Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970–2012)

WMO-No. 1123

Collection(s)

Technical

Author(s)

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Published by

WMO

Published in

Geneva

Year published

2014

Summary

The Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970–2012) seeks to raise awareness of these and other challenges to collecting and analysing disaster risk information. It presents a worldwide analysis of extreme weather, climate and water events, drawing on the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT), compiled by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). The Atlas compares the reported impacts of meteorological, climatic and hydrological extremes (as categorized by CRED) on people and economies at both global and regional levels.

Language of publication

English

Number of pages

48 p.

Format

Digital

ISBN

978-92-63-11123-4

Material type

Atlas

Official number

WMO-No. 1123