EM-DAT: the Emergency Events Database

Delforge, Damien; Wathelet, Valentin; Below, Regina; Sofia, Cinzia Lanfredi; Tonnelier, Margo; Loenhout, Joris Adriaan Frank van; Speybroeck, Niko

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105509

articleInternational Journal of Disaster Risk ReductionApr 23, 2025HYBRID OA

EM-DAT: the Emergency Events Database

DDDamien Delforge VWValentin Wathelet RBRegina Below CLCinzia Lanfredi Sofia MTMargo Tonnelier

UCLouvain · Sciensano (Belgium) · +1 more institution

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Abstract

The Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) compiles global disaster data resulting from technological and natural hazards. EM-DAT details the human and economic impacts from 1900 to present, with systematic recording since 1988. Serving the humanitarian, disaster risk reduction, and academic sectors, EM-DAT's transition to open access and climate change concerns have expanded its reach and visibility. The dataset, freely available for non-commercial purposes, offers structured tabular data categorized by hazard type and standardized by individual disaster events at the country level. Data collection and validation involve daily monitoring and manual processing of textual documents from predefined sources,…

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Database
Medical emergency
Computer science
Medicine

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