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Deaths by event type

Impact category
Deaths by event type
Event typeDeathsEvents reporting
Flood
2.3M
307
Drought
2.1M
7
Tropical Storm/Cyclone
1.8M
1,533
Extratropical Storm/Cyclone
1.6M
225
Extreme Temperature
734.6K
52
Wildfire
202K
133
Tornado
15.5K
258

Where wildfire events happened

Event type
Fiji: 0 wildfire eventsUnited Republic of Tanzania: 0 wildfire eventsWestern Sahara: 0 wildfire eventsCanada: 12 wildfire eventsUnited States of America: 123 wildfire eventsKazakhstan: 1 wildfire eventUzbekistan: 0 wildfire eventsPapua New Guinea: 0 wildfire eventsIndonesia: 1 wildfire eventArgentina: 3 wildfire eventsChile: 5 wildfire eventsDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 0 wildfire eventsSomalia: 0 wildfire eventsKenya: 0 wildfire eventsSudan: 0 wildfire eventsChad: 0 wildfire eventsHaiti: 0 wildfire eventsDominican Republic: 0 wildfire eventsRussia: 3 wildfire eventsThe Bahamas: 0 wildfire eventsFalkland Islands: 0 wildfire eventsNorway: 0 wildfire eventsGreenland: 0 wildfire eventsFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands: 0 wildfire eventsEast Timor: 0 wildfire eventsSouth Africa: 2 wildfire eventsLesotho: 0 wildfire eventsMexico: 3 wildfire eventsUruguay: 1 wildfire eventBrazil: 1 wildfire eventBolivia: 1 wildfire eventPeru: 0 wildfire eventsColombia: 0 wildfire eventsPanama: 0 wildfire eventsCosta Rica: 0 wildfire eventsNicaragua: 0 wildfire eventsHonduras: 0 wildfire eventsEl Salvador: 0 wildfire eventsGuatemala: 0 wildfire eventsBelize: 0 wildfire eventsVenezuela: 0 wildfire eventsGuyana: 0 wildfire eventsSuriname: 0 wildfire eventsFrance: 3 wildfire eventsEcuador: 0 wildfire eventsPuerto Rico: 0 wildfire eventsJamaica: 0 wildfire eventsCuba: 0 wildfire eventsZimbabwe: 0 wildfire eventsBotswana: 0 wildfire eventsNamibia: 0 wildfire eventsSenegal: 0 wildfire eventsMali: 0 wildfire eventsMauritania: 0 wildfire eventsBenin: 0 wildfire eventsNiger: 0 wildfire eventsNigeria: 0 wildfire eventsCameroon: 0 wildfire eventsTogo: 0 wildfire eventsGhana: 0 wildfire eventsIvory Coast: 0 wildfire eventsGuinea: 0 wildfire eventsGuinea-Bissau: 0 wildfire eventsLiberia: 0 wildfire eventsSierra Leone: 0 wildfire eventsBurkina Faso: 0 wildfire eventsCentral African Republic: 0 wildfire eventsRepublic of the Congo: 0 wildfire eventsGabon: 0 wildfire eventsEquatorial Guinea: 0 wildfire eventsZambia: 0 wildfire eventsMalawi: 0 wildfire eventsMozambique: 0 wildfire eventseSwatini: 0 wildfire eventsAngola: 0 wildfire eventsBurundi: 0 wildfire eventsIsrael: 3 wildfire eventsLebanon: 1 wildfire eventMadagascar: 0 wildfire eventsPalestine: 0 wildfire eventsGambia: 0 wildfire eventsTunisia: 1 wildfire eventAlgeria: 1 wildfire eventJordan: 0 wildfire eventsUnited Arab Emirates: 0 wildfire eventsQatar: 0 wildfire eventsKuwait: 0 wildfire eventsIraq: 0 wildfire eventsOman: 0 wildfire eventsVanuatu: 0 wildfire eventsCambodia: 1 wildfire eventThailand: 1 wildfire eventLaos: 0 wildfire eventsMyanmar: 0 wildfire eventsVietnam: 3 wildfire eventsNorth Korea: 0 wildfire eventsSouth Korea: 3 wildfire eventsMongolia: 0 wildfire eventsIndia: 3 wildfire eventsBangladesh: 0 wildfire eventsBhutan: 0 wildfire eventsNepal: 0 wildfire eventsPakistan: 2 wildfire eventsAfghanistan: 0 wildfire eventsTajikistan: 0 wildfire eventsKyrgyzstan: 0 wildfire eventsTurkmenistan: 0 wildfire eventsIran: 0 wildfire eventsSyria: 0 wildfire eventsArmenia: 0 wildfire eventsSweden: 0 wildfire eventsBelarus: 1 wildfire eventUkraine: 1 wildfire eventPoland: 0 wildfire eventsAustria: 0 wildfire eventsHungary: 0 wildfire eventsMoldova: 0 wildfire eventsRomania: 0 wildfire eventsLithuania: 0 wildfire eventsLatvia: 0 wildfire eventsEstonia: 1 wildfire eventGermany: 1 wildfire eventBulgaria: 0 wildfire eventsGreece: 5 wildfire eventsTurkey: 1 wildfire eventAlbania: 0 wildfire eventsCroatia: 0 wildfire eventsSwitzerland: 0 wildfire eventsLuxembourg: 0 wildfire eventsBelgium: 0 wildfire eventsNetherlands: 0 wildfire eventsPortugal: 3 wildfire eventsSpain: 3 wildfire eventsIreland: 0 wildfire eventsNew Caledonia: 0 wildfire eventsSolomon Islands: 0 wildfire eventsNew Zealand: 5 wildfire eventsAustralia: 34 wildfire eventsSri Lanka: 0 wildfire eventsChina: 5 wildfire eventsTaiwan: 0 wildfire eventsItaly: 1 wildfire eventDenmark: 0 wildfire eventsUnited Kingdom: 7 wildfire eventsIceland: 0 wildfire eventsAzerbaijan: 0 wildfire eventsGeorgia: 0 wildfire eventsPhilippines: 2 wildfire eventsMalaysia: 1 wildfire eventBrunei: 1 wildfire eventSlovenia: 0 wildfire eventsFinland: 0 wildfire eventsSlovakia: 0 wildfire eventsCzechia: 0 wildfire eventsEritrea: 0 wildfire eventsJapan: 1 wildfire eventParaguay: 0 wildfire eventsYemen: 0 wildfire eventsSaudi Arabia: 0 wildfire eventsNorthern Cyprus: 0 wildfire eventsCyprus: 0 wildfire eventsMorocco: 1 wildfire eventEgypt: 0 wildfire eventsLibya: 0 wildfire eventsEthiopia: 0 wildfire eventsDjibouti: 0 wildfire eventsSomaliland: 0 wildfire eventsUganda: 0 wildfire eventsRwanda: 0 wildfire eventsBosnia and Herzegovina: 0 wildfire eventsNorth Macedonia: 0 wildfire eventsRepublic of Serbia: 0 wildfire eventsMontenegro: 0 wildfire eventsKosovo: 0 wildfire eventsTrinidad and Tobago: 0 wildfire eventsSouth Sudan: 0 wildfire events
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Countries with the most wildfire events
CountryEvents
United States of America123
Australia34
Canada12
United Kingdom7
China5
New Zealand5
Chile5
Greece5
India3
South Korea3