The infographic defines natural disasters and a structured classification by group. Natural disasters are divided into five categories, which are Biological, Hydrological, Climatological, Geophysical and Meteorological. Each group contains disaster subtypes, such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, floods, droughts, and storms. The infographic also shows recent news on disaster occurrences in Malaysia from January to April 2025.

The content was collected from the Public EM-DAT website and some online news to provide examples of natural disasters that occurred in Malaysia. They provide all natural and technological disaster data worldwide. The data is obtained from trusted sources such as governments, UN agencies, NGOs, insurance companies, and the media. It is compiled and verified by CRED, not entered by the general public. The completeness of the data may vary depending on the country, type of disaster, and availability of records. One of the key limitations of EM-DAT is its emphasis on global consistency, so local-level disasters or detailed breakdowns might not be recorded.

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> Natural Disaster Events Across Southeast Asia from 2000 to February 2025 (link)

CRED (Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters). 2025. EM-DAT: The
International Disaster Database. Brussels, Belgium: Université catholique de Louvain.
https://www.emdat.be