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North America > United States > Disasters

AMERICAN DISASTERS STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Central Emergency Response Fund > Contributors > Pledged $10,000,000.00 [5th of 28]
Funds commited to Tsunami aid $792,000,000.00 [1st of 22]
Funds committed to emergency Tsunami aid $313,000,000.00 [2nd of 22]
Tsunami > Economic impact
Not much of an effect as most US insurers have little exposure to Asia and those that do lay off risk to reinsurers, officials and industry watchers say (Dec 27)
Tsunami > Foreign tourists missing 456 [6th of 37]
Tsunami > Foreigners death toll 35 [4th of 34]
Tsunami > Funds pledged $902,000,000.00 [1st of 37]
Tsunami > Funds pledged by NGOs and public $653,000,000.00 [1st of 24]
Tsunami > International aid packages
$350m in government donations, plus military assistance involving 12,600 personnel, 21 ships, 14 cargo planes and more than 90 helicopters. Around $200m of private donations are also pouring in, with $120m donated to the US branches of the Red Cross, Oxfam and Save the Children, and to Catholic Relief Services.
Tsunami > Total aid package $1,003,000,000.00 [2nd of 37]
Tsunami aid commitments as a percent of pledges 87.8% [4th of 16]

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: Central Emergency Response Fund ; OECD, October, 2005.; OECD, October 2005; BBC, Bloomberg, BBC, Rediff, The Herald Sun, The Indian Express and The Reuters; BBC, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs, Reuters, US State Department, CBC News, http://www.stuff.co.nz/ and CNN; BBC, CNN, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs and French deputy foreign minister Renaud Muselier; OECD, Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters; Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters; BBC, Alert net by Reuters, Sify news and The Age; OECD, October, 2005.

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