Table 2: Largest disaster-related displacement events of 2016 Country Event name Affected areas Month disaster began Figure source(s) Displacement Philippines Typhoon Nock-Ten (locally known as: Nina) Regions Calabarzon, Mimaropa, V, and VIII December DROMIC 2,592,000 Philippines Typhoon Haima (locally known as: Lawin) Regions CAR, Calabarzon, I, II, III, and V October DROMIC 2,377,000 China Yangtze River floods (1st wave) Provinces of Anhui; Fujian; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi and Zhejiang June Ministry of Civil Affairs 1,990,000 India Bihar floods Bihar State July Bihar Disaster Management; Disaster Management Department (Government of Bihar State, India); National Disaster Management Agency 1,670,000 Cuba Hurricane Matthew Guantanamo; Maisi; Baracoa September Cuban civil defense; La Prensa; OCHA 1,079,000 Indonesia Peak rainy season floods and landslides Country-wide January BNPB 948,000 United States Hurricane Matthew South Carolina; North Carolina; Florida; Georgia September Logistics Cluster; Media; South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley 875,000 China Typhoon Haima Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong; Guangdong; Fujian October Ministry of Civil Affairs 782,000 China Typhoon Megi Zheijiang; Fujian; Jiangxi; Yunnan September Ministry of Civil Affairs 658,000 China Typhoon Meranti Shanghai; Jiangsu; Zhejiang; Fujian; Jiangxi September Ministry of Civil Affairs 567,000 Global report on internal displacement 2017 117