Disaster, EM-DAT Criteria & Definition for a
Disaster, EM-DAT Criteria & Definition for a :
For a disaster to be entered into the database at least one of the following criteria must be fulfilled: (a) 10 or more people reported killed, (b) 100 people reported affected, (c) declaration of a state of emergency, (d) call for international assistance. (From: EM-DAT, OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database/ EM-DAT. 2004. OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database from http: //www.cred.be/emdat, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels. http: //www.em-dat.net/criteria.htm on 8 July 2004)
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