Natural disaster incidents from 1 January to 31 December 2015

1) Natural disaster events include avalanches,earthquake, flooding, heavy rainfall & snowfall, and landslides & mudflows as recorded by OCHA field offices and IOM Afghanistan Humanitarian Assistance Database (HADB). 2) A natural disaster incident is defined as an event that has affected (i.e. impacted) people, who may or may not require humanitarian assistance. 3) HADB information is used as a main reference and supplemented by OCHA Field Office reports for those incidents where information is not available from the HADB. OCHA information includes assessment figures from OCHA, ANDMA, Red Crescent Societies, national NGOs, international NGOs, and ERM. 4) The number of affected people and houses damaged or destroyed are based on the reports received. These figures may change as updates are received.

• This dataset updates: Never