2004 Disaster Fatalities

All disasters: September - December 2004
All disasters: June - August 2004
All disasters: January - May 2004
DECEMBER 2004:


26th - SOUTHERN ASIA (SUMATERA, THAILAND, SRI LANKA, INDIA - 9.0 EARTHQUAKE, THE STRONGEST IN THE WORLD IN 40 YEARS, MASSIVE TIDAL WAVES - STRONGEST IN INDIAN OCEAN SINCE 1883 - 295,000 DEAD.

12th - MALAYSIA - WORST FLOODING IN TWO DECADES - 15 DEAD.

5th - JAVA, INDONESIA - FLOODS - 11 DEAD.

4th - CHINA - LANDSLIDE - 39 DEAD - more missing.


NOVEMBER 2004:

30th - PHILIPPINES - 3RD STORM IN A WEEK, FLOODING, MUDSLIDES - 1000 DEAD - 150 missing.

26th- VIETNAM - HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING - 21 DEAD.


25th - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 7.2 QUAKE - 17 DEAD - 180 injured.

23rd - PHILIPPINES - WEEK OF TROPICAL STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND MUDSLIDES - 129 DEAD - dozens missing.


21st - COSTA RICA - 6.2 QUAKE - 8 DEAD.


12th - INDONESIA - 6.4 EARTHQUAKE - 28 DEAD.

12th - COLUMBIA - FLOODS - 14 DEAD.

OCTOBER 2004


23rd - JAPAN - EARTHQUAKES (magnitudes 6.9, 6.1, 5.9, 6.1, 5.5, 5.8, 5.5) - 37 DEAD - 2500 injured - many homes destroyed.

20th - JAPAN - TYPHOON TOLAGE - 80 DEAD - 4 missing -worst typhoon in 25 years.

10th - VIETNAM - FLOODING - 36 DEAD.

9th - INDIA, BANGLADESH, NEPAL - UNSEASONABLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS TRIGGERING LANDSLIDES - 93 DEAD.
(the toll of those killed from rains, floods and flood-related diseases this year is 2,262 in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Most of the casualties occurred during the monsoon season which runs from June to September.)

7th - BANGLADESH - TORNADOES - 15 DEAD - hundreds injured.

SEPTEMBER 2004

30th - JAPAN - TYPHOON MEARI - 20 DEAD - 7 missing - 70 injured.

23rd - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - HURRICANE JEANNE - 27 DEAD.
BAHAMAS - HURRICANE JEANNE - 9 DEAD.
PUERTO RICO - HURRICANE JEANNE - 2 DEAD.

23rd - CHINA - LANDSLIDE - 11 DEAD.

22nd - CHINA - FLOOD SEASON ENDS - 1029 DEAD.

19th - HAITI - TROPICAL STORM JEANNE - 3000 DEAD - several hundred missing.

17th - NIGERIA - FLOODING - 22 DEAD - 1500 houses destroyed.

17th - PANAMA - MUDSLIDES - 22 DEAD.

17th - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND PUERTO RICO - TROPICAL STORM JEANNE - 8 DEAD.

16th - SOUTHERN U.S. - HURRICANE IVAN - 30 DEAD.

14th - CAYMAN ISLANDS - HURRICANE IVAN - 1 DEAD - 1 missing.

12th - HAITI - HURRICANE IVAN - 3 DEAD.

12th - VIETNAM - LANDSLIDE - 17 DEAD.

12th - RAINSTORMS - BANGLADESH - 12 DEAD - 42 missing.

11th - JAMAICA - HURRICANE IVAN - 20 DEAD.

10th - GRENADA - HURRICANE IVAN - 37 DEAD - 95% of homes destroyed.

10th - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - HURRICANE IVAN - 4 DEAD.

10th - VENEZUELA - HURRICANE IVAN - 5 DEAD.

9th - TOBAGO - HURRICANE IVAN - 1 DEAD.

8th - JAPAN - TYPHOON SONGDA - 32 DEAD - 14 missing - 948 injured.

8th - CARIBBEAN ISLANDS OF TOBAGO, GRENADA & ST. VINCENT - HURRICANE IVAN - 12 DEAD.

5th - CHINA - DAYS OF TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES -161 DEAD - 74 missing.

AUGUST 2004

28th - NORTH VIETNAM - TORNADO - 15 DEAD.

27th - PHILIPPINES - FLOODS FROM TWO TYPHOONS - 35 DEAD - wide swathes of the northern Philippines still under water.

27th - TAIWAN - TYPHOON AERE - 30 DEAD - others missing.

26th - INDIA - FLASH FLOODS - 29 DEAD.

18th - CHINA - MUDSLIDE - 38 DEAD - nine people still missing.

18th - WESTERN EUROPE - DAYS OF HEAVY RAINS - 15 DEAD.

15th - CHINA - LANDSLIDE - 25 DEAD - 22 missing.

14th - FLORIDA - HURRICANE CHARLEY - 27 DEAD.

13th - NIGERIA - FLOODING - 23 DEAD - 2500 homeless.

12th - CHINA - TYPHOON RANANIM - 115 DEAD - 1800 injured.

6th - INDIA - MAJOR LANDSLIDE - 10 DEAD.

JULY 2004

28th - SPAIN - HEATWAVE - 11 DEAD.

25th - PERU - ONE OF THE COLDEST SPELLS IN THE ANDES IN 30 YEARS - 46 CHILDREN DEAD.

18th - JAPAN - TORRENTIAL RAINS AND FLOODING OVER PAST WEEK - 18 DEAD.

18th - VIETNAM - RAINS - 53 DEAD.

11th - INDIA (700), NEPAL (182), PAKISTAN (5), BANGLADESH (394) - MONSOON FLOODS - 1800 DEAD IN SOUTHERN ASIA. More than 10 million people are hit by what officials are calling the most severe monsoon floods in 15 years.

11th - ROMANIA - EXTREME TEMPERATURES / HEATWAVE - 22 DEAD.

11th - MACEDONIA - HEATWAVE - 15 DEAD.

7th - CHINA - FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES - 659 DEAD.

7th - INDIA - LANDSLIDE - 18 DEAD - swept a busload of Hindu pilgrims into a river.

6th - CHINA - MUDSLIDES AND FLOODING CAUSED BY TORRENTIAL RAINS - 17 DEAD.

5th - INDIA - FLASH FLOODS - 30 DEAD. The victims were swept away while trapped inside trucks as they were working on the Bordikrai river.

4th- PHILIPPINES, TAIWAN AND SOUTHERN CHINA - TROPICAL STORM MINDULLE - 53 DEAD.


2nd - TURKEY - 5.0 EARTHQUAKE - 18 DEAD - 50 injured.

JUNE 2004

30th - CHINA - HEAVY RAINS & LANDSLIDES - 15 DEAD.

28th - NICARAGUA - HEAVY RAINS & MUDSLIDES - 16 DEAD - 24 missing.

27th - BANGLADESH - FLOODING - 19 DEAD.

27th - INIDA - FLOODING - 30 DEAD - 300,000 people displaced.

25th - CHINA - HUGE RAINSTORMS - 27 DEAD - 27 missing.

15th - INDIA - MONSOON RAINS, BOULDER SLIDE - 14 DEAD - 115 injured.

5th - CHINA - LANDSLIDE - 11 DEAD - 10 missing.

2nd - BRAZIL - HEAVY RAIN & MUDSLIDES - 20 DEAD - 2100 homeless.

MAY 2004


28th - IRAN - 6.3 EARTHQUAKE - 45 DEAD - 400 injured.

25th - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC & HAITI - FLOODS - 3300 DEAD - 1500 missing.

19th - MYANMAR - CYCLONE - 220 DEAD - 14,000 homeless.

APRIL 2004

26th - KYRGYZSTAN - LANDSLIDE - 33 DEAD - 19 injured.

23rd - SUMATRA, INDONESIA - LANDSLIDE - 47 DEAD.

22nd - JAVA - LANDSLIDE - 13 DEAD.

14th - BANGLADESH - TORNADOES - 65 DEAD - one thousand injured.

13th - EASTERN AFRICA ( Kenya and Djibouti) - HEAVY RAINS - 50 DEAD - thousands homeless.

6th - MEXICO - FLASH FLOOD - 36 DEAD - 18 missing.

MARCH 2004

26th - SOUTH SULAWESI, INDONESIA - LANDSLIDES - 32 DEAD.


25th - TURKEY - 5.6 EARTHQUAKE - 10 DEAD.

14th - KAZAKHSTAN - LANDSLIDE - 28 DEAD.

7th - MADAGASCAR - CYCLONE GAFILO - 198 DEAD - 166 missing - 50,000 homeless.

7th - TURKEY - FLOODS FED BY TORRENTIAL RAINS AND MELTING SNOW - 11 DEAD.

FEBRUARY 2004


24th - MOROCCO - 6.5 EARTHQUAKE - 628 DEAD.


14th - PAKISTAN - TWIN EARTHQUAKES - 24 DEAD.

12th - MADAGASCAR - CYCLONE ELITA - 29 DEAD - 30,000 homeless.


5th - PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 6.9 EARTHQUAKE - 34 DEAD - 600 injured.

3rd - BRAZIL - MUDSLIDES & FLOODS SINCE DECEMBER - 91 DEAD - 117,000 homeless.

JANUARY 2004

31st - INDONESIA - MUDSLIDE - 15 DEAD in two villages.

27th - BRAZIL - MONTH-LONG HEAVY RAINS - 56 DEAD.

26th - MIDWEST AND EASTERN U.S. - SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN - 25 DEAD.

23rd - SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE - MASSIVE WIND AND SNOW STORM - 10 DEAD.

17th - BRAZIL - HEAVY RAINS AND MUDSLIDES - 11 DEAD.

3rd - CHINA - LANDSLIDE - 14 DEAD.

2nd - NEPAL - 3 WEEK COLD SNAP - 19 DEAD.

1st - INDIA & BAGLADESH - 3 WEEK COLD WAVE - 324 DEAD.