Date

Country/region

Event

Fatalities

Economic losses
(mil US$)

Insured losses
(mil US$)

8 March

Australia (NW)

Cyclone George

2

6 March

Indonesia (Sumatra)

Earthquake

52

28 Feb

Australia (Canberra)

Hailstorm

26 Feb – 3 March

Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara)

Floods and mudslides

36

Indonsia (Java, Jakarta)

Floods and mudslides

96

1,000

Jan – March 2007

Bolivia (Santa Cruz, northern La paz)

Floods

29

January

Angola (Luanda, Benguela and western provinces)

Floods

90

Early – mid January

Bangladesh

Cold wave

> 130

Dec 2006 – Feb 2007

Rwanda (NW district?

Floods

24

Late Dec 2006 – Jan 2007

Peru (San Martin, Huanuco, NW Peru)

Floods

Late Dec – February 2007

Sothern Africa (incl. Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar)

Floods

84

Dec 2006 – Early Jan 2007

Rift Valley Fever

Disease outbreak

40

22 Nov, 2006

Indonesia (East Java)

Gas pipeline explosion

11

26 Nov, 2006

Afghanistan (western)

Floods

~ 150