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ST-2014-000176-USA
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
United States |
Severe storms brought damaging winds, hail and flooding to the Midwest, Rockies and eastern parts of the country. |
ST-2014-000175-USA
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
United States |
Severe storms across the Rockies and Central Plains states brought hail and damaging winds causing more than $2 billion worth of damage. |
DR-2014-000174-USA
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Drought |
United States |
A continuation of drought conditions from previous years persisted on through most of 2014 across much of the Western United States from California to Texas causing more than $4 billion worth of damage. |
EP-2014-000173-MDG
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Epidemic |
Madagascar |
On 4 Nov 2014, WHO was notified by the Ministry of Health of Madagascar of an outbreak of plague. The first case was identified on 31 Aug and the patient died on 3 Sep. As of 16 November, a total of 119 cases of plague had been confirmed, including 40 deaths. Only 2 per cent of reported cases were of the pneumonic form. By 20 Feb 2015, 283 suspected, probable or confirmed cases, including 74 deaths, had been reported. The outbreak peaked in November and December but had slowed for the time being. Health officials were keeping a close watch over the situation as the plague season on the island continues until April. |
OT-2014-000172-CMR
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Other |
Cameroon |
The Far Nord region of Cameroun has experienced population movement since 2006 with the crisis in Chad and now with the political instability from the North East of Nigeria. Substantial assistance has been provided to refugees during the last few years and this situation has increased the operational capacities of different local and international NGOs, the UN agencies and the Cameroun RC in this region too.
From July 2014, a large number of Nigerian refugees have been crossing the border into Cameroun, fleeing the conflict: about 35,000 refugees have been registered by UNHCR. About 30,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have also been reported, following clashes at the border where some villages and towns have been attacked. |
CW-2014-000171-MKD
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Cold Wave |
Macedonia |
On 28 December 2014, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was hit by heavy snowfalls that resulted in snow drifts, two meters high in some places, limiting the movement of all types of vehicles on many highways and mountain corridors, cutting the communication with a number of mountain villages. The electricity lines were also cut in some of the regions, the most affected ones being Ohrid, Struga, Debar, Kichevo, Skopje, and Makedonski Brod. For more than ten hours about 150 vehicles with 500 drivers and passengers were stranded on the Skopje - Ohrid highway due to the heavy snowfall. |
EP-2014-000170-SSD
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Epidemic |
South Sudan |
Starting in mid-2014, Kala-azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis) cases started to increase considerably in South Sudan. By 12 Dec, the number of cases and deaths had increased to 7,204 and 199 respectively. In comparison, 2,992 cases and 88 deaths had been reported over the same period in 2013. |
TC-2014-000169-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
Tropical Storm Jangmi, locally named Seniang, made landfall on the Philippines' main southern island of Mindanao on 29 Dec 2014 and then crossed to the central islands, causing floods and landslides. By 31 Dec, 53 people had been killed and 121,737 affected, of which 80,186 were in evacuation centres. |
FL-2014-000168-MYS
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Flood |
Malaysia |
Heavy rain and flooding along the Thai-Malaysian border have left one child dead, two people missing, dozens of villages inundated, and the Sungai Kolok border crossing closed. |
FL-2014-000168-THA
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Flood |
Thailand |
Heavy rain and flooding along the Thai-Malaysian border have left one child dead, two people missing, dozens of villages inundated, and the Sungai Kolok border crossing closed. |
CE-2014-000167-PAK
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Complex Emergency |
Pakistan |
Since mid-June approximately 961,000 people have fled North Waziristan Agency (NWA) to KPk Province, FATA, and other parts of Pakistan. |
CW-2014-000166-JPN
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Cold Wave |
Japan |
A total of six people have been confirmed dead after snow blanketed wide areas of Japan over the weekend, disrupting traffic and leaving about 1,200 people cut off. |
EP-2014-000165-PAK
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Epidemic |
Pakistan |
Heading into 2014, data for polio cases in Pakistan showed an increase by 57 per cent from 58 cases in 2012 to 91 in 2013. (UN-OCHA) In 2014, the epidemic has hit a 15-year high, with 210 cases as of 24 October, or 80 per cent of all the polio cases in the world. (AFP) |
LS-2014-000164-IDN
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Land Slide |
Indonesia |
Heavy rains in central Indonesia loosened soil and collapsed a hill, setting off a landslide that killed at least 18 villagers and left 90 others missing under piles of mud. |
FL-2014-000163-COL
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Flood |
Colombia |
A second rainy season started at the end of September 2014. In October, more than 52,000 people were affected and 24 were killed by events associated with increased rainfalls, such as floods, landslides and winter storms. By 24 Nov, more than 100,000 people had been affected and 44 killed. At the beginning of December, floods and landslides affected almost 9,000 people in Chocó. |
FL-2014-000162-LKA
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Flood |
Sri Lanka |
Floods, high winds, and landslides have affected over 90,000 people in 15 of the 25 districts of the country. Seven people have died and over 12,000 are living in 96 safety centers. |
AC-2014-000161-MDV
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Tech. Disaster |
Maldives |
On 4 Dec 2014, a fire broke out in the Maldives Water and Sewerage (MWSC) Company Generator Unit in the capital Malé, causing severe damage to the unit and forcing MWSC - the sole provider of clean desalinated water in the capital - had to suspend all water supply. The Government declared a state of disaster and set up a task force to coordinate the distribution of safe drinking water. Governments of India, Sri Lanka, China and the United States have been requested to support the Maldives. |
TC-2014-000160-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
As of 3 Dec 2014, Typhoon Hagupit (named Ruby in the Philippines) was expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility in the morning of 4 Dec and make landfall on 6 Dec. If Hagupit continues under its projected track, an estimated 4.5 million people may be affected. |
FL-2014-000159-MAR
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Flood |
Morocco |
Violent storms have caused widespread flooding and flood several wadis (river) in a large part of the south of the country. |
VO-2014-000158-CPV
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Volcano |
Cape Verde |
Cabo Verde's Fogo volcano began erupting on 23 Nov 2014, and an emergency was declared for the islands of Fogo and neighboring Brava. The lava front has effectively cut road access to several communities, halting all evacuation effort by motorized vehicles. The lava has also claimed large agriculture fields. Large emissions of toxic gases represent a serious public health threat to local population. |
EQ-2014-000157-CHN
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Earthquake |
China, People's Republic |
Two people had been confirmed killed and another 54 injured as of 6:30 a.m. Sunday (23 November 2014) after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Kangding County in southwest China's Sichuan. |
EQ-2014-000156-JPN
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Earthquake |
Japan |
A major earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 struck Nagano Prefecture and surrounding areas in central Honshu on Saturday night, injuring at least 39 people and causing damage. |
FL-2014-000155-HTI
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Flood |
Haiti |
Heavy rainfall starting at the beginning of November 2014 caused flooding and landslides in Northern Haiti, killing 17 people. More than 15,000 houses were flooded, 90 were destroyed and 800 were severely damaged. Over 6,500 people were temporarily housed in emergency shelters. The floods also affected over 2,200 hectares of crops in one of the country's most fertile areas. |
FL-2014-000154-IDN
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Flood |
Indonesia |
Continued flooding occurred from 1-3 Nov in Aceh, northern Sumatra. In Aceh Barat Daya over 46,100 people are affected and almost 6,900 people are affected in Aceh Jaya. |
VO-2014-000153-ECU
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Volcano |
Ecuador |
Since 20 October 2014, the Chiles and Cerro Negro volcanoes have increased volcanic activity causing several earthquakes and tremors. These volcanoes are located on the border between Ecuador and Colombia. The strongest earthquake felt until now occurred on that same date at 2:33 pm local time, registering 5.8 on the Richter scale with a depth of less than 10 kilometres. The Chiles and Cerro Negro volcanoes monitoring network continues to register quakes at the Colombian-Ecuadorian border with an epicenter area southwest of the Chiles volcano.
According to Geophysical Institutes of Ecuador (IGEPN) and Colombia reports, the Cantons of Tulcán and Espejo are in the areas under the greatest influence from the eruptive effects of the Chiles and Cerro Negro volcanoes. Under these conditions, on 22 October 22 COE meeting the Risk Management Secretariat declared an Orange Alert for areas considered high-risk in the province and kept Technical Task Forces permanently active.
Preliminary data from the Ecuador Risk Management Secretariat reported damage to access roads to the Maldonado Parish in the Canton of Tulcán. The Ministry of Transportation and Public Works is rehabilitating the alternate road connecting the Parish of Chical and the Province of Imbabura, which will serve as an evacuation route should another natural event occur.
The areas affected by the volcano-caused earthquakes are the Cantons of Tulcán and Espejo, putting approximately 15,000 people at risk.
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