Natural disaster events in Afghanistan, including avalanches, earthquakes, flooding, heavy rainfall & snowfall, and landslides & mudflows. The information includes assessment figures from OCHA, ANDMA, IOM, Red Crescent Societies, national NGOs, international NGOs, and ERM. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-09 by OCHA Afghanistan.
Use Cases
- Analyze disaster type frequency and impact based on reported incident categories.
- Model population vulnerability based on reported numbers of affected people.
- Assess infrastructure damage patterns based on reported houses damaged or destroyed.
- Track humanitarian response needs based on multi-agency assessment figures.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from multiple authoritative organizations including OCHA, ANDMA, and IOM.
- Includes specific metrics for affected populations and housing damage.
- Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Figures may change as updates are received, indicating potential temporal inconsistency.
Provenance
- Source
- OCHA Afghanistan
- Collection Method
- Assessments in the field by OCHA field offices and partner organizations.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-09 11:52:10.218154; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Afghanistan