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| FL-2021-000204-BRA
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Flood |
Brazil |
On 7 December 2021, storms caused by the passage of subtropical cyclone-affected several cities in the south of Bahia state in Brazil. The National Center for Disaster Prevention (Cemaden) recorded rainfall of 450 mm in the Itamaraju municipality and 171 mm in Porto Seguro municipality in Bahia state. |
| AC-2021-000203-HTI
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Tech. Disaster |
Haiti |
On Tuesday 14 December at around 12:30 am, a fuel truck exploded in Cap-Haitien killing at least 61 people and wounding 47 more with severe burns, according to latest information from national authorities. |
| TC-2021-000202-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
Typhoon Rai (locally named Odette) further intensified and became of typhoon strength while it continued to move west northwestward. According to the Philippines weather bureau, PAGASA, Typhoon Rai continues to gain strength, currently packing maximum winds of 130 km/h and gustiness of up to 160 km/h and is expected to make landfall in the vicinity of Surigao Provinces or southern portion of Eastern Visayas late on Thursday,16 December with high winds up to 155 km/h. |
| CE-2021-000201-TCD
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Complex Emergency |
Chad |
According to the National Commission for the Reception and Reintegration of Refugees and Repatriates (CNARR) and the UNHCR, 82,637 Cameroonians have found refuge on Chadian territory by 12 December 2021. Of these, 45,637 are reported in the urban areas of Ndjamena while 37,000 are in rural areas. Most of these people have fled the town of Kousseri to N'djamena, the capital of Chad, located a few kilometres across the Chari and Logone rivers, which mark the border between Chad and Cameroon, following communal violence starting on 5th December. |
| EQ-2021-000200-IDN
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Earthquake |
Indonesia |
A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday triggering a tsunami warning, the meteorological department said, but there was no immediate word on any casualties or damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey later said the quake had a magnitude of 7.3. |
| TO-2021-000199-USA
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Tornadoes |
United States |
Historic December tornado outbreak across several southeast and central states caused devastating damage across many towns and cities. This outbreak produced two long-tracked EF-4 tornadoes across Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky. The longest tornado track was nearly 166 miles across Kentucky and a small portion of Tennessee. This was the longest-tracked tornado on record in Kentucky and was a U.S. record tornado track length for the month of December. There were over 800 total miles of tornado path length on December 10. The peak intensity from this outbreak was EF-4 rated wind speeds of 190 mph in Mayfield, Kentucky. This day was also the deadliest December tornado outbreak recorded in the United States surpassing the Vicksburg, Mississippi tornado of December 5, 1953, which caused 38 fatalities. US$4.1b |
| FF-2021-000198-COG
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Flash Flood |
Congo, Republic |
Dans la partie septentrionale de la République du Congo, d’abondantes précipitations ont été observées depuis le mois de septembre 2021, alors que la saison des pluies ne venait que de commencer. Selon les données satellitaires du Gouvernement, les pluies du 29 Novembre 2021 ont occasionné une forte augmentation du niveau des eaux et provoqué l’inondation totale ou partielle de plusieurs villages, quartiers, districts des départements de la Likouala (districts de Bétou, d’Epéna et Dongou), la Sangha ; de la Cuvette et des Plateaux. A ces localités touchées à l’intérieur du pays s’ajoutent plusieurs quartiers des villes de Pointe-Noire et de Brazzaville, où plusieurs milliers de personnes touchées ont été forcées de quitter leurs lieux d’habitation et ont perdu leurs moyens de subsistance. Face à cette catastrophe, le Gouvernement Congolais a déclaré un état de catastrophe par lettre N° 210844/PM/CAB du 29/11/21. |
| SS-2021-000196-MWI
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Storm Surge |
Malawi |
As forecasted in the published alert, Salima district started getting heavy clouds in the afternoon of the 24th November, 2021 which later turned into a very heavy storm which lasted for a more than three hours. The area recorded 45.1 mm of rainfall associated with high temperatures up to 39 Degree Celsius. During this period, only few houses were affected. The storms resurfaced on 25th November and continued to 28th November, accompanied by heavy rains and winds causing serious damages in the four Traditional Authorities of Maganga, Kalonga, Kambwiri and Pemba. The rains lasted No deaths and injuries were reported but the impact of the disaster was unprecedented on the people with a large affected areas of houses. At the time of the rapid assessment, 1,188 households were affected with most of them having their roofs brown off. Household items, food stocks, WASH learning amenities were also damaged. About 98 households were also reported to be displaced and hosted by families and neighbours within the communities. However, no camps were established. |
| VO-2021-000194-IDN
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Volcano |
Indonesia |
On Saturday, 4 December 2021 at 14.50 Western Indonesia Time (Waktu Indonesia Barat – WIB (GMT+7)), Mount Semeru Observation Post at Gunung Sawur Post reported flood lava vibrations or hot cloud avalanches of Mount Semeru, located on the border of Lumajang and Malang districts in East Java Province. The avalanches recorded with maximum amplitude of 20 millimetres – 25 millimetres Seismographs for 5160 seconds. Hot and volcanic ashes blown towards Southwest from the crater. Mount Semeru was at alert level 2 (advisory, waspada) prior to the lava vibrations and still remains at level 2. As of 9 December 2021, Centre of Volcanic and Geology Disaster Mitigation or Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG), reported 9 eruptions following the main eruption on Saturday with maximum amplitude ranging from 22-37 mm, occurring between 200-240 seconds.
As of 9 December 2021, 3 districts in East Java Province namely Lumajang district, Malang district and Blitar district have been affected by the hot ash and lava avalanches. |
| CE-2021-000193-BFA
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Complex Emergency |
Burkina Faso |
Since the start of November 2021, attacks have intensified in the Boucle du Mouhoun, mainly in Sourou province. Following a succession of attacks between 4 and 16 November, mainly targeting security posts and public service personnel in the commune of Di. These attacks destroyed the already weakened security in the region, leading to a new wave of displacements from DI. On 18 November, the GOA took the opportunity of the poor security coverage resulting from these repeated attacks to threaten the population with reprisals for those who did not leave DI and its surroundings. The population, fearing for their safety, left the commune of DI and the surrounding area en masse, to seek refuge mainly in Tougan, Gnessa, Toma, Dédougou, Ouagadougou etc. |
| EQ-2021-000192-PER
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Earthquake |
Peru |
High humanitarian impact, magnitude 7.5M |
| VO-2021-000191-JPN
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Volcano |
Japan |
Okinawa prefectural officials met Wednesday to discuss ways to collect a large amount of pumice stones apparently from the eruption of an undersea volcano from the Ogasawara Islands. |
| VO-2021-000191-PHL
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Volcano |
Philippines |
Pumice stones and volcanic debris from a volcano in Japan that erupted in August have reached Batanes, posing danger to marine life and fisheries, the Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology said Tuesday. |
| FL-2021-000190-EGY
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Flood |
Egypt |
On 11 November, 2021, the Egyptian Meteorological Authority - stated that the situation during the period of 12 – 14 November 2021 will witness heavy rains that will likely cause floods in the region of Upper Northern Egypt, and that the weather situation in southeast Egypt could be affected by the heavy rain accompanied by strong winds similar to that of 2019 and 2020. Thus, the government has appealed the citizens to stay alert and not to leave their homes.
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| FF-2021-000189-BIH
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Flash Flood |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
During the night of 5 November, central, eastern and southern parts of the country were hit by flash floods caused by intensive rainfall. Rivers Zeljeznica, Miljacka, Bosna and Neretva, together with smaller rivers which flow into them flooded the area, causing damages and prompting evacuations. There are currently 18 affected municipalities in both Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Republic of Srpska. Affected municipalities are: Ilidza, Trnovo, East Ilidza, Trnovo (FBIH), Stari Grad, Konjic, Jablanica, Novi Grad, Kiseljak, Goražde, Pale (FBIH), Pale, Foča, Sokolac, Gacko, Foča (FBIH) and Novo Sarajevo. Another 5 municipalities were less affected. Landslides are recorded in different areas around the country. |
| FL-2021-000188-LKA
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Flood |
Sri Lanka |
At least 20 people have died in floods, landslides and lightning strikes in Sri Lanka following almost 2 weeks of heavy rain, disaster officials in the country said on 10 November 2021. |
| CE-2021-000187-SDN
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Complex Emergency |
Sudan |
On 25 October 2021, the Sudan Information Ministry reported that the Sudanese civilian-led government had been dissolved by the military. Its dissolution comes after an attempted coup on 21 September 2021 and persisting political tensions, characterized by ongoing demonstrations and protests in the country over recent months. |
| DR-2021-000179-MDG
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Drought |
Madagascar |
GDACS - Severe impact for agricultural drought in 11809 km2 over Madagascar-2020 |
| DR-2021-000178-BOL
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Drought |
Bolivia |
GDACS - Medium impact for agricultural drought in 737417 km2 over Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, North Argentina-2019 |
| EQ-2021-000177-IRN
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Earthquake |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
Medium humanitarian impact, magnitude 6.3M |
| EQ-2021-000176-IRN
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Earthquake |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
Medium humanitarian impact, magnitude 6M |
| OT-2021-000175-BLR
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Other |
Belarus |
Since mid-May 2021 the number of people who enter Lithuania and Poland irregularly from Belarus has been increasing rapidly. Thousands of people have crossed from Belarus to Lithuania, Poland and neighbouring countries in the last months. When Lithuania started to deter migrants, neighbouring countries became affected too. A significant increase of irregular entries from Belarus into the European Union (EU) has been observed, compared to the same period of 2020, bringing the total number to almost 4,500. |
| VO-2021-000174-VUT
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Volcano |
Vanuatu |
Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department (VMGD) issued an update on Yasur volcano on 22 October 2021 that Yasur volcano alert is currently on Level 2 and the activity has intensified in the level of major unrest state.
The observations on ground indicate that Yasur volcano has emitted massive plumes of volcanic ashes and gas at around 2pm on 22 October till late in the night. With this massive activity, the danger zone is increased to 1km around the volcano cone and the danger zone for life safety is moved to Danger Zone B. |
| FL-2021-000173-IDN
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Flood |
Indonesia |
Prolonged and heavy rainfall along with strong winds from October to early November has caused Kapuas River to overflow, flooding several districts namely Sintang, Sanggau, Melawi, Kapuas Hulu, Ketapang and Sekadau in West Kalimantan province. Following an initial flooding event at the end of October, which receded quite quickly, heavy rain continuing in early November, saw a rapid escalation of the situation on 6 November 2021, causing extensive flooding across several districts. As six districts remain submerged in water the situation is overwhelming emergency responders in the area. |
| FL-2021-000172-IND
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Flood |
India |
Heavy overnight rain led to flooding in several areas of Chennai. Nungambakkam recorded 21.5 cm of rainfall, the highest recorded in a 24-hour period since 2015. Vehicles had to wade through waterlogged streets at Avadi in Chennai. Local media reports showed uprooted trees, submerged cars and disrupted traffic and commuters on Chennai streets. Further heavy rainfall is predicted to occur on November 10-11. |
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