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Sri Lanka Natural Disaster Profile
Basic Facts:
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Area: 65,610 km2
Coastline:
1,340 km
Population:
19,905,165
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GDP (PPP):
$73.7 billion
GDP
Per Capita: $ 3,700
Population Below Poverty Line:
22%
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Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots
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Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots (Weighted
by Mortality)
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| Cyclones |
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Floods |
EM-DAT Information (1961 - 2004)
| Disaster |
# of Events |
Total Killed |
Avg. # Killed |
Total Affected |
Avg. # Affected |
| Cyclone |
5 |
1,151 |
230 |
2,018,000 |
403,600 |
| Drought |
10 |
0 |
0 |
8,613,000 |
861,300 |
| Earthquake |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Flood |
36 |
937 |
26 |
8,957,728 |
248,826 |
| Volcano |
- |
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- |
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Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots (Weighted
by Proportion of GDP Impacted)
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| Floods |
Demographic Information:
Population within 1km
of coast |
Population within 2km
of coast |
Infant Mortality Rate
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550,208 |
889,676 |
14.78 |
Multi-Hazard Disaster Risk Hotspots
(All Hazards combined and weighted by Mortality and Proportion
of GDP Impacted)
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GDP |
Multi-Hazard Disaster Risk Hotspots
by Hazard Groups (Top Three Deciles)
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Observations
Floods are the primary hazard affecting
Sri Lanka, ranking in high deciles when weighted by both mortality
and GDP. Cyclones affect the northern region of the country
but have a moderate to minor risk when weighted by mortality.
Compared with the rest of the world, the mortality weighted
multi-hazard map highlights that hazard pose significant risks
to the entire country and are especially severe in Sri Lanka’s
southwestern region.
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