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Definition
CRED defines a disaster as “a situation or event which overwhelms local capacity, necessitating a request to a national or international level for external assistance; an unforeseen and often sudden event that causes great damage, destruction and human suffering”.
Criteria
For a disaster to be entered into the database, at least one of the following criteria must be fulfilled:
• 10 or more people reported killed;
• 100 or more people reported affected;
• declaration of a state of emergency;
• call for international assistance.
 
 

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