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| FL-2015-000068-BGD
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Flood |
Bangladesh |
Heavy rain fall in Bangladesh (and India) over the last few days has worsened the flood situation in Bangladesh. |
| FL-2015-000067-TJK
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Flood |
Tajikistan |
As a result of heavy rains and strong winds on 7-8 June 2015 in the northern part of Tajikistan, floods and mudslides hit the population of three districts of Sughd province. According to the feedback and reports received from the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan`s (RCST) response teams and Governmental Emergency Committee sources, up to 615 families (3,075 people) were directly affected: in 572 families in J. Rasulov district, one family in Isfara district and 42 families in Ainy district |
| LS-2015-000066-NPL
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Land Slide |
Nepal |
At least 15 people were killed and more than a dozen reported missing after heavy rains triggered landslides in northeastern Nepal. |
| FL-2015-000065-GHA
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Flood |
Ghana |
Heavy rains starting at the beginning of June 2015 have left most parts of Ghana's capital Accra, its suburbs and other cities flooded. On 4 Jun, a fuel station in Accra exploded as a result of the floods, leaving an estimated 150 people dead. Significant numbers of people have been displaced and are accommodated temporarily in areas where water, food supply and sanitation access are poor due to crowded conditions. |
| FL-2015-000064-IND
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Flood |
India |
With the onset of monsoon in the northeast, Assam has been hit by the first wave of floods affecting over 60,000 people in nine districts of the state. At least one person has been washed away in the fresh wave of deluge. |
| EQ-2015-000063-MYS
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Earthquake |
Malaysia |
At least 11 climbers are dead and others missing after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake triggered landslides on Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia on 4 June 2015. |
| FF-2015-000062-PAK
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Flash Flood |
Pakistan |
Heavy rainfall that started on 3 June has resulted in flash floods in Khuzdar District, Baluchistan Province. According to initial reports, residents of the area were not able to evacuate in time. So far, nine deaths have been reported. |
| VO-2015-000061-JPN
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Volcano |
Japan |
A volcano on the remote southern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabujima erupted suddenly on Friday blasting plumes of black smoke high into the sky, prompting authorities to order the island's evacuation and forcing airlines to divert flights. |
| FL-2015-000060-USA
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Flood |
United States |
Two people were killed and three others were missing on 24 May 2015 in flash flooding and severe storms in Texas and Oklahoma that forced evacuations and rooftop rescues and left thousands without power. |
| HT-2015-000059-IND
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Heat Wave |
India |
As of 23 May, more than 350 people are reported to have died in a heat wave, where temperatures have reached 48C. The current heat wave began in mid-April but most of the deaths were reported since about 17 May. |
| EP-2015-000058-TZA
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Epidemic |
Tanzania |
On 16 May 2015, two samples from cases of acute diarrhoeal disease among Burundian refugees in Tanzania's Nyarugusu camp in Kigoma region tested positive for cholera, and the number of acute diarrhoea diseases cases rapidly climbed to over 1,000 cases. By 21 May, 27 Burundian refugees in Tanzania had died of cholera |
| FL-2015-000057-CHN
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Flood |
China, People's Republic |
At least 15 people have been killed and almost three million people from 11 provinces have been affected by heavy rain that has battered China's south since 13 May 2015. |
| FL-2015-000056-COL
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Flood |
Colombia |
Flooding, windstorms and landslides affected more than 20,000 people in Colombia in April 2015. The rainy season in the southern and western departments had a particularly strong impact in the Amazonas department near the Peruvian and Brazilian border. On 18 May, heavy rains caused the overflowing of the river Liborina, triggering a landslide in the municipality of Salgar (Antioquia), which killed at least 48 people. |
| FL-2015-000055-TJK
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Flood |
Tajikistan |
Prolonged torrential rains caused a number of floods and mudslides between 11 and 13 May 2015 that damaged some communities in Qubodiyon, Jilikul, Khuroson, Vaksh and Hamadony districts in Khatlon province and Hoit administrative center of the Rasht valley of Tajikistan. According to the rapid assessment results received from the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense and the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan, 296 families (1,776 people) from the above mentioned areas are severely affected as a result of heavy rains causing floods and mudslides. |
| SS-2015-000054-SLV
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Storm Surge |
El Salvador |
Between 2nd to 4th May 2015, an unusual phenomenon produced waves two meters above sea level leaving dozens of victims, evacuees and damage to infrastructure on the Pacific Ocean side of Central America. Salvadoran coast was among the hardest hit.
1 person missing, 1,367 evacuated, 514 are in shelters and 1,270 are providing their own shelter.
In Guatemala, 20 families from the Botoncillo and Bola de Monte areas are being sheltered in Ahuachapán
An orange alert has been issued for 13 May as a 2nd round of high waves is expected to hit the Salvadoran coast, which could worsen the situation |
| FL-2015-000053-CAF
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Flood |
Central African Republic |
On 24 Apr 2015, continuous storms resulted in extensive flooding, destruction of houses and loss of household belongings in several districts of Berbérati in south-western Central African Republic. 210 households (1,109 people) have been affected and 199 houses have been destroyed. |
| OT-2015-000052-TZA
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Other |
Tanzania |
Since 26th April, 2015 there has been a continuous influx of people (asylum seekers) from the Republic of Burundi entering Tanzania through its borders with Burundi. Up to 7th May there is an estimated 25,000 asylum seekers overcrowded at Kagunga village. The only means of transport within Tanzania to reach Kagunga from Kigoma is by boats through Lake Tanganyika. It can also be reached by road through Burundi via Makamba border and Nyanzalake. |
| TC-2015-000051-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
As of 7 May 2015, Typhoon Noul (locally named Dodong) was heading for the northeast of the Philippines' main island of Luzon and was expected to make landfall on 10 May, bringing heavy to intense rainfall. |
| OT-2015-000050-GRC
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Other |
Greece |
since 1 January 2015 more than 36,000 migrants have been registered by Greek authorities |
| OT-2015-000050-ITA
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Other |
Italy |
Since 1 January 2015 more than 24,065 migrants1 have landed in Italy alone. Week after week, thousands of migrants were saved and brought to the southern ports of Italy in Lampedusa, Augusta, Trapani, Messina, Porto Empedocle, Agrigento (Sicily), Reggio Calabria (Calabria) and Taranto (Apulia). Only in one month over 11,395 migrants2 have arrived in Sicily.
On the evening of 18 April, a boat carrying an estimated 800 migrants (UNHCR) capsized about 180 km south of the Italian island of Lampedusa. Only 28 survivors were pulled out of the water. The rest of the people on board are feared dead though only 24 bodies have been recovered and now already buried in Malta. This incident represents the largest loss of lives of its kind on the Mediterranean Sea, occurring less than a week after a similar tragedy at sea on 13 April when 400 people had drowned off the shores of southern Italy. |
| FL-2015-000049-KEN
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Flood |
Kenya |
Torrential rainfall since early April has triggered localized flooding in several parts of Kenya, livestock losses, displacement of thousands of people, and fatalities in parts of southern Kenya. Average to above-average rains forecast for the next week may worsen ground conditions.
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| EQ-2015-000048-BGD
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Earthquake |
Bangladesh |
An earthquake rattled the Dhaka, Chittagong, Barisal, Rajshahi, Dinajpur, Rongpur, Kushtia and different parts of the country on April, 25. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake's epicenter was 81 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Kathmandu, Nepal at a depth of 9.3 moles. The Meteorological Department stated that the epicenter of the earthquake was 745 km north-west of Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, total 5 people were killed and up to 100 people were injured while evacuating. |
| EQ-2015-000048-CHN
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Earthquake |
China, People's Republic |
At least 20 were killed and 58 injured in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, after a powerful earthquake struck neighboring Nepal on 25 April 2015, the regional disaster relief headquarters said late 26 April 2015. Another four people remain missing. |
| EQ-2015-000048-IND
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Earthquake |
India |
A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing hundreds of people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and triggering a fatal avalanche on Mount Everest. Tremors strike northern India, death toll there reaches 12 |
| EQ-2015-000048-NPL
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Earthquake |
Nepal |
:A huge earthquake (M7.5) just happened a hour ago, which is located in Nepal, close to South Tibet of China to the north, and India to the south. The Capital of Nepal, Kathmando could be heavily affected by this very shallow earthquake according to USGS preliminary report |
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