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| FL-2020-000171-ARM
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Flood |
Armenia |
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| FF-2020-000170-IDN
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Flash Flood |
Indonesia |
Melawi, Ketapang and Sintang, West Kalimantan:
Heavy rainfall along with strong winds have caused flooding in several districts in West Kalimantan province commencing on Wednesday, 8 July 2020. By 16 July water levels had receded in two districts, Kapuas Hulu and Sanggau but three districts, including Melawi, Sintang and Ketapang, were still inundated, with water levels ranging from 200 - 700 cm. The flooding in Melawi district is due to the overflowing of Melawi and Pinoh rivers which have submerged residential areas in 9 sub-districts. Approximately 16,971 HH (65,531 People) have been affected, and 6 houses have been severely damaged. The worst flood impacts have been felt in Sayan, Tanah Pinoh, and Sokan sub-districts.
North Luwu and Wajo districts, South Sulawesi:
High intensity rainfall, starting in North Luwu District on 13 Jul 2020, has prompted the overflowing of three rivers, Masamba, Rongkang, and Radda causing flooding in the sub-districts of Masamba, Sabbang, Baebunta, South Baebunta, Malangke, and West Malangke. Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG; The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency) forecasted potential heavy rainfall in the region between 13-19 July 2020, especially in Masamba area, North Luwu and has warned for more flooding. This warning of potential heavy rainfall event could worsen the situation and disrupt ongoing evacuation, and search and rescue operations. |
| OT-2020-000169-PHL
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Other |
Philippines |
A large-scale movement of people from Sabah, Malaysia to the Philippines commenced on 30 June 2020. Some 5,300 Filipinos are expected to return in groups of up to 400 people in 15-day intervals. Zamboanga City, where a PRC Chapter is also present, serves as processing area for the Returning Filipinos from Sabah. Returnees are being COVID-19 tested in Malaysia pre-departure and go into quarantine upon their arrival in the Philippines, either in Zamboanga City or in their home provinces. PRC staff and volunteers from the local chapters have access to the returnees in the quarantine facilities and are undertaking assessments. Returnees have been in detention in Sabah for 6 to 12 months pre-return.
A total of 395 people arrived in the first group of returns of which 306 are from Tawi-Tawi, 35 from Sulu, 13 from Basilan, 12 from Zamboanga City, eight from Zamboanga del Norte, five from Zamboanga del Sur, four from Zamboanga Sibugay, and 12 others are from other cities and provinces while two each from General Santos City and La Union and one each from Cebu, Negros Occidental, Davao City, Bukidnon, Lanao del Sur, Bohol, Cavite and Siquijor. The first group of returnees is comprised of men, women and children and while some are in family groups, many have returned as individuals. Disaggregated data is still being collected. |
| FF-2020-000168-MNG
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Flash Flood |
Mongolia |
Flash floods have been occurring across the country at different scales due to prolonged heavy rain fall since middle of June and continuing till date. The rainfall is averaged from 50 to 60 millimeters across the country and the highest precipitation of 85 millimeters recorded in Bulgan province on 8 July 2020. |
| DR-2020-000167-MRT
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Drought |
Mauritania |
Mauritania is currently faced with a difficult food and nutritional situation which is like the one of 2018. According to the results of the last harmonized framework of November 2019, 609,184 persons are considered to be in severe food insecurity situation (IPC phases 3, 4) during the lean period between June and October 2020. This is the most serious situation witnessed in the country since the Harmonized Framework has been organized/held in Mauritania (2012). In proportion to its population, Mauritania will be among the most affected countries in the Sahel, with a rate of 14.7% i.e. the highest rate all over the West African Region after The Gambia. |
| FL-2020-000166-BGD
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Flood |
Bangladesh |
With the rise of water levels in all major three river basins and the south-eastern hill regions coupled with the heavy to very heavy rainfall in the upstream Indian states and inside Bangladesh, the country is likely to witness a prolonged flood inundating low-lying areas in nearly 25 districts. The country has already witnessed a very heavy rainfall for 5-6 days this month and it may experience another round of very heavy downpour with a break of a week and it will cause the rise of water levels in the major rivers. Bangladesh witnessed the first phase of flood from 26 June to 7 July affecting around 15 districts due to onrush of upstream water and heavy downpours.According to the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), this second phase flood this season may continue at a stretch till the end of this month and it could prolong in the next month too on the basis of rainfall with water levels of major rivers remaining above danger marks. |
| FL-2020-000165-NPL
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Flood |
Nepal |
Several provinces in Nepal have experienced flooding and landslides since 9 July as a result of heavy monsoon rains. As of 14 July, 46 people are known to have died with a further 63 people missing and 85 injured. More than 1,500 families are also reported to have been displaced and at least 400 houses have been completely or partially destroyed. Local and provincial governments, and District Disaster Management Committees are involved in search and rescue and are providing relief assistance. The Nepal Red Cross Society are distributing NFIs to displaced people in affected areas. Heavy rain is forecasted for the next two days with warnings for further flooding, especially in Provinces 1 and 2. |
| FL-2020-000164-IND
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Flood |
India |
Continuous monsoon rainfall has been affecting several parts of India and Pakistan, leading to an increasing number of fatalities and damage. In India, the Ministry of Home Affairs Disaster Management Division (NDMI), reports 183 fatalities across four States (Assam, Kerala, West Bengal and Karnataka), 10 injuries in Kerala and 3 missing people in West Bengal. More than 59,000 people have been evacuated to 302 relief camps, approximately 1,400,000 people affected, and more than 9,000 houses damaged or destroyed. |
| CE-2020-000162-ETH
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Complex Emergency |
Ethiopia |
On June 29, protests broke out in the capital city Addis Ababa and in Oromia region, after a famous Ethiopian pop star/activist was shot dead. This event has contributed in heightening ethnic tensions in the country, leading to violent protests which have caused the death of about 167 people and displacement of hundreds of families. |
| FL-2020-000161-BGD
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Flood |
Bangladesh |
According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), due to strong monsoon, steep pressure gradient lies over the North Bay of Bengal. Maritime ports have been advised to host local cautionary signal No 3. Due to its influence moderately heavy to very heavy falls are likely to occur at many places all over the country. The National Disaster Response Coordination Centre (NDRCC) of Bangladesh reports that on 5 July, more than 15 districts are affected with a case load of 356,451 households representing more than 1.5 million people in these districts. |
| FL-2020-000160-JPN
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Flood |
Japan |
The death toll from floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has reached 16. Authorities say 17 other people have no vital signs and 13 are missing. |
| OT-2020-000159-MMR
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Other |
Myanmar |
A huge pile of muddy waste collapsed into an open pit at a jade mine in Hpakant area of Kachin state-Myanmar on 2 July 2020. The collapse was triggered by several days of rain that saturated the ground which caused the mudslide. |
| FF-2020-000158-SRB
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Flash Flood |
Serbia |
As of 22nd October, the Republic of Serbia has been affected by heavy rainfalls. The most affected areas are Kolubarski, Moravicki, Raski, Zlatiborski, Rasinski, Toplicki, Jablanicki, and Pomoravski districts. |
| FL-2020-000157-MYS
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Flood |
Malaysia |
• Since Saturday 27 June, intense rain has caused flooding in 11 districts of Sabah, affecting 152 villages and leaving 1,210 people affected.
• According to Government reports as 9am today, 705 people involving 220 families were relocated in nine relief centres in the most affected districts of Tenom, Kota Belud, Papar, Beaufort and Penampang.
• Floods have also been reported since 29 June in the neighbouring state of Sarawak, where heavy rain has hit remote areas in the districts of Baram, Marudi, Long Lama, Lawas and Limbang. According to Barama Peoples action committee 1,000 people in the rural Long Panai settlement are isolated. |
| FF-2020-000156-UKR
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Flash Flood |
Ukraine |
As of 22 June, heavy rains in western Ukraine resulted in the largest flooding in the last 50 years.
The western regions of Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Zakarpattia, Lviv and Ternopil oblasts, are the most heavily affected. Overflowing rivers have inundated settlements, breached dams and stranded villagers. Several bridges and power lines have been damaged, as have hundreds of homes. |
| OT-2020-000155-IDN
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Other |
Indonesia |
A damaged motorboat carrying 99 migrants was identified as stranded around 4 miles from the coastline of Seunudoen, North Aceh on Wednesday, 24 June 2020. Based on a rapid assessment undertaken by Palang Merah Indonesia’s (PMI) Lhokseumawe branch, it is thought that the 99 passengers include 53 women, 18 men, 17 girls, 11 boys (including one infant). After being rescued from the boat on Lancok Coast, North Aceh District, the passengers were transferred to a transitional shelter owned by the Lhokseumawe City government, located in Punteut village, Blang Mangat Subdistrict, Lhokseumawe City. The migrants are orginally from Rakhine State, Myanmar; however, prior to their journey to Indonesia, they had been forcibly displaced and were living in the displacement camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. |
| FL-2020-000154-CIV
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Flood |
Cote d'Ivoire |
On 17 June 2020, torrential rain over a couple of days caused flooding in the southern parts of the country, including the country’s economic capital Abidjan. Among the worst hit areas are the districts of André Château d´Eau, Abobo-Belleville and Riviera Palmeraie.
As a direct consequence of these torrential rains, on 18 June, a landslide swept away about twenty houses and railway tracks in Anyama, in the northern part of Abidjan, leaving at least 13 people dead and many missing, buried under muddy rubbles. Indeed, Abidjan recorded over 260mm of rain in 48 hours
On 25 June, more people died and one was declared missing from flash flooding after 240mm of rain fell in a few hours in Abidjan District. Several roads have been cut and houses damaged, cars upturned and dragged through streets and residents taking refuge on roofs or clinging to walls and trees. Firefighters responded to several calls for assistance, mostly in the suburb of Cocody which was among the worst hit areas. |
| FF-2020-000153-BIH
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Flash Flood |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Heavy rainfall has caused rivers and creeks in North-eastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina to swell and flood houses and roads. One of the most affected areas is in Tuzla Canton where traffic has been stopped on the main road connecting city of Tuzla with Sarajevo to the south and Orašje to the north while the city’s connection to the north-western town of Doboj is also impacted. |
| OT-2020-000152-MWI
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Other |
Malawi |
Malawi held national elections on the 21st of May 2019. The credibility of the elections outcome announced on the 27th of May 2019 was challenged in Court by different political affiliations including the main opposition parties; United Transformation Movement (UTM) Party and the Malawi Congress Party (MCP). The constitutional court ruling on 3rd February 2020 nullified the elections and ordered fresh elections to be conducted within 150 days. In the 500-page judgment, the court cited various irregularities and anomalies petitioners had brought before the court against the MEC. The irregularities included use of correction fluid, duplicate forms and lack of signatures on some result sheets. |
| EP-2020-000151-COD
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Epidemic |
Congo Democratic Republic |
The 1 June 2020 a new Ebola outbreak was declared in Equateur Province, DRC. Since then there are have been a total of 17 Ebola virus disease cases (17 confirmed and 3 probable). |
| OT-2020-000150-LBY
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Other |
Libyan Arab Jamah |
Following an intensification of conflict in southern Tripoli, Tarhuna and Sirt, since the 7th of June 2020, nearly 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, according to the Libyan Red Crescent Society updates and IOM’s Displacement Tracking Update.
The majority of those displaced are in the east of the country, particularly Ejdabia (6,050 people), Benghazi (5,250 people), Al Bayda (1643 people) and Tocra (402 people), although other people have fled to the west, particularly Bani Waleed (4,750 people). Some of those recently arrived IDPs in the East had previously been staying in Sirt and Ashshwayrif, before moving further east. |
| FL-2020-000149-BFA
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Flood |
Burkina Faso |
Heavy rain has been affecting centre-north Burkina Faso (in particular the Centre-Nord Region) since 5 June, triggering floods and causing damage in a number of Internally Displaced People (IDP), camps across Kongoussi, Pensa, and Barsalogho Municipalities, that host around 140,000 IDPs. |
| EQ-2020-000148-TUR
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Earthquake |
Turkey |
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 hit Turkey's eastern province of Bingol on Sunday, the country's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said. The quake occurred at 5:24 p.m. local time (1424 GMT), with its epicenter at Kaynarpinar village of Karliova district, and shook for around 10 seconds, followed by 22 aftershocks, according to the report. |
| FL-2020-000147-CHN
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Flood |
China, People's Republic |
Since 1 June, widespread floods and mudslides due to torrential rain continue to affect several provinces of the country (particularly Guangxi, Hunan, Guangdong and other southern provinces), leading to an increasing number of fatalities and damage. According to media, at least 13 people have died and 2 are still missing. Approximately 230,000 people have been displaced, more than 2.6 million affected and 1,300 houses destroyed. |
| TC-2020-000146-SLV
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Tropical Cyclone |
El Salvador |
The El Salvador Ministry of Foreign affairs requested international assistance, as Amanda and Cristobal affected 29,968 families, roughly some 150,000 people, mostly in the departments of La Libertad, Santa Ana, San Miguel and San Salvador. |
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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
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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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