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Event: AC Tech. Disaster
Number: 2014-000161
Country: MDV Maldives
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Date (YMD): 2014-12-8
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Information Source:IFRC
Comments: On 4 Dec 2014, a fire broke out in the Maldives Water and Sewerage (MWSC) Company Generator Unit in the capital Malé, causing severe damage to the unit and forcing MWSC - the sole provider of clean desalinated water in the capital - had to suspend all water supply. The Government declared a state of disaster and set up a task force to coordinate the distribution of safe drinking water. Governments of India, Sri Lanka, China and the United States have been requested to support the Maldives.
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