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Hurricane Dennis - US & Caribbean

Refinery Explosion - US

Earthquake - Indonesia

Drought, heat wave and wildfires - Europe

Flood - India

Flood - China

Typhoon - Taiwan and China

Other events
Catastrophe Report 7
February 18th to August 7th 2005


Other notable and unusual events (selected)

         

Date Country/region Event Fatalities Econonomic losses
(mil US$)
Insured losses
(mil US$)

9 August 2005

Nigeria (Jalingo)

Bridge collapse

Up to 60

   

7 August

China (Guangdong province)

Mine flood

122

   

Early August

2005

Bulgaria

Floods

16

200 (450 for the year due to floods)

 

30 July

China (Anhui province)

Tornado

11

   

Mid-late July 2005

Romania (Vrancea)

Heat wave and floods

~ 80

> 596

 

27 July

India (west coast)

Oil production platform

10

300

195

12 July

China (Xinjiang province)

Mine explosion and fire

83

   

7 July

London

Bombs

     

Late June

El Salvador

Floods and mudslides

30

   

29 June

Bangladesh (Bay of Bengal)

Storm

35

   

Mid-June

Canada (Alberta)

Floods

4

400

218

 June

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal

Heat wave

400

   

18 May

Chile (High Andes)

Blizzard

45

   

15 May

Bangladesh (Galachipa)

Ferry sinking

51

   

27 April

Saudi Arabia (Asir province)

Flash flood

30

   

18 – 22 March

Afghanistan

Torrential rain, floods and mudslides

200

   

20 March

Japan (Kyushu)

Earthquake

1

   

22 February

Iran ( Zarand)

Earthquake

612

   

14 February

China (Liaoning province)

Mine explosion

209