Table 2 Flood Disaster Statistics in Ethiopia between 1960 and 2013
From: Livelihood resilience in the face of recurring floods: an empirical evidence from Northwest Ethiopia
Year | Occurrence | Total deaths | Affected | Homeless | Total affected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1968 | 1 | 1 | 10,000 | 6000 | 16,000 |
1976 | 1 | 0 | 50,000 | 20,000 | 70,000 |
1977 | 1 | 7 | 16,000 | 0 | 16,000 |
1978 | 1 | 9 | 1000 | 0 | 1000 |
1981 | 1 | 0 | 20,000 | 0 | 20,000 |
1985 | 2 | 9 | 8000 | 20,000 | 28,000 |
1988 | 2 | 45 | 47,240 | 0 | 47,240 |
1990 | 1 | 0 | 350,000 | 0 | 350,000 |
1993 | 2 | 2 | 30,000 | 4800 | 34,800 |
1994 | 1 | 4 | 43,000 | 0 | 43,014 |
1995 | 1 | 27 | 93,875 | 0 | 93,875 |
1996 | 2 | 40 | 90,000 | 25,000 | 115,000 |
1997 | 2 | 326 | 65,000 | 0 | 65,022 |
1999 | 6 | 48 | 22,255 | 125,000 | 147,255 |
2000 | 2 | 69 | 30,000 | 0 | 30,000 |
2001 | 3 | 5 | 39,500 | 0 | 39,500 |
2002 | 1 | 22 | 4000 | 0 | 4000 |
2003 | 1 | 119 | 110,000 | 0 | 110,000 |
2005 | 4 | 211 | 242,418 | 0 | 242,418 |
2006 | 7 | 951 | 434,050 | 0 | 434,146 |
2007 | 2 | 17 | 245,386 | 0 | 245,386 |
2008 | 3 | 45 | 115,595 | 810 | 116,440 |
2010 | 2 | 19 | 80,700 | 0 | 80,700 |
2011 | 1 | 0 | 40,200 | 0 | 40,200 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | 51,500 | 0 | 51,500 |