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| ST-2009-000090-BEN
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Benin |
The violent storms that occurred in Challa Ogo? in Ouess? community of Collines region (200 Km from Cotonou) have caused heavy material losses in the area. |
| FL-2009-000089-BRA
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Flood |
Brazil |
Severe flooding has hit Brazil's perennially drought-stricken northeast, killing 15 people and leaving 70,000 others homeless. |
| TC-2009-000088-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
NDCC reports TD Dante caused floods and landslides. 8 killed, 15 missing and 13,244 evacuated. |
| FL-2009-000087-VUT
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Flood |
Vanuatu |
Recent rainfall caused floods and landslides severely affecting North Ambrym. Ten villages between Linbul and Ranvetlam, with an estimated population of 950 (239 households), were affected. |
| VO-2009-000086-VUT
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Volcano |
Vanuatu |
Acid rain and ash fall threaten water safety as well as crops and vegetation. More than 9 000 people from 40 villages in Ambrym have been affected. |
| IN-2009-000085-LAO
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Insect Infestation |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Based on the Provincal authorities reports, Rodent infestation Occcured and affected 151,423 people of 27,035 house hold, 411 village, 34 distris in 7 provinces of Lao PDR. |
| EP-2009-000084-MEX
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Epidemic |
Mexico |
According to WHO spokesperson, an outbreak of swine flu has killed 57 people in Mexico. 7 cases have been registered in the USA. |
| EP-2009-000084-MNG
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Epidemic |
Mongolia |
As the extension of the ongoing H1N1 pandemic, Mongolia has been experiencing a serious epidemic of H1N1 since October 12 and as of November 9, the latest available statistics from the Ministry of Health indicate that a total of 929 people have been infected with this virus and nine people died, including two pregnant women. |
| MS-2009-000083-TJK
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Mud Slide |
Tajikistan |
As a result of heavy rains for over a week, on 21 April at 8 pm local time, a Mud Slide affected Khuroson district, jamoat Ayni, 18th Hizb village in Khatlon province, Kurgantube region. |
| VW-2009-000082-CAF
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Violent Wind |
Central African Republic |
Since February 2009, heavy rains accompanied by violent winds and tornados have been hitting the Central African Republic (CAR) causing several damages. The disaster started in Bangui, the capital of the country, and extended to Berberati, Eastern CAR. Some funds were allocated in February 2009 from the International Federation?s DREF to assist the 278 vulnerable families that had been identified in the affected localities. |
| FF-2009-000081-PHL
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Flash Flood |
Philippines |
Continuous heavy rains in the low-lying areas along Chico River from 5:00 PM to 12:00 midnight (local time) of 21 April 2009 caused caused flash flooding in Rizal, Cagayan particularly to the barangays of Cambabangan, Nanungaran and Dunggan. As of initial report, 20 families or 110 persons were affected. However, there were no reported human casualties. Three (3) ferry boats docked in Rizal river bank without passengers were reported missing. Further 12 carabaos drowned in the said incident.-NDCC update dd 22/04/2009 |
| FL-2009-000080-AFG
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Flood |
Afghanistan |
On 20-21 April, flooding was reported in 10 locations on the outskirts of Mazar city and 3 in Chemtal district of Balkh province. Two children
were killed, a total of 240 houses completely destroyed, 157 partially damaged. 240 families have
lost everything. |
| VW-2009-000079-GAB
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Violent Wind |
Gabon |
During the last 3 months, Gabon is exposed to violent winds followed by flood. Last week on the night of 05 to 06 April new cases were recorded in Mouila, headquarter of the Ngounie council and in Libreville. |
| TC-2009-000078-BGD
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Tropical Cyclone |
Bangladesh |
Cyclone Bijli cyclone battered the Bangladesh coast with heavy rain and winds of up to 100 kph (62 mph) on Friday, forcing the storm-prone country to evacuate thousands of people. |
| EQ-2009-000077-AFG
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Earthquake |
Afghanistan |
Two earthquakes killed at least 22 people and destroyed several hundred homes when they struck two hours apart in eastern Afghanistan (17/04/2009). |
| VO-2009-000076-COD
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Volcano |
Congo Democratic Republic |
The city of Goma and the area of Nyiragongo located at the bottom of the volcano are and will remain high risk areas. Since January 2009, the Nyiragongo and Nyamulagira volcanoes have been showing the following signs: recurrent seismic swarms of volcanic nature; great range volcano tremors at the seismographic station of Rusayo, where they happened more frequently than in other stations. This means that the volcano tremors mainly come from Nyiragongo, which lake of lava is very active. |
| FL-2009-000075-BDI
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Flood |
Burundi |
Rain-induced floods have displaced over 8,000 people in a commune north of Bujumbura, the Burundian capital, and damaged at least 1,200 houses as well as crops |
| EP-2009-000074-UGA
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Epidemic |
Uganda |
The Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Cholera in Kasese district - south Western Uganda. A cumulative figure of 61 cases has been on admission and 01 death registered (0.61% mortality rate). |
| TC-2009-000073-MDG
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Tropical Cyclone |
Madagascar |
Three people were killed and 800 made homeless. |
| EQ-2009-000072-ITA
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Earthquake |
Italy |
A number of people were reported to have been injured and others trapped under rubble in the city of l'Aquila and outlying areas from the quake that measured 6.3 on the Richter scale |
| TO-2009-000071-IND
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Tornadoes |
India |
At least 15 people were killed and more than 150 injured when a tornado struck the eastern Indian state of Orissa Tuesday(31/03/2009)night. The government has sent aid to the families struck by the disaster.- Xinhua(01/04/2009) |
| CE-2009-000070-SDN
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Complex Emergency |
Sudan |
Following the Government of Sudan?s decision on 4 March 2009 to order thirteen international humanitarian agencies and three national NGOs working in Darfur and other parts of the country to leave, concerns have mounted over possible humanitarian gaps and the availability of operational, management, and coordination capacities to deliver humanitarian assistance. The Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) was approached by the authorities to explore possibilities to fill some gaps, not only in Darfur state but also in the rest of the country. The Federation, working in support to the National Society, has been closely monitoring the situation and has had a number of meetings with key stakeholders within and outside the Movement to gain a better understanding of the humanitarian impact and consequences, and to explore an expanded role for the SRCS within its mandate and capacities. |
| FF-2009-000069-IDN
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Flash Flood |
Indonesia |
Several days of heavy rain caused a dam burst near Jakarta, drownning over 32, flooding hundreds of homes, many still trapped by waters as high as 6m in some places. |
| FL-2009-000068-ZMB
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Flood |
Zambia |
The western province of Zambia has been hit by widespread flooding. The flooding has mainly affected districts in the Zambezi River Basin. The floods have displaced close to a thousand households, damaged crops both upland and wetland. |
| EP-2009-000067-BEN
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Epidemic |
Benin |
The reporting of 38 cases of polio across 7 West African countries in 2008 and an additional 13 cases in the first 2 months of 2009 has prompted the concerned countries with coordination support from WHO to organise synchronised polio vaccination campaigns. Four Red Cross National Societies in the region have applied for emergency funds to support the March rounds of these campaigns through their community based social mobilization work raising awareness about the diseases, the vaccination campaign and helping to prevent further cases. |
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM,Viet Nam: On 12-13 May, heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms, tornadoes, and strong winds affected Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, Quang Ninh, and Hanoi provinces causing severe weather-related incidents and landslides that resulted in casualties and damage.
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FL-2024-000068-AFG
Flood,Afghanistan: GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact in for Afghanistan. Severe flash floods impacted several provinces of Afghanistan following heavy rain that began around 09 May 2024. WFP in Afghanistan reported more than 300 people died in Baghlan Province where more than 1,000 houses were destroyed. Afghanistan Interior Ministry also reported flooding in Takhar and Herat Provinces. International Rescue Committee (IRC) also reported flooding and damages in Ghor, Kunduz, Badakhshan, Samangan and Badghis.
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