Durante el 2008 se presentaron 1.588 emergencias en los 32 departamentos de Colombia que fueron atendidas por las entidades que conforman el Sistema para la Prevención y Atención de Desastres.
Estas 1.588 emergencias dejaron como saldo total 243 muertos, 506 heridos, 46 desaparecidos, 1.872.370 personas afectadas que integran, 384.066 familias, 7.059 viviendas destruidas y 142.069 viviendas averiadas.
En el año anterior se registraron emergencias por avalancha, colapso, contaminación, deslizamiento, erosión, incendio estructural, erupción, explosión, granizada, incendio forestal, inundación, represamiento, sismo, tormenta eléctrica, tornado y vendaval.
El mayor porcentaje de emergencias se presentó por inundaciones, 930, un 58,56%, le siguen los deslizamientos con 319 que representa el 20.08%, los vendavales fueron 182 un 11,46%, y los incendios estructurales ascendieron a 44, es decir un 2,77%. El restante 7,13% corresponde a las otras emergencias. Los departamentos con mayor número de emergencias durante el 2008 fueron Antioquia con 151, Cundinamarca con 119, Valle del Cauca con 115 y Tolima con 114.
Cuadro de emergencias del 2008 por departamento
| DEPARTAMENTO |
EMERGENCIAS |
| Avalan |
Colapso |
Conta |
Desliza/ |
Erosión |
Incendios |
Erupción |
Explosión |
Granizada |
Incendio estructu |
Incendio forestal |
Inunda |
Represa/ |
Sismo |
Tormentas |
Tornado |
Varios |
Vendaval |
TOTAL |
| AMAZONAS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
| ANTIOQUIA |
5 |
3 |
1 |
43 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
151 |
| ARAUCA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| ATLANTICO |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
46 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
62 |
| BOLIVAR |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
92 |
| BOYACA |
2 |
4 |
1 |
20 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
51 |
| CALDAS |
1 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
67 |
| CAQUETA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
12 |
| CASANARE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
19 |
| CAUCA |
1 |
3 |
0 |
36 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
97 |
| CESAR |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
41 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
53 |
| CHOCO |
2 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
38 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
64 |
| CORDOBA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
39 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
42 |
| CUNDINAMARCA |
2 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
55 |
1 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
119 |
| GUAJIRA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
31 |
| GUAVIARE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| HUILA |
2 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
51 |
| MAGDALENA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
44 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
51 |
| META |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
32 |
| NACIÓN |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
9 |
| NARIÑO |
1 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
64 |
| NORTE DE SANTANDER |
3 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
61 |
| PUTUMAYO |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
| QUINDIO |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
30 |
| RISARALDA |
1 |
1 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
53 |
| SAN ANDRES |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| SANTANDER |
1 |
2 |
0 |
15 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
55 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
80 |
| SUCRE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
37 |
| TOLIMA |
2 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
82 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
114 |
| VALLE |
0 |
1 |
3 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
75 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
115 |
| VICHADA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| VAUPES |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| GRAN TOTAL |
23 |
18 |
7 |
319 |
6 |
1 |
13 |
8 |
1 |
44 |
1 |
930 |
1 |
16 |
1 |
1 |
16 |
182 |
1588 |