Climatological disasters include drought, forest fires, and land fires.
Geophysical disasters consist of ash fall, associated avalanches, earthquakes or other ground movements, landslides, lava flows, rockfalls, and tsunamis.
Hydrological disasters include associated avalanches, coastal floods, flash floods, landslides, mudslides, riverine floods, rockfalls, and subsidence.
Meteorological disasters include cold waves, convective storms, heat waves, severe winter conditions, and tropical cyclones.
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Number of deaths through natural disasters Asia 2011-2018
The statistic shows the number of deaths through natural disasters in developing Asian countries from 2011 to August 2018, broken down by type of disaster. During that period, meteorological disasters caused thousand deaths, followed by hydrological disasters that caused **** thousand deaths. In total, natural disasters caused thousand deaths.
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Asian Development Bank. (October 3, 2018). Number of deaths through natural disasters in developing Asian countries from 2011 to August 2018, by type [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/984349/apac-number-deaths-natural-disasters/
Asian Development Bank. "Number of deaths through natural disasters in developing Asian countries from 2011 to August 2018, by type." Chart. October 3, 2018. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 24, 2026. /statistics/984349/apac-number-deaths-natural-disasters/
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Number of deaths through natural disasters in developing Asian countries from 2011 to August 2018, by type [Graph], Asian Development Bank, October 3, 2018. [Online]. Available: /statistics/984349/apac-number-deaths-natural-disasters/
