Thousands of buildings collapsed and 2.4 million people were affected.

Every year in the USA, over 20,000 are killed or injured with 350,000 home fires.

The number of persons affected by conflict and drought is still above 2.5 million, including nearly 1.9 million internally displaced persons.

Over this timespan, 3 million people have been killed and 1 billion have been affected by natural disasters.

Food aid assistance was provided to an additional 10 million people suffering the consequences of drought and floods in 1997.

The disaster has hurt millions, depriving them of their livelihoods, of everything they have.

As you know, as it travelled through Central America, Hurricane Mitch left in its wake thousands of dead and millions of victims.

Palu was in a state of devastation after the catastrophe, thousands of buildings fell down, and many roads were broken. The authority said that it was estimated that about 2.4 million people were affected.

Thousands of relief agencies supported the victims of the tsunami.

Later, in view of further developments, the Chinese Government committed to contributing another 60.5 million and is giving positive consideration to relieving the hardest hit countries of their governmental debt that had fallen due or to reducing their payments.

Gravely concerned at the magnitude of the recurrent drought, which affects millions owing to the serious crop failures in drought prone parts of the country that have weak infrastructures and low development capacities,

Concerned by the recurrent drought, which still affects millions owing to the serious crop failures in drought prone parts of the country and the pastoralist areas that have weak infrastructures and low development capacities,

Concerned by the recurrent drought, which still affects millions owing to the serious crop failures in drought prone parts of the country and the pastoralist areas that have weak infrastructures and low development capacities,

Eastern and southern Tajikistan also experienced heavy snowfall, with nearly 2 million people affected in the Rasht valley.

Canadians mourn for those who have lost their lives, and our hearts go out to the tens of thousands of people affected by that disaster.

A total of 3.5 million people in Ukraine suffered from the catastrophe and its consequences, particularly those in rural areas.

The immediate impact of the disaster was felt by millions of people.

FAO and the Governments of the affected countries mounted a major control operation, treating more than 12 million hectares of infested land to protect crops.

According to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, more than 246,000 people were killed between April 2004 and April 2005 as a result of natural disasters. Another 157 million were injured, displaced or otherwise adversely affected.

According to the recent report of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, more than 60 million people were affected, with direct economic losses of more than 200 billion yuan.

The President I am sure we all agree that there is special reason to think about the country that was hardest hit by the tsunami, with 130,000 drowned and 100,000 missing.

Droughts alone affected more than 20 million people worldwide.

Each year, nearly 1.2 million people die and millions more are injured or disabled as a result of road accidents, despite increasing awareness concerning that preventable scourge.

The floods dramatically affected the lives of around 1 million people.

According to preliminary data, the immediate damage inflicted by the natural elements is estimated at more than 12 million.

It is well known that 25 million people throughout the world still suffer bitterly due to largely man made wars, disasters and mismanagement.

The total affected population is estimated at 54,000 persons.

Individual donations by the general public in China have exceeded 12.1 million, including those from the elderly and children.

He also pledged 3 million towards drought alleviation in Somalia.

Gravely concerned at the magnitude of the current drought, which may affect up to fifteen million people owing to the serious crop failures in drought prone parts of the country that have weak infrastructures and low development capacities,

The United States Government has made an initial commitment of 350 million for disaster relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction for victims of the tsunami.

Calamity's word is sacred.

We have committed 425 million towards a comprehensive package of disaster relief measures for disaster victims and reconstruction assistance.

The El Niño phenomenon, the forest fires in Brazil and Indonesia, a new drought in the Sudan, the tsunami in Papua New Guinea and other disasters have devastated thousands of lives.

When disaster struck, the most vulnerable segments of society were the ones most affected.

While most of the country was affected by the drought, 14 provinces were acutely affected and up to 37 per cent of the population or 11.1 million people  were not able to cover their basic food and other needs.

37 million people worldwide are blind, and 127 million more suffer from impaired vision.

In addition, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) continued to provide assistance in the form of food, non food items and medical supplies to more than 100,000 flood victims.

The Kingdom of Bahrain was shocked by this humanitarian disaster and immediately responded to the call of duty, providing emergency assistance totalling 2 million to the affected States, in addition to sending the emergency material and humanitarian assistance that the people of Bahrain contributed through the humanitarian organizations that are active in the field.

In calling for emergency assistance to the affected States, Secretary General Kofi Annan has stated that the international community would need more than 900 million over the next six months in order to cover the cost of emergency humanitarian assistance to the approximately 5 million people who have been affected by the catastrophe.

More than 2 million children currently were infected, and 600,000 become infected each year.

Relief assistance provided by WFP to OAU member States exceeded 403 million in 1997, reaching more than 15 million victims of natural and man made disasters.

1. Expresses its solidarity with the peoples of the countries that have been struck by natural calamities as they cope with the consequences of these disasters

In Pakistan up to 700,000 persons were affected and 486 died.

In 1994 it reached about 290,000 persons.