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| TC-2013-000120-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
Typhoon Usagi (locally known as Odette) struck the Philippines on 21 Sep 2013 in the southern part of Itbayat Island, one of the three main islands of the Batanes group of islands, affecting almost 48,000 people and causing severe damage to agriculture. It brought heavy rains to southern Taiwan, where some 3,400 people were evacuated, before it made landfall in southern China near Hong Kong on 22 Sep, killing 25 people. |
| TC-2013-000120-VNM
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Tropical Cyclone |
Viet Nam |
Heavy monsoon rains exacerbated by Typhoon Usagi have pounded parts of Vietnam and Cambodia killing at least 36 people, authorities said Tuesday, with many swept to their deaths in floods. |
| FL-2013-000119-MRT
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Flood |
Mauritania |
The rainstorms that commenced on the first week of August have taken a heavy toll on the in several regions. To date, the rainstorms have affected at least four (4) regions causing extensive damage to properties and resulting in six (6) deaths. To date, four districts are affected by floods. |
| FF-2013-000118-BEN
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Flash Flood |
Benin |
The recent heavy rains and flodding in large parts of West Africa has led to an overflow of the Niger River, which have resulted in flash floods in the northern Benin mainly in the municipalities of Karimama and Malanville. To date, the floods have destroyed more than 3,000 houses and affected 13,000 hectars of farmland, leaving more than 10,000 people displaced and more than 30,000 affected. |
| TC-2013-000117-JPN
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Tropical Cyclone |
Japan |
A powerful typhoon (Man-yi) lashed Japan with torrential rain on 16 September 2013, leaving three dead and 5 missing. |
| FL-2013-000116-NGA
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Flood |
Nigeria |
Heavy rains and floods starting in mid-July 2013 have affected more than 81,500 people across Nigeria. Almost 8,000 people have been displaced and more than 6,500 homes have been damaged. As of 11 Sep 2013, 19 deaths had been recorded. At at least 2,217 farmlands have been destroyed by flooding. The most affected states are Zamfara, Kogi, and Bauchi. |
| VO-2013-000115-IDN
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Volcano |
Indonesia |
Mount Sinabung erupts in Indonesia's North Sumatra. More than 6,000 people evacuated as ashes blanket buildings and cars. |
| TC-2013-000114-MEX
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Tropical Cyclone |
Mexico |
M?xico D.F. a 16 de septiembre 2013.- Cruz Roja Mexicana abre hoy centros de acopio para ayudar a las personas afectadas por el paso del hurac?n Ingrid en el Golfo de M?xico y la tormenta tropical Manuel en el Oc?ano Pac?fico, que han afectado a miles de personas. |
| FF-2013-000113-ROM
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Flash Flood |
Romania |
: Due to heavy rainfall in Romania that started on 12th September 2013 and lasted for more than 48 hours, many villages in several municipalities from the counties of Galati, Tulcea and Vaslui have been flooded. The majority of these affected areas are situated in the rural and poorer part of Romania. Some villages have become completely isolated due to the damaged and / or not accessible bridges. The rivers that flooded were Taita in Tulcea, Suhu and Chineja in Galati. According to the information received from the Red Cross branches and the emergency departments in the affected municipalities, more than 1735 households have been affected by the flooding and 6901 people have been evacuated. |
| FL-2013-000112-CAF
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Flood |
Central African Republic |
On 3 - 4 September 2013, the sub-districts of Issongo, Bea-Rex Makambo, Sara Banga-2-Gbaya Dombia, Bibal?, Souma Poto Poto, Fondo Yakite and Sara-Dah in the third district of Bangui was flooded following heavy rains that have caused significant damage in those towns. Up to to 337 families were badly affected in the ten sub-districts and the total number of people whose homes were either damaged or destroyed is up to 1,785 people, with 716 children, 612 women (including 15 pregnant women) and 457 men. Also, almost all wells and latrines in these areas were damaged by flood waters. |
| FL-2013-000111-VNM
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Flood |
Viet Nam |
At least 21 people have been killed as flash floods and landslides ravaged mountainous areas in northern Vietnam. |
| CW-2013-000110-PER
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Cold Wave |
Peru |
From August 24th, low temperatures, snowfall, hailstorms and heavy rains are affecting the health and livelihoods of the population in 10 Departments (52 provinces) of the country. Cases of diseases such as conjunctivitis and severe respiratory infections are present, but mostly serious infections like pneumonia were evidenced in vulnerable groups (children under 5 years, elderly people and people with co-morbidities). In addition, there has been a total of 26,640 dead animals, as well as 683,344 affected animals (until September 2, 2013).
In August 29th and 30th, the Peruvian Government declared a state of emergency in 106 districts of 23 provinces in the regions of Puno, Cusco, Ayacucho and Apurimac, this being the most intense event of this kind in 10 years. The National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (Servicio Nacional de Meteorolog?a e Hidrolog?a - SENAHMI) predicts the low temperatures situation will last until the third week of September.
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| CW-2013-000109-PER
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Cold Wave |
Peru |
According to the Meteorology Service, the highlands areas of the Department of Puno are being affected by extreme low temperatures that have reached -16.4?C. The intense snowfalls have caused severe damages with at least 1,200 families isolated and several houses collapsed. Access to the area is impossible and support has been requested to the regional and national levels in terms of provision of airlifts to deliver humanitarian assistance to affected population. (ECHO Daily Flash 05/09/2013) |
| FL-2013-000108-SSD
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Flood |
South Sudan |
Heavy rains starting in the beginning of August 2013 have caused damage to houses, crops and basic infrastructure in several of Sudan's northern states. As of 1 Sep, aid agencies assessed that 27,000 people in ?ve states need assistance following ?ooding. Over 17,000 of them are in Warrap State. |
| EP-2013-000107-LAO
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Epidemic |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
As of 14 Jun 2013, more than 10,000 cases of dengue and 40 deaths had been recorded in Lao PDR. This is seven times more than the number of cases reported for the same period in 2012. By 9 Aug, the number of cases had increased to almost 35,000 and 81 deaths had been reported. On 20 Aug, the Central Emergency Response Fund allocated $753,504 to the World Health Organization to reach more than 4.7 million people in the 11 provinces with the highest incidence of dengue. |
| CW-2013-000106-BOL
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Cold Wave |
Bolivia |
In August 2013, heavy snowfall hit five departments in Western Bolivia. Six people have been killed and almost 3,500 families have been affected. |
| EP-2013-000105-KGZ
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Epidemic |
Kyrgyzstan |
On 22 August 2013, a 15-year-old boy from the Issyk-Kul region was hospitalized in the Ak-Suu regional hospital with complaints of high fever and the appearance of skin buboes. The patient was hospitalized in the intensive care unit with the diagnosis of "a suspected bubonic form of plague" and died on the evening of the same day. Pathologists confirmed the diagnosis as a form of bubonic plague. On 27 of August 2013, three more people were hospitalized with suspected bubonic plague in the same hospital and region.
At time of reporting, 131 people (33 of them medical staff) who had contact with the boy are hospitalized and isolated. Six villages of Ak-Suu district are at the highest risk, with two other villages totally isolated.
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| FL-2013-000104-MLI
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Flood |
Mali |
Heavy rains between 9-12 Aug 2013 caused flooding in Mali's Kidal and Segou regions, destroying houses, latrines and fields. Around 11,300 people were affected. On 28 Aug, torrential rains provoked flash floods in the capital Bamako, killing at least 34 people. More than 100 homes were swept away as the Niger river burst its banks. |
| FL-2013-000103-YEM
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Flood |
Yemen |
Torrential rains have triggered flash floods in several parts of Yemen. The recent storms and heavy rainfall began on 14 August and have since continued. As many as 39 people have been reported killed and several others still missing as a result of floods and lightning strikes throughout the country. |
| OT-2013-000102-CMR
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Other |
Cameroon |
Following armed confrontations that broke out between the Nigerian army and Boko Haram, the extremist Islamist militant group in early May 2013, thousands of people fled the country, some of whom sort refuge in the Far North Region of neighbouring Cameroon. Currently 3323 refugees, mostly women and children, have been pre-registered at the frontier between Cameroon and Nigeria, while 830 person (195 families) have been transferred to a refugee camp set up by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Minawao, a locality situated some 18 km from Mokolo, headquarters of the Mayo Tsanaga Division and some 50 km from Maroua, headquarters of the Far North Region.
On 25 March 2013, there was another heavy influx of refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) into the Eastern region of Cameroon. These refugees were fleeing clashes between Seleka rebels and the army of the Bozize regime. |
| FL-2013-000101-LAO
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Flood |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Due to the continuous heavy rainfall causes by the climate change during June to August and the influences of the JEBI storm and Mongkhut storm that blown off Laos in early August, many provinces in the Northern and Central part of Laos (Oudomxay, Xayabouly, Bolikhamxay, Khammuan, XiengKhuang, Luangprabang and Vientiane Province) 384 villages, 29 Districts have been adversely affected by flooding caused 20,445 Families, 112,586 people effected, 174 families Evacuated . Damaged 213 House,170 Rice warehouse,5,972 hectares rice fields, 1,636 hectares gardens, 54 hectares upland rice, 775 Km road damaged by flooding |
| FF-2013-000100-RUS
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Flash Flood |
Russia |
Flash floods caused by torrential rain have swept the Far East Region of Russia covering three big regions: Khabarovsk krai, Amur region, and the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO). The level of water in Amur river significantly increased to its historical maximum from last 100 years 6,88 meters. According to the forecast of State Hydro Meteorological Services of Russia, this level might increase until 7,0 meters with more significant negative consequences. According to the Emergency Report of Russian EMERCOM, altogether 137 settlements, 6,321 houses populated by 34,135 people, 216 sections of local roads and 59 road bridges remain flooded in 25 municipalities in the Far Eastern Federal District. |
| TC-2013-000099-CHN
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Tropical Cyclone |
China, People's Republic |
Trami, the 12th typhoon to hit the mainland China this year, made landfall in the coastal areas of Fuqing, Fujian province, at 2:40 am on August 22. 189,800 residents living in work sheds or dilapidated houses in low-lying areas had moved to safer places. Trami was the second typhoon to hit South China this month. Last week, Typhoon Utor tore through China's southern regions, leaving 70 people dead and another 18 missing. Guangdong province had the most typhoon-related casualties, with 43 reported deaths as of 9 am August 22. The storms have affected more than 8 million people. While South China is battling the storms, northeastern China is fighting its worst floods in the past five decades. The number of casualties rose to 63 on August 21 in Liaoning with another 101 still missing.
Affected provinces include Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian.
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| FL-2013-000098-NER
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Flood |
Niger |
Heavy seasonal rains since mid-July 2013 have caused flooding in several parts of the country. As of 21 Aug, 12 deaths have been recorded, over 3,000 households (almost 25,000 people) have been affected, and 2,120 houses have been destroyed. The Maradi and Agadez regions are the most affected. |
| FF-2013-000097-GEO
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Flash Flood |
Georgia |
On 17-18 August 2013 heavy rain caused the danger of the landslide in the villages of Guria region (Konchkati, Tkhinvali, Shrosha, Natanebi, Zemo and Kvemo Aketi, Ureki Tsvermagala territory). The water channels were damaged and Ureki district was flooded. Ureki population is asking for help. The water flooded the first floors and basements of the houses. Agricultural lands were also flooded, cattle and poultry were killed. Around 30 families in the village Chanchati, Lanchkhuti municipality are isolated from the outside world. |
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