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Data from the State Coordinator of Civil Defense of Paraná showed an increase of about 38% in the number of recorded disasters in the state in the last five years. Reports have been generated from this data in order to verify the amount of damages and losses resulting from disasters in 2012. The aim was to compare the aggregation of these values with the Gross Domestic Product of Paraná (GDP) and its Net Current Revenue (RCL), as well as comparing the data resulting from the disaster occurred on March 11, 2011, an event that was known as "Waters of March". The dimension was then evaluated over the state's economy, concluding that the severity of disasters, sparsely distributed in time and territory throughout the year 2012 represents an economic impact of high relevance for the State of Paraná . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]