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Appendix: A<br />

SUMMARY<br />

2008 Natural disasters<br />

11<br />

2008<br />

No. of country-level disasters 354<br />

No. of countries affected 120<br />

No. of people killed 235,264<br />

No. of people affected 214 million<br />

Economic damages (US$) 190 billion<br />

2000-2007<br />

Yearly average<br />

397<br />

118<br />

66,813<br />

231 million<br />

81.8 billion<br />

Source: CRED

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