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Heatwave - UK & Europe

Typhoon - Japan

Hurricane - USA

Wildfires - USA

Floods - France

Earthquake - Iran

Other events
Catastrophe Report 4
July 8, 2003 - February 20, 2004


Other notable and unusual events (selected)

Date

Country/region Event Fatalities Economic losses (mil US$)

Insured losses
( mil US$)

2004

         

18 February

Iran

Train derailment and explosion

328

   

26 January – 4 February

Madagascar

Tropical cyclone

29

   

19 January

Algeria

Liquid gas plant explosion

27

 

500

2 January

Indonesia (Bali, Lombok)

Earthquake

1

12.1

 

January

India (Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kashmir Valley)

Cold wave

400

   

2003

         
           

23 December

China (Chongqing province)

Gas well explosion

234

3

 

20 -22 December

Haiti (northern)

Floods and landslides

38

   

22 December

US (California)

Earthquake

2

> 100

40 - 60

8 December

Dominican Republic

Tropical storm Odette

10

   

1 – 4 December

Australia (Victoria)

Severe weather and hail

 

50

37

December

Philippines (southern Leyte)

Flash floods and landslides

154

   

12 – 14 November

US

Severe weather

8

600

425

2 November

Indonesia (northern Sumatra)

Flash floods

239

   
November

Vietnam (southern and central)

Floods

61

   

25 October

China (Gansu province)

Earthquake

10

   

13 October

Congo (North West)

Lightning

11

   
28 – 29 September

Canada (Nova Scotia)

Hurricane

8

100

14.3

22 September

Mexico (Baja Caliornia)

Tropical Storm Marty

10

   
5 – 6 September

Bermuda

Hurricane Fabian

4

500

400

June - September

India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal

Monsoon floods and landslides

1,400

   

16 August

China (Inner Mongolia)

Earthquake

4

   

August

Peru (Huancavelica province)

Cold wave

13

   

26 July

Philippines; China (Guangxi and Guangdong provinces)

Typhoon Imbudo

42

120 (China)

 

21 – 23 July

US (north east states)

Severe weather

7

800

600

21 July

China (Yunnan province)

Earthquake

16

   
20 July

Cameroon (southern)

Landslide

20

   

July

Sudan

Floods

12

   
July - September Portugal

Wildfires

19

1,100

 

Summer

China

Floods

800

8,000

1,000