Table 2 Summary of number of hazard events in 20 districts of Bhutan
From: Multi-hazard zoning for national scale population risk mapping: a pilot study in Bhutan Himalaya
District | Windstorm | Hailstorm | Fire-building | Forest fire | Flood | Landslide | Earthquake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bumthang | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Chhukha/Phuentsholing | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 74 | 5 |
Dagana | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 3 |
Gasa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
Haa | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
Lhuentse | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Mongar | 8 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 78 | 6 |
Paro | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Pemagatshel | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 3 |
Punakha | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Samdrupjongkhar | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 45 | 4 |
Samtse | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
Sarpang | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 68 | 5 |
Thimphu | 0 | 0 | 19 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
Trashigang | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 24 | 7 |
Trongsa | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 3 |
Tsirang | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
Wangdiphodrang | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 5 |
Trashi Yangtse | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 |
Zhemgang | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 3 |