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Event: FL Flood
Number: 2005-000138
Country: PNG Papua New Guinea
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Date (YMD): 2005-8-20
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Information Source:OCHA Sitrep No 1
Comments: Continuous heavy rains over recent weeks combined with extraordinary high and low tides are reported to have caused rivers to rise and widespread destruction in central and southern parts of the island. The village in Vito in Central Bougainville is virtually destroyed; several other villages in Southern Bougainville have been severely impacted with heavy crop damage around rivers. One death has been reported to date.
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