Date

Country/region

Event

Fatalities

Economic
losses
(mil US$)

Insured
losses
(mil US$)

Mid-July

Japan (Tenryu river)

Floods

17

Mid - July

Chile (southern)

Floods

17

Mid – July

Ecuador (Tungurahua)

Volcanic eruption

0

July 11

India (Mumbai)

Train bombs

200

July 7 - 11

China (Guangxi  Zhuang)

Floods

8

31

July 3

Pakistan (Peshawar)

Mudslide

22

July 3

Spain (Valencia)

Metro crash

43

June 18 - 21

Indonesia (Sulawasi; Kalimantan)

Flash floods and landslides

291

55.2

June 12 - 16

China (Guizhou)

Floods

52

130

June 10 - 13

Taiwan (central and southern)

Floods

1

116.13

June 4 - 12

Russia (Yakutia-Lensk)

Floods

0

125

May 31 - July

India and Bangladesh

Monsoon floods

21

May 30 – June 9

China (south-east)

Monsoon floods

57

393

May 21 – June 11

Thailand (northern)

Flash floods and landslides

83

26

May 18 - 22

China (south-east)

Floods – Tropical Storm Chanchu

23

475

May 12

Nigeria (Lagos)

Oil pipeline explosion and fire

> 200

May 8 - 13

Iran (Ardebil)

Floods

14

16

April 19

Indonesia (Java)

Flash floods

19

April 10

India (Uttar Pradesh)

Fire at electronics fair

~ 50

April  8 – 10

DR Congo (Kinshasa)

Floods

7

April 6

Djibouti

Capsized ferry

~ 113

April 4 – May 22

Kenya (coastal region)

Floods

60

April 4 – May 11

Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia (Danube and tributaries)

Floods

0

44.6

March 30

Bahrain

Capsized ferry

69

March 28 – May 9

Slovakia (western and central); Hungary (north-west)

Floods

3

37

February - April

Ecuador (El Oro, Esmereldas, Guayas, Los Rios, Manabi)

Floods

16

March 14

Indonesia (Seram)

Earthquake

2

March 8

DR Congo

Tornado

3

February 23

Mozambique

Earthquake

4

February 21

Indonesia (Sulawasi)

Floods

33

17.6