Date

Country/region

Event

Fatalities

Economic
losses
(mil US$)

Insured
losses
(mil US$)

Feb 23^rd 2006  

Russia (Moscow)

Market roof collapse (snow)

>12

Feb 2^nd 2006

Egypt (Red Sea)

Ferry fire and sinking

~ 1,000

Jan – Feb 2006

Afghanistan, northern India, Bangladesh, NW China

Cold wave and snow

> 300

Jan 28^th 2006

Poland (Katowice)

Exhibition hall roof collapse (snow)

66

Jan 5th

Indonesia (central and eastern Java)

Mudslides

~ 300

Jan 2^nd 2006

Germany (Bad Reichenhall)

Ice rink roof collapse

15

Jan 2006

Bolivia (Potosi, Santa Cruz, La Paz, Beni and Cochabamba

Floods and mudslides

23

Early December 2005 – January 2006

Japan (Nagano and Niigata)

Unprecedented snowfall; >500 collapsed buildings

72 + 1200 injured

Nov 27^th 2005

Vanuatu

Volcanic eruption

0

Nov 26^th 2005

China (Jiangxi province)

Earthquake

16

37

Nov 23 – 28 2005

Spain (Canary Islands), Morocco

Tropical Storm Delta

20

375

Nov 18 – 21 2005

Honduras, Belize

Tropical Storm Gamma

37

Nov 13^th 2005

China (Jilin province)

Chemical explosion and toxic spill

5

3,000 +

Nov - Dec 2005

India (Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, AndhrahPradesh)

Floods

180

Oct 27 – 31 2005

Nicaragua, Colombia, Honduras

Hurricane Beta

10

Oct 22 – 24 2005

Haiti, Dominican Republic

Tropical Storm Alpha

28

Oct 1^st 2005

El Salvador

Volcanic eruption

Sept 27 2005

Vietnam (Quang Ninh, Da Nang, Yen Bai, Lao Cai, Phu Tho)

Typhoon Damrey

68

210

Sept 6 - 18

US (North Carolina, South Carolina)

Hurricane Ophelia

1

50

35

Aug 26 2005

Peru (Moyobamba city)

Earthquake

5