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| FL-2013-000159-VCT
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Flood |
Saint Vincent & The Grenadines |
A low level trough system over the Eastern Caribbean on Christmas Eve, 24 December 2013, caused heavy torrential rains and flooding and landslides on the islands. |
| EQ-2013-000158-CHN
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Earthquake |
China, People's Republic |
The 5.1-magnitude earthquake that jolted a county in central China's Hubei Province Monday injured six people and forced more than 2,000 to be relocated. |
| FL-2013-000157-BRA
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Flood |
Brazil |
Torrential rain in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia left at least 16 people dead. |
| EP-2013-000156-MDG
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Epidemic |
Madagascar |
Bubonic and pneumonic plague - L'alerte épidémique de décès groupés de cas de maladie fortement suspecte de peste pulmonaire survenus depuis le mois de septembre 2013 dans un village isolé, Beranimbo, Commune rurale d'Ampatakamaroreny, situé à 130km du chef-lieu du district de Mandritsara, lui-même situé à 945km au nord de la capitale Antananarivo, a été ?mis au sein du Ministère de la Santé Publique. La flambée de l'épidémie a commencé le 5 octobre 2013 avec 5 décès groupés dans le village de Beranimbo avec extension vers d'autres villages et Communes environnants à partir du mois de novembre. Cette situation a créé des vents de panique au niveau de la population entrainant des déplacements massives vers d'autres villages, voire vers l'autre district sanitaire limitrophe de Soanierana Ivongo, Région d'Analanjirofo, sur la côte Est. Une dizaine de cas mortels sont alors rapportés dans le district de Soanierana Ivongo sans citer des chiffres non officiels.
Parallèlement ? cela, dans la Région Vatovavy Fitovinany dans le Grand Sud-Est, des cas mortels de peste pulmonaire sont ?également rapportés dans le district d'Ikongo.
Enfin, deux autres foyers de peste, cette fois á forme bubonique, sont signalés sur les hautes terres centrales, dans le district sanitaire de Tsiroanomandidy, sur la partie nord-ouest de la Province d'Antananarivo, avec 3 cas dont 1 décès, et le district sanitaire d'Ikalamavony (Province de Fianarantsoa), avec 5 cas dont 3 décès.
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| FL-2013-000155-IDN
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Flood |
Indonesia |
Heavy rainfall affected the island of Java on 14-15 December, causing floods, overflown rivers and landslides. As of 15 December, the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) reports floods in over 43 villages in Bojonegoro, Tuban, Gresik and Mojokerto, East Java, to have affected approximately 5000 households. |
| CW-2013-000153-ISR
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Cold Wave |
Israel |
Starting Wednesday 12th December 2013, Israel has been suffering from a severe winter storm affecting the whole country. To date the storm has claimed four lives; 3,000 people have been transported to medical care; 4,000 have been assisted by the IMDA, and the government has been rendering some kind of an assistance to 2,000,000 citizens affected by the storm. |
| CW-2013-000153-JOR
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Cold Wave |
Jordan |
Heavy snowfalls have blocked roads and caused hundreds of accidents, prompting specialized authorities to constantly work to reopen them, said Amman's Municipality Secretariat. Jordan was hit by a blizzard Friday and Saturday that dumped almost half a meter of snow in certain parts and "channeled around 10 million cubic metres (mcm) of water into the country's dams" according to the report. |
| CW-2013-000153-LBN
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Cold Wave |
Lebanon |
Storm Alexa pushed temperatures below freezing in northern Lebanon and some areas of the Bekaa Valley, which is dotted with informal refugee settlements. The winter weather heaped another layer of misery on the already grim existence of many of the estimated one million Syrians in Lebanon who have fled the civil war raging in their homeland. Many refugees are sheltered in flimsy tents with often only a plastic sheet covering the ground.
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| CW-2013-000153-PSE
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Cold Wave |
Palestine (West Bank, Gaza) |
The announced extreme heavy rain fall and snow storms hit the West Bank and Gaza on 10 December 2013 and are still striking throughout Palestine. The heavy rain and snow has generated floods in several parts of Palestine and 20 families have been evacuated from their houses with the support of PRCS. |
| OT-2013-000152-CAF
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Other |
Central African Republic |
Des affrontements armés survenus à Bangui les 5, 6, 7 et 8 Décembre 2013 ont fait des nombreux dégâts humains et matériels importants.163.000 déplacés sont affectés par cet événement. Les tueries se poursuivent dans certains quartiers.
En date du 13 décembre, 539 morts et 136 blessés ont été enregistrés par la Croix-Rouge Centrafricaine.
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| OT-2013-000152-TCD
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Other |
Chad |
The armed conflict in Central African Republic is currently affecting Chad with population movements. Chadian nationals living in Central African Republic have been crossing into the southern regions of Chad in large numbers since early January 2014. The Chadian authorities have been assisting in the repatriation of its nationals and a total of 16,189 persons have returned to Chad (8,562 in N'Djamena region, 5,608 in Sido region and 2,019 in Gore region). |
| OT-2013-000151-UKR
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Other |
Ukraine |
Massive protests have been taking place since the end of November 2013 in the Ukrainian capital and other big cities |
| OT-2013-000150-ZWE
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Other |
Zimbabwe |
According to the 2013 Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZIMVAC) report produced in May, the 2013/ 2014 consumption year is projected to have 2.2 million people, representing 25% of rural households that are to be food insecure at the peak of the hunger period in March 2014. This is a 32% increase compared with the immediate previous year. A total of 319,244 metric tonnes will be required to cover the cereal deficit that the country is facing.
The figures documented by the ZIMVAC assessment are primarily rural households and do not include the urban households. As has become a trend in food insecurity, the severely affected provinces in terms of percentage of food insecure population are; Matebeleland North (40%), Matebeleland South (32%), Masvingo (32%) and Midlands (30%). Post-harvest losses account to 20-30% of grain losses. Below is a table highlighting the most affected provinces and districts.
Late onset of rainfall, pro-longed dry spells and erratic rainfall coupled with limited access to inputs account for the poor performance of the 2012/13 agricultural season. The ZIMVAC report also notes that levels of child severe acute malnutrition exceed the globally accepted rates (4.7% compared to the global rate of 2%). Zimbabwe Red Cross has decided to target Gwanda district which has a population of 112,267. The district was targeted because there is no other organisation responding to acute food insecurity in the district. There are 24 operational wards with a total of 26,773 households. The table below shows the population of Gwanda disaggregated by gender and vulnerability.
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| FL-2013-000149-THA
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Flood |
Thailand |
Heavy rainfall caused by the NE Monsoon since 20 November has caused floods in the SE provinces of Thailand, notably in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Narathiwat, Phatthalung, Trang. After a brief respite, heavy rainfall resumed on 5 December. More than 200,000 people are estimated affected since the beginning of the floods. |
| FL-2013-000148-MYS
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Flood |
Malaysia |
Floods in Malaysia caused by heavy rains have left a teenager dead and forced authorities to evacuate thousands of people. |
| EQ-2013-000147-IRN
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Earthquake |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 has jolted southern Iran, leaving 7 people dead and 45 injured. |
| EP-2013-000146-SDN
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Epidemic |
Sudan |
Between 3 Oct and 5 Nov 2013, 22 cases and seven deaths of suspected viral hemorrhagic fever were reported in Sudan's West Kordofan state. The Federal Ministry of Health declared an outbreak on 31 Oct. The Institute Pasteur in Dakar reconfirmed the outbreak as yellow fever. By 24 Nov, 44 suspected cases and 14 deaths had been reported from West and South Kordofan. |
| FL-2013-000145-COL
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Flood |
Colombia |
Colombia's second rainy season began on 15 Sep 2013, affecting a total of 37,834 people in September, the vast majority due to flooding and wind storms along the Caribbean and Pacific coasts. In October, 18,000 people were affected. |
| TC-2013-000144-IND
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Tropical Cyclone |
India |
At least two persons were killed and power supply disrupted as severe cyclonic storm Helen made landfall in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh 22 November 2013. |
| FL-2013-000143-SAU
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Flood |
Saudi Arabia |
Flash floods sparked by torrential rain in largely desert Saudi Arabia have killed four people and left 10 missing over the past two days, the civil defence authority said Tuesday. |
| FL-2013-000142-VNM
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Flood |
Viet Nam |
On the evening of 14 Nov, the tropical storm 15 weakens into tropical depression and hit the south-central provinces of Viet Nam, bringing heavy rainfall and strong winds. From 14 November at 7 PM to 17 November at 7 PM, the coastal areas from Quang Tri to Ninh Thuan and the Central Highlands have been affected by torrential rains, with total rainfall of 401 to 973 mm. As a consequence of the heavy rain brought by the tropical depression, extensive flooding has hit the central provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Da Nang, Phu Yen and Binh Dinh. |
| FL-2013-000141-SOM
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Flood |
Somalia |
Seasonal rains started at the end of September 2013 across Somalia, contributing to flooding, especially in and around Jowhar town in Middle Shabelle region. A joint multi-cluster rapid assessment mission carried out from 7-10 Nov identified 33 villages affected by the flooding and corroborated the approximately 11,000 households displaced reported by the local authorities. |
| TC-2013-000140-SOM
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Tropical Cyclone |
Somalia |
A tropical cyclone made landfall on the Somali coast on 10 Nov 2013. The Puntland authorities declared a natural disaster emergency on 11 Nov, citing very heavy rainfall and flash floods leading to an estimate of more than 100 casualties and large-scale livestock deaths. Communication lines and road access are currently severed, hampering the collection or verification of information and the delivery of assistance. |
| TC-2013-000139-CHN
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Tropical Cyclone |
China, People's Republic |
At least six people died after Typhoon Haiyan slashed across China's south coast and damaged hundreds of homes. |
| TC-2013-000139-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
Typhoon Haiyan is expected to make landfall in Guiuan, Eastern Samar or Abulog municipality, Leyte province in the Philippines in the morning of 8 Nov 2013 and is locally known as Yolanda. A UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team in coordination with the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management has arrived in Manila to provide additional capacity to the Humanitarian Country Team to support the Government. All government line agencies are on full alert to respond to the potential effects of the typhoon. |
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