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| TC-2017-000132-BHS
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Tropical Cyclone |
Bahamas |
Category 5 Hurricane Irma hit Caribbean nations and foreign territories, including the Bahamas. |
| TC-2017-000132-CUB
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Tropical Cyclone |
Cuba |
Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cuba as a destructive Category 5 storm on 10th of September 2017 causing heavy damage to the buildings and infrastructure. The Northern and Central parts of the country are especially affected by the winds and the surge water. At least 10 people are reported killed. |
| TC-2017-000132-DMA
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Tropical Cyclone |
Dominica |
With maximum sustained winds near 185 mph, Irma a powerful Category 5 Hurricane impacted the CDEMA Participating States of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis and Montserrat over Tuesday night into Wednesday evening, September 06, 2017. |
| TC-2017-000132-KNA
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Tropical Cyclone |
St Kitts & Nevis |
With maximum sustained winds near 185 mph, Irma a powerful Category 5 Hurricane impacted the CDEMA Participating States of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis and Montserrat over Tuesday night into Wednesday evening, September 06, 2017. |
| TC-2017-000132-MSR
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Tropical Cyclone |
Montserrat |
With maximum sustained winds near 185 mph, Irma a powerful Category 5 Hurricane impacted the CDEMA Participating States of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis and Montserrat over Tuesday night into Wednesday evening, September 06, 2017. |
| TC-2017-000132-USA
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Tropical Cyclone |
United States |
Category 4 hurricane made landfall at Cudjoe Key, Florida after devastating the U.S. Virgin Islands - St John and St Thomas - as a category 5 storm. The Florida Keys were heavily impacted, as 25% of buildings were destroyed while 65% were significantly damaged. Severe wind and storm surge damage also occurred along the coasts of Florida and South Carolina. Jacksonville, FL and Charleston, SC received near-historic levels of storm surge causing significant coastal flooding. Irma maintained a maximum sustained wind of 185 mph for 37 hours, the longest in the satellite era. Irma also was a category 5 storm for longer than all other Atlantic hurricanes except Ivan in 2004. |
| TC-2017-000131-VNM
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Tropical Cyclone |
Viet Nam |
Typhoon Doksuri, the biggest storm to hit Vietnam in many years, is forecast to make landfall in the central region on late September 15 and early September 16.
This is the first time Vietnam has rated the Danger Level 4 for a storm. Therefore, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong, who is also head of the National Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control, asked the NCHMF to keep a close watch on the developments of the typhoon to provide accurate forecasts. |
| FL-2017-000130-GTM
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Flood |
Guatemala |
Over 200,000 people in Guatemala have been affected by the rainy season
that started in mid-April, and 676 people are in shelters. Floods resulted in severe damage to houses and facilities country-wide. |
| EP-2017-000129-TCD
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Epidemic |
Chad |
On 15 August 2017, the Ministry of Health of Chad notified WHO of a suspected cholera outbreak in Koukou District, Sila Region in the south-east of the country (bordering Sudan). The outbreak first emerged on 14-15 August 2017 when the local health facility (Tioro Health Centre) reported a cluster of 50 cases of acute watery diarrhoea including 13 deaths (case fatality rate 26%) from Marena, a remote village in Koukou District. Subsequently, suspected cases have been reported by the Dogdoré Health Centre (receiving cases from Dabanalaye and Hilé Hussein villages) since 19 August 2017, and most recently from the GozAmir and Koukou Urbain (Quartier Habilé) health centres since 4 September 2017. As of 5 September 2017, 206 cholera cases including 25 deaths (case fatality rate 12.1%) have been reported across Koukou district. Marena (133 cases) and Dogdoré (64 cases) are currently the worst affected regions. The situation in Goz-Amir (2 cases) and Koukou Urbain (1 case) are also being monitored closely. |
| EQ-2017-000128-MEX
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Earthquake |
Mexico |
An earthquake of magnitude 8 M at a depth of 35 km occurred near the southwestern coasts of Chiapas State on 8 September at 4.49 UTC. The epicentre was located approx. 96 km southwest of Pijijiapan city (population 15 400 people). USGS PAGER estimated a shaking up to "Severe" for 161 000 people and up to "Very Strong" for 920 000 people.
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| OT-2017-000127-LBR
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Other |
Liberia |
Liberia will have parliamentary and presidential elections on 10th of October 2017. Since 2005, every election has been accompanied by at least some levels of violence. Considering the existing tense political environment, violent street protesting can be anticipated to take place also in this election. Up to 100,000 people are at risk of being affected by street violence. |
| FL-2017-000126-NGA
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Flood |
Nigeria |
Flooding in various localities in the north-east region has cut off roads and made helicopter landings
impossible. Aid convoys by road to Rann, a remote location in Borno sate which hosts some 43,000
displaced people, has become extremely difficult. Some 800 metric tons of food, nutrition, health, WASH and shelter supplies are awaiting delivery. The logistics sector and WFP are exploring the possibilities of bringing in relief from Cameroon. |
| TC-2017-000125-ATG
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Tropical Cyclone |
Antigua & Barbuda |
With maximum sustained winds near 185 mph, Irma a powerful Category 5 Hurricane impacted the CDEMA Participating States of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis and Montserrat over Tuesday night into Wednesday evening, September 06, 2017. |
| TC-2017-000125-BHS
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Tropical Cyclone |
Bahamas |
With maximum sustained winds near 185 mph, Irma a powerful Category 5 Hurricane impacted the CDEMA Participating States of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis and Montserrat over Tuesday night into Wednesday evening, September 06, 2017. |
| TC-2017-000125-CUB
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Tropical Cyclone |
Cuba |
After its passage through Cuba on 9 September, Hurricane Irma severely impacted northern and central Cuba, causing coastal and river flooding. |
| TC-2017-000125-DMA
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Tropical Cyclone |
Dominica |
With maximum sustained winds near 185 mph, Irma a powerful Category 5 Hurricane impacted the CDEMA Participating States of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis and Montserrat over Tuesday night into Wednesday evening, September 06, 2017. |
| TC-2017-000125-DOM
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Tropical Cyclone |
Dominican Republic |
According to the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s National Hurricane Centre (NHC), Hurricane Irma's centre was located near latitude 18.8 north, longitude 39.1 west at 5 PM Atlantic Standard Time (AST) (2100 Coordinated Universal Time [UTC]). Irma is moving toward the west at around 13 mph (20 km/h). A turn toward the west-south-west is expected by tomorrow, 2 September 2017. Irma is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, as maximum sustained winds are near 120 mph (195 km/h), with higher gusts; while fluctuations in strength (up or down) are possible over the next few days, Irma is expected to remain a powerful hurricane through the weekend. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles (35 km) from the centre and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles (165 km). The estimated minimum central pressure is 964 mb (28.47 inches). |
| TC-2017-000125-HTI
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Tropical Cyclone |
Haiti |
According to initial reports, Hurricane Irma caused extensive damage to agricultural fields, livestock and banana plantations in the affected areas. |
| TC-2017-000125-KNA
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Tropical Cyclone |
St Kitts & Nevis |
With maximum sustained winds near 185 mph, Irma a powerful Category 5 Hurricane impacted the CDEMA Participating States of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis and Montserrat over Tuesday night into Wednesday evening, September 06, 2017. |
| TC-2017-000125-MSR
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Tropical Cyclone |
Montserrat |
With maximum sustained winds near 185 mph, Irma a powerful Category 5 Hurricane impacted the CDEMA Participating States of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis and Montserrat over Tuesday night into Wednesday evening, September 06, 2017. |
| EP-2017-000124-SDN
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Epidemic |
Sudan |
According to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) as of 18 August 2017, 30,762 cases of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD)?including 657 related deaths?have been reported in the 18 states in the country since August 2016. Based on the attack rate projections another 36,000 to 40,000 cases are expected over the next six to nine months, according to the FMoH and WHO. The AWD is affecting all demographics, with females constituting 54 per cent of the cases and children under five years of age accounting for 8.1 per cent |
| TC-2017-000123-USA
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Tropical Cyclone |
United States |
Tropical storm Harvey battered the region for six straight days and began to move into southwest Louisiana. Hundreds of thousands of people are under evacuation orders, shelters are filled to bursting and the death toll surpasses 30 people. |
| FF-2017-000122-CMR
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Flash Flood |
Cameroon |
Since 04 August 2017, the Menoua Division, in the West Region of Cameroon, has been experiencing heavy rainfalls, causing a significant rise of water levels and mudslides. Resulting from this situation, severe flooding has ensued in the area, causing extensive material damage and loss of life. |
| OT-2017-000121-BFA
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Other |
Burkina Faso |
During the current lean season, approximately 25,700 people are facing a food crisis (phase 3). The situation is further aggravated by the population movement and the deteriorating security conditions. The vulnerable groups such as children under five and lactating women are particularly at risk. |
| FL-2017-000120-VNM
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Flood |
Viet Nam |
The storm number 6 name Hato had landing on Hong Kong, China. On land, the storm also affected to the province in the Northern of Vietnam. There are a lot of heavy rain, land slide and local flood in mountain area.
- Casualty: 02 people dead, 01 people missing,
- Housing: 05 houses collapsed completely; 387 unroofed;
- Agriculture: Total area of rice and crops are flooded: 1.751 ha, including 1.502 hectares of rice and 249 hectares of crops.
- Damage to livestock: 1.713 of cattle and poultry died, swept away.
- Damage to transport, irrigation: 15.000 m3 national highway 3C was landslide; 820m local roads are landslide and damaged. |
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