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| FL-2019-000103-LAO
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Flood |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Floods caused by the passage of Tropical Cyclone PODUL and Tropical Depression KAJIKI have resulted in 14 fatalities and 1 missing person across Laos, as of 10 September. The most affected areas are the southern Provinces of Attapeu, Champasak, Khammouan, Saravan, Savannakhet, and Sekong. Over 1 million people are affected (approximately 150,000 families) and 102,000 have been displaced. |
| TC-2019-000102-PRK
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Tropical Cyclone |
Korea, Democratic People's Republic |
GDACS - High humanitarian impact, max wind speed 231 km/h |
| FL-2019-000101-NER
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Flood |
Niger |
Rainfall since June has provoked flooding in several localities, killing 42 people. The number of victims has dramatically increased during the last week of August, when the waters of the Niger basin have reached the flood stage. According to the authorities, the floods so far have destroyed 5,497 homes and affected the lives of 66,464 people. The National Forecast Agency estimates that the waters will continue rising over the next days due to heavy rains in the Niger basin and the overload of dams in Burkina Faso and Mali. |
| FL-2019-000100-MLI
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Flood |
Mali |
Mali recorded from 24 to 27 August, flooding in several parts of the country. These floods come as a result of heavy rains. This situation has caused enormous damage, in the affected localities across the country. As of 28 August, about 6,474 people (1,729 households) in Koulikoro, Tombouctou, Kidal, Mopti and Ménaka were reported to be affected and at least 854 houses destroyed. In many of these areas, floods have had severe consequences on livelihoods and food stocks have been washed away by the flood water.
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| TC-2019-000099-BHS
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Tropical Cyclone |
Bahamas |
Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas on Sunday September 1, 2019, as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, its 185 mph winds ripping off roofs and tearing down power lines as hundreds hunkered in schools, churches and other shelters. The second-strongest Atlantic hurricane since 1950, Dorian hit land in Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands. Damage assessment are ongoing. |
| FL-2019-000098-CAF
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Flood |
Central African Republic |
The city of Paoua and Pouma?dji village experienced floods in the night of 19 to 20 August 2019. These floods caused significant material and human damage. Provisional reports indicate that at least 295 households or 1,475 people, including 347 men, 356 women and 772 children are affected. One death and five injuries have been recorded |
| FL-2019-000097-JPN
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Flood |
Japan |
Torrential rain hit southwestern Japan on 28 August 2019, prompting local and prefectural governments to instruct hundreds of thousands of people to evacuat. |
| WF-2019-000096-BOL
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Wild fire |
Bolivia |
Based on information received from the Ministry of Environment and Water (MMAyA) on August 26th, 521 thousand hectares are affected by fire forest in the Chiquitania region, Department of Santa Cruz, and 274 hectares of crops affected. Medias inform that the fires destroyed 738 thousand hectares. The presence of heat sources is 497. The greatest heat sources are located in the municipalities of Puerto Suarez (208), San Matías (88), Concepción (43) and San José de Chiquitos (41). (OCHA, Aug 27) |
| TC-2019-000095-DOM
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Tropical Cyclone |
Dominican Republic |
Tropical Storm Dorian is forecast to be near hurricane strength when it moves close to Puerto Rico and eastern Hispaniola on 28 and 29 August. |
| FL-2019-000094-GTM
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Flood |
Guatemala |
An Orange alert warning has been declared in the Departments of Escuintla y Suchitepéquez. According to the National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED), as of 23 August, one person has died, 104 have been injured, 62 evacuated and one is still missing. At least 63,349 people have been affected, 104 houses have been damaged, seven roads flooded and two bridges partially destroyed. The national response system (CONRED) is activated and responding. |
| FL-2019-000093-NGA
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Flood |
Nigeria |
In June, flooding and windstorms in North-East Nigeria impacted camps and camp-like settings, as well as the delivery of food assistance. Heavy rains and flooding in some cases damaged latrines and bathing shelters in several areas. |
| FL-2019-000092-VNM
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Flood |
Viet Nam |
Several provinces in the center, central highlands, and south of Vietnam have been impacted by floods following torrential rain over a number of days. The worst affected provinces are Kien Giang followed by Lam Dong. Other provinces affected include Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Kon Tum, Dong Nai, Binh Thuan
and Binh Phuoc.
According to a report issued by the National Steering
Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control
(NCDPC), as of 10 August 2019, 10 deaths have been reported while four people injured and over 1,985 people evacuated. In total 12,141 houses are affected by the floods. In addition, households have lost livestock, gardens and other assets. |
| TC-2019-000091-CHN
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Tropical Cyclone |
China, People's Republic |
GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact, max wind speed 241 km/h |
| EP-2019-000090-NIC
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Epidemic |
Nicaragua |
The Nicaraguan Government declared the epidemiological alert after the increase in dengue cases on July 31, 2019. According to the Nicaraguan Government, so far there have been 55,289 suspected cases with 84 confirmed cases, representing an increase of 138% suspected cases compared with 2018. So far, Nicaragua has reported 7 people killed due to dengue. |
| FL-2019-000089-SLE
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Flood |
Sierra Leone |
Floods and landslides have affected the capital city of the country, Freetown, triggered by heavy and continuous downpour experienced on 1st August 2019 from 10:00pm until the next morning on 2nd August 2019. The raging floods resulted in substantial destruction of houses, road networks and destroyed the livelihoods of approximately 896 households (5,381 people). |
| EP-2019-000088-GTM
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Epidemic |
Guatemala |
The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MSPAS) declared a red epidemiological alert due to the number of reported dengue and severe dengue cases, and departments affected by this disease, which exceed 75% of the country. 73 suspected cases of Dengue Grave have been identified, of which 22 have been confirmed, 17 have died. The general lethality rate of the country is 0.24% (higher than the lethality rate of the Americas 0.05%). For severe dengue, according to the age group, 67% (49/73) cases investigated correspond to children under 15 years and 56% (41/73) of females. |
| FL-2019-000087-PAK
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Flood |
Pakistan |
Heavy rainfall has been affecting north and north-eastern Pakistan, triggering flash floods and landslides. According a government report, as of 28 July, 64 people have died, more than 71 have been injured and at least 160 houses have been damaged. |
| EQ-2019-000086-PHL
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Earthquake |
Philippines |
Two moderate-sized earthquake with Magnitude 5.4 and 5.9 occurred on 27 July 2019, 4:16 AM and 7:13 AM (local time) respectively in the province of Batanes of the Philippines. Approximately 3,000 persons were affected. |
| EP-2019-000085-PHL
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Epidemic |
Philippines |
With 106,630 dengue cases reported through the Philippines Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (PIDSR) system from 1 January to 29 June 2019, including 456 deaths, the current dengue incidence is 85% higher than in 2018, in spite of a delayed rainy season. Whereas the Case Fatality Rate (CFR)
of 0.43% as of 29 June 2019 is lower than in the same time period in 2018 (0.55%), this is still significantly
higher than the regional average of 0.22% in the Western Pacific.
The Philippines Department of Health (DoH) declared a National Dengue Alert on 15 July 2019, urging regional DoH offices to step up dengue surveillance, case management and outbreak response in primary
health facilities and hospitals, as well as through community and school-based health education campaigns, clean-up drives, surveillance activities, case investigations, vector control, and logistics support for
dengue control (insecticides, RDTs, medicine, etc) in line with an Advisory on Dengue Preparedness and
Outbreak Response issued earlier this year. The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council
(NDRRMC), raised the code blue alert, activating the national Health Cluster, led by DoH. |
| FL-2019-000084-IND
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Flood |
India |
Over 700 people have been moved to relief camps in the state of Assam...after flooding caused by the overflowing Brahmaputra, Barak and Jia Bhoreli rivers. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), as of 26 June, 2019, flooding has affected around 5,000 people in 12 villages of Chirang and Jorhat districts. Around 550 people had moved from their homes to stay in relief centres set up in Bijni, Chirang district, and a further 183 were staying in camps in Jorhat West, Jorhat district. |
| FL-2019-000083-NPL
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Flood |
Nepal |
As of 15 July, 64 people have died, at least 31 are missing and 32 others have been injured. 33,113 have been affected, and 3,186 families displaced. In the last seven days, 75 landslides and 54 flood events occurred across the country...A yellow warning for river overflow has been issued for Kamala River at Titriya locality and the floodgates of Kulekhani dam have been preventitively opened. |
| FL-2019-000081-MMR
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Flood |
Myanmar |
Torrential monsoon rains and rising river levels have caused flooding. In Kachin State, according to the State Government, more than 6,200 people have been evacuated to 39 sites in Myitkyina, Bhamo and Shwegu townships as of 13 July. Rakhine, Chin and Mon states are also being hit by floods. |
| EP-2019-000080-ETH
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Epidemic |
Ethiopia |
From 25 April to 6 June 2019, 424 cholera cases including at least 15 deaths (CFR: 3.5%) have been reported from five regions in Ethiopia, including Addis Ababa administrative city. As of 1 July 2019, the number of regions affected by the cholera outbreak increased to seven (7). Afar and Diredawa regions are new regions to record and report cholera cases with the Afar region totaling 131 cases and one death. |
| FL-2019-000079-BGD
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Flood |
Bangladesh |
The Monsoon Season in Bangladesh officially started on 17 June. Since 7 July, 2019 heavy monsoon rain and water from upstream has triggered flooding in low lying areas of north and north-eastern region of Bangladesh. Six days of heavy rain and onrush of upstream waters have flooded low-lying areas of Kurigram, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat, Chattogram, Bandarban, Rangamati, Sylhet, Sunamganj, Bogura, Nilphamari, Khagrachari, Cox's Bazar, Feni, Netrokona, Sirajganj, Jamalpur, Tangail, Moulavibazar, Habiganj, Sherpur, and Brahmanbaria districts. Additionally, there are high risks of landslides in Chattogram hill tract districts along with Cox's Bazaar due to heavy rainfall.
Additionally, monsoon-related incidents have been recorded in the Rohingya refugee camps since April. During the reporting period, from 14 to 20 June, some 290 refugees in total were affected by landslides/erosions, wind, storm, rain and fires. The most commonly reported events were wind, rain and storms, affecting over 180 Rohingya refugees. |
| OT-2019-000078-ARM
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Other |
Armenia |
On 27 June 2019 a hailstorm has damaged almost all yield capacity of 14 communities in Shirak region in Armenia. |
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HT-2024-000056-BGD
Heat Wave,Bangladesh: Based on the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) data source dated 21 April 2024, severe to very severe, heatwave was sweeping some districts of the country where mild-moderate heatwave was sweeping over most of the districts of the country. BDRCS forecast monitoring report indicates maximum temperatures exceeding 38 degrees Celsius, with the heat index surpassing 38 for two or
more consecutive days. global forecasts from sources such as the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the Global Forecast System (GFS) predict temperatures to remain above 38 degrees for two or more consecutive days, along with high heat indices in Dhaka starting from April 21, 2024, and like to continue till 30th April 2024.
On 24 April 2024 severe heatwave (>=40 degree Celsius) was observed in the district of Rajshahi, Pabna, Khulna, Bagerhat, Jeshore and Patuakhali. On 26 April 2024, Bangladesh set all-time heatwave record as the Meteorological Office recorded 24 days of heatwave during the month of April breaching previous 23 days of heatwave in 2019.
According to BMD dated on April 27, 2024 severe to very severe heatwave (>=40 degree Celsius) has been observed in the district of Rajshahi, Pabna, Chuadanga, Natore, Chapai Nawabganj, Kushtia, Jhenaidah, Jashore, Meherpur and Bogura. Moderate heat wave (>38- 39.9 degree Celsius) is sweeping over the district of Bagerhat, Satkhira, Barguna, Barishal, Patuakhali, Jhalokathi, Bhola, Pirojpur, Sherpur, Mymensingh, Sirajganj, Tangail, Jamalpur ,Thakurgaon, Joypurhat, Panchagarh, Lalmonirhat, Faridpur, Madaripur, Magura, Manikganj, Rajbari, Gazipur, Gopalganj, Nilphamari, Rangpur, Naogaon, Gaibandha and it may spread. According to the observed heatwave most impacted divisions are Rajshahi, Khulna, Rangpur, Dhaka and Barisal. The fluctuation of day and night temperature is visible, and the discomfort may increase due to of moisture incursion. According to the long-range forecast of ECMWF, the ongoing heatwave is likely to persist in the month of May
FL-2024-000052-NPL
Flood,Nepal: GLOF (Glacial lake outburst flood): After an avalanche fell in Birendra Lake in the Manaslu area of Gorkha, the water flowing from there took the form of a flood.
FL-2024-000053-KGZ
Flood,Kyrgyzstan: It was reported in Osh region due to mudslides, the press service of the Presidential Representation in the region reports. Such a decision was made at a meeting of the headquarters. Head of the region Elchibek Jatanov expressed concern about the situation and emphasized the need for coordinated actions of all structures.
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