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This Country Profile shows a set of typical results known as "Preliminary Analysis" comming from the disaster database. Charts, Maps and tables below will provide you with a basic understanding of the effects of many types of disasters occurred in the region.
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Composition of Disasters
Deaths
DataCards
Indirectly Affected + Directly affected
Houses Destroyed + Houses Damaged
Temporal Behaviour
Deaths
DataCards
Houses Destroyed , Houses Damaged
Indirectly Affected, Directly affected
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Spatial Distribution
Deaths
DataCards
Houses Destroyed + Houses Damaged
Indirectly Affected + Directly affected
Statistics
Composition of Disasters
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Event
DataCards
Deaths
Injured
Missing
Houses
Destroyed
Houses
Damaged
Indirectly Affected
Directly affected
Relocated
Evacuated
Losses $USD
Losses $Local
Education centers
Hospitals
Damages in crops Ha.
Lost Cattle
Damages in roads Mts
ACCIDENT
387
397
392
1
5
856
ANIMAL ATTACK
10905
1010
649
2
197
7720
80251
59
BOAT CAPSIZE
21
58
43
23
73
Chemical
7
11
22
1
434
coastal erosion
10
15
13
180
COASTLINE
83
1
138
424
3957
646
Collapse of building
6
15
53
1
12
Collapse of Gabage Fill
1
32
11
60
22
1782
Collapse of Mine
1
2
CUTTING FAILURE
525
31
56
1
161
2028
30583
CYCLONE
123
846
588
21
18209
111574
1375039
3941
CYCLONE & FLOOD
28
9
12
13178
37371
319128
DROUGHT
3068
21521041
600
111902
DROWNING
201
261
21
33
321
EARTH SLIP
80
10
10
7
56
168
3043
Electrocution
10
12
16
8
63
EPIDEMIC
88411
368
572644
4149120
EXPLOSION
2
1
161
346
7952
FIRE
3834
108
386
2099
1077
16868
1040
7700000
FLASH FLOOD
80
6
10
2
82
826
18704
FLOOD
8219
717
487
113
55072
188583
15523119
32
45951
378500
73
15
14173
6710
761103
FOREST FIRE
241
1
16
19
198
10
FROST
3
GALE
550
8
21
1
138
1863
11850
36
GROUND VIBRATIO
83
1
104
72
HAILSTORM
20
1
1
16
134
1250
HEAVY RAINS
2728
37
205
1
689
7583
780213
1
1206
LANDSLIDE
2256
1081
334
243
2914
12098
293542
348
2369
1038000
LAND SUBSIDENCE
187
17
8
69
1742
10403
401
LEAK OR SPILL
16
2
1
30690
LIGHTNING
896
549
498
3
39
754
4809
3
PLAGUE
423
16155
RETAINING WF
4
1
4
24
ROCK FALL
121
3
9
13
111
1448
28
SEDIMENTATION
9
SNAKE BITE
125
125
1
73
STORM
3
2
33
5
STRONG WIND
6030
217
715
68
7749
105730
737627
16
1339
1077900
STRUCTURE
28
35
86
2
5
37
Subsidence
3
34
223
SURGE
33
3
5
72
3924
104
TIDAL WAVE
10
4
1
3
194
TORNADO
15
58
287
933
TREE FALLEN
182
7
14
23
342
1478
TSUNAMI
88
30959
19611
1908
57085
48069
970705
16130000
URBAN FLOOD
45
155
WALL COLLAPSE
33
1
2
4
31
168
Spatial Distribution
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Geography
Code
DataCards
Deaths
Injured
Missing
Houses
Destroyed
Houses
Damaged
Indirectly Affected
Directly affected
Relocated
Evacuated
Losses $USD
Losses $Local
Education centers
Hospitals
Damages in crops Ha.
Lost Cattle
Damages in roads Mts
Central
lka002
20474
597
813
22
2632
21942
804824
11
1229
5
11689
4149120
Eastern
lka005
10835
15403
14316
1107
74936
131830
10790407
15
17226
16130000
3114
North-Central
lka007
10134
629
348
2
10938
62901
3618730
3668
8378500
1
24951
Northern
lka004
8572
6476
686
29
23626
79830
4170315
6509
4816
6710
760580
North-Western
lka006
16174
592
311
8
2868
18506
9354399
38
12206
47005
Sabaragamuwa
lka009
14911
943
533
199
11443
42515
2287420
298
2201
1038000
1
83
Southern
lka003
14850
10760
5799
870
18798
76874
4490903
404
200000
67
14
295
523
Uva
lka008
11345
413
242
38
1188
17505
1674786
1821
34102
Western
lka001
22839
1130
1215
157
11824
77278
5150442
35
12469
577900
19
Temporal Behaviour
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Year
DataCards
Deaths
Injured
Missing
Houses
Destroyed
Houses
Damaged
Indirectly Affected
Directly affected
Relocated
Evacuated
Losses $USD
Losses $Local
Education centers
Hospitals
Damages in crops Ha.
Lost Cattle
Damages in roads Mts
1965
1
1
5
30
1968
1
9
1974
1841
371
18
100
450
28565
1975
3300
56
10
24902
1976
2852
14
14
6
6006
74629
600
1977
2260
9
6
1
17
36395
5
1978
2176
911
458
16
7926
31948
773674
28
9912
1979
91
17
261
10
68
6615
200000
1980
163
35
37
15
20
3029
1981
1638
33
48
163
704
146062
500000
1982
180
71
79
4
72
1820
722982
1983
2013
31
42
1
887
793
513032
736
1984
160
41
32
101
3221
247560
17
1985
261
32
5
4
52
306265
1
1986
2131
120
21
5075
2332
1076855
800
4149120
1987
2430
9
2
1
33
147132
20
1988
2782
12
22
71
80
1869919
1989
2871
247
19
2
6402
968
565520
294
116
1990
2984
44
20
5454
3119
887203
12000
1991
3121
30
10
10
319
221527
200
65900
1992
3373
61
91
10
2203
17571
1052340
50
1993
3492
60
26
749
2398
731234
113
1994
3834
30
6
254
6828
894148
1995
2828
65
40
246
966
144214
1996
167
29
9
20
2205
268312
150
1997
2888
63
32
5
976
762
892582
1998
2720
99
68
235
1482
189692
898
1999
3384
147
79
135
6614
548208
2000
3608
123
157
10663
74290
1131355
1088
2001
3722
98
74
1426
2190
3232223
1509
1000000
2002
4277
90
76
416
3585
402727
82
2003
4488
454
183
33
8866
30803
1005442
2504
7000000
2004
5197
31048
19665
1908
58355
54977
4037993
3717
16130000
1
2005
6450
123
82
1
1578
12811
503150
37
10115
2006
8997
171
173
1
2438
14471
784580
19
15236
1038000
2007
8115
133
204
7
2609
16599
735745
6694
378500
2008
8622
114
142
3
14804
47671
1783278
2
1210
2009
7385
60
163
2
631
7452
787087
1473
2010
4415
64
73
4
1370
9098
1222609
195
2011
409
108
136
22
8468
20710
839678
101
6830
2012
555
142
155
9
3214
11348
1258994
214
107146
2013
456
112
225
29
741
10048
574224
3609
2014
777
120
80
35
5314
19503
2704651
2015
719
110
69
13
685
6438
535744
2016
693
141
70
122
952
7279
1576099
1370
2017
1045
356
348
153
2679
46903
3822610
67
14
1317
523
2018
2107
550
501
42
1398
22188
1447571
5803
6710
760580
2019
2005
106
164
10
506
19924
1582768
2020
150
83
68
23
112
1063
Sri Lanka
Summary:
DataCards: 130134
Period:
1965 - 2020
Highest Mortality:
TSUNAMI: 30959 Deaths; 88 DataCards
LANDSLIDE: 1081 Deaths; 2256 DataCards
ANIMAL ATTACK: 1010 Deaths; 10905 DataCards
Highest Housing Damages:
FLOOD: 243655 Houses; 8219 DataCards
CYCLONE: 129783 Houses; 123 DataCards
STRONG WIND: 113479 Houses; 6030 DataCards