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Flood Venezuela Hydrometeorological events


10 15 20 25


0 5


45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0


1 000 900


800 700 600 500 400 300 200


100 0


1970-1979 0


40 30 20 10


1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009 1970


Affected people Millions of people


Thousands of people


Tropical cyclon Fifi Honduras 1974


1980 1990


in Latin America and the Caribbean Mortalities


Tropical cyclon Mitch Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El


Guadalupe, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.


1998 2000 1999


Flood Haiti and Dominican Rep. Tropical cyclon Jeanne Haiti


Salvador, Costa Rica and Belize. Tropical cyclon Georges Cuba, Dominican Rep.,


2004


Tropical cyclon Stan Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, Haiti,


Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica


2005 2010


Events


Wildfires Extreme temperatures


Storms Drought


Floods


Each square represents 10 events


Estimated cost of damage Billions of US dollars


Source: The International Disasters Database, accessed in August 2010. Figure 1.10 13


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