Natural disasters in 2014
people. In terms of mortality, floods and landslides accounted for 63 per cent of fatalities. Forty-eight per cent of disasters occurred in Asia. Over 85 per cent of people killed and 86 per cent of those affected were also in Asia. As in 2013, China, the Philippines and India remained the top three countries in terms of the number of people affected.
FIGURE 5
Number of people affected by natural disaster per region
Numbers of disasters per region
millions 0.2
2.9 9
7.7
Oceania 33.3
39
Europe Africa
52
144
Americas 97.9
Asia 75
Type of disasters per region ania Oce pe Euro Asia s erica Am rica Af
Drought
Earthquake
Flood
Storm
19