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    Which country has been named as the world's most disaster prone according to a Belgian think tank, The Centre for Research and Epidemiology of Disasters in 2000?

    Question #44686. Asked by mochyn. (Feb 26 04 4:25 AM)


    McGruff

    		The Philippines is the most disaster prone country in the world. It is known for its Mount Pinatubo eruption, disastrous typhoons, floods, garbage and land slides in Metro Manila, and for the war in Mindanao. At the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (1990-2000), the Philippines was still at the top of the list of countries hit by disasters, as recorded by the Center for Research and Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) in Belgium. These records show that the Philippines was hit by an average of 10 disasters a year since 1991 compared to 8 disasters a year from 1900 to 1991.
    http://www.adpc.ait.ac.th/pdr-sea/cbdo-dr/chapter1.html

    Feb 26 04, 11:45 AM

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