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Table 1 Total damage due to natural disasters between 1900 and 2013 in Ethiopia

From: Livelihood resilience in the face of recurring floods: an empirical evidence from Northwest Ethiopia

Year

Type

Total damage ('000 US$)

1906

Earthquake

6750

1969

Drought

1000

1973

Drought

76,000

1994

Flood

3500

1998

Drought

15,600

1999

Flood

2700

2005

Flood

5000

2005

Flood

1200

2006

Flood

3200

2013

Flood

2200

  1. Source: Authors’ computation from EM-DAT: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database-http://www.emdat.be/