1 Introduction
Continent | No. of events | Deaths | Affected | Damage (USD ×103) | |||
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Total | Average per event | Total | Average per event | Total | Average per event | ||
Africa | 53 | 7147 | 135 | 1,600,356 | 30,195 | 12,217,929 | 230,527 |
Americas | 186 | 267,895 | 1440 | 23,322,418 | 125,389 | 95,302,696 | 512,380 |
Asia | 556 | 861,133 | 1549 | 139,920,336 | 251,655 | 548,687,792 | 986,849 |
Europe | 119 | 35,982 | 302 | 4,859,061 | 40,832 | 76,863,536 | 645,912 |
Oceania | 44 | 2850 | 65 | 713,426 | 16,214 | 26,056,900 | 592,202 |