Date

Country/region

Event

Fatalities

Economic losses
(mil US$)

Insured losses
(mil US$)

Feb 24 2003

China

Earthquake

> 250

Jan 2003

Australia (ACT)

Wildfires

5

> 125

125

Dec 2002 – Jan 2003

Bangladesh, India & Nepal

Cold wave

~1,500

28 – 29 Dec 2002

Solomon Islands

Cyclone Zoe

20 Sept 2002

Russia (Ossetia)

Glacier collapse and avalanche

~100

18 – 25 Sept 2002

Central America, US & Caribbean

Hurricane Isidore

15

850

250

7 – 22 Aug 2002

China

Floods

~250

1,700

Jul – Dec  2002

Australia

Drought

3,000

Jul – Oct 2002

Vietnam

Floods

155

25

Jul – Aug 2002

Nepal, India & Bangladesh

Floods

1,200

80

Jul-Aug 2002

US (esp. Nebraska)

Heat waves & drought

3,300

July 2002

Bolivia & Peru

Snowstorms

~150 and 65,000 llamas

22 June 2002

Iran

Earthquake

245

300

June 2002

China

Floods

~500

3,100

June 5 2002

Syria

Dam break and floods

20

10 – 22 May 2002

India

Heat wave

1,100

3 May 2002

Bangladesh

Severe storm

270

2 April

Papua New Guinea

Landslide

36

8 – 11 March 2002

US (esp. Iowa, Illinois & Michigan)

Severe storm

250

210

25 – 27 March

Afghanistan

Earthquakes

~2,000

30 Jan – 1 Feb 2002

US (east and mid-west)

Winter storm

28

400

300

11 Jan – 22 Feb 2002

Indonesia

Floods and landslides

150

350

200

3 March 2002

Afghanistan

Earthquake

150

3 Feb 2002

Turkey Western Anatolia)

Earthquake

44

17 Jan 2002

DR Congo

Volcanic eruption

45

12 Dec 2001 – 13 Jan 2002

Australia (New South Wales)

Wildfires

105

70