Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Tropical Andes mountains

Climate and hydrological disasters in the Tropical Andes countries A comparison with the rest of the region, 2000-2015

Number of disaster registered

People killed

Venezuela

24

Colombia

67

Ecuador

21

Peru

56

Bolivia

36

Brazil

92

Paraguay

18

Uruguay

Deaths caused by disaster

9

= 10 people

Disaster type

28

Flash ood Cold wave and severe winter conditions

Chile

Heatwave Landslide Riverine ood Storm and cyclone

38

Argentina

Source: D. Guha-Sapir, R. Below, Ph. Hoyois - EM-DAT: International Disaster Database – www.emdat.be – Université Catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium.ii

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