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Database Info: EM-DAT

Description WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) has created Emergency Events Database - EM-DAT.

EMDAT contains essential core data on the occurrence and effects of over 16,000 mass disasters in the world from 1900 to present. The database is compiled from various sources, including UN agencies, non-governmental organisations, insurance companies, research institutes and press agencies.

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