université catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium" </p><p>For some technological disasters there is no exact day or month for the event, and for other disasters (particularly pre-1974) the available record of the disaster does not provide an exact day or month. </p><p>Summarized Table of Technological Disasters in Cambodia from 1974 to 2007</p><p># of Killed Injured Homeless Affected Total Damage US$ Events Affected (000's)</p><p>Misc Accident 3 143 164 20,000 10,000 30,164 600</p><p> avg per event 48 55 6,667 3,333 10,055 200</p><p>Transport Accident 4 140 0 0 0 0 0</p><p> avg per event 35 0 0 0 0 0</p><p>Created on Nov-23-2007. - Data version v03.07 </p><p>Source:"EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, www.em-dat.net - Université catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium" </p><p>*Events recorded in the CRED EM-DAT. First Event: Feb/1974, Last Entry: Jun/2007. </p><p>© 2006 CRED </p>