This dashboard has two pages focusing on natural disasters in Southeast Asia and Malaysia from 2000 to February 2025.
Page 1 (Southeast Asia) has the following features.
- Year slider : Can adjust on a specific time range from 2000 to 2025.
- Country filter : Select one or more countries to know their disaster data.
- Disaster Type Filter : Click to view only selected disaster categories.
Page 2 (Malaysia) has the following features :
- Year slider : Can adjust on a specific time range from 2000 to 2025.
- Disaster Type Filter : Click to view only selected disaster categories.
The map shows where disaster events have been reported around the world. Each bubble represents a capital city of a country, and the bigger the bubble, the more frequent the disasters. As you can see in Page 1 (Southeast Asia), the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam exhibit the largest bubbles, mainly due to flood disasters. The funnel chart next to it ranks countries by the total number of disaster events. The Philippines leads with the highest number of occurrences of natural disasters, followed by Indonesia and Vietnam.
In Page 2 (Malaysia), Pahang, Terengganu and Johor exhibit the largest bubbles, mainly due to flood disasters in the map chart. The bar chart shows the total number of disasters by state, with Pahang recording the highest count, followed closely by Terengganu and Johor. Floods are the most common disaster type to occur in most states, while other hazards such as storms, mass movements (wet), and wildfires appear in smaller numbers. Perlis and Negeri Sembilan report fewer incidents overall.
The data was collected from Public EM-DAT (The International Disaster Database), a public global database maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). 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.
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
