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Event |
Country |
Comments |
| CW-2012-000113-PER
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Cold Wave |
Peru |
More than 3,000 people in the Peruvian Andes have been affected by the cold weather, mostly in the departments of Puno, Cusco, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Apurimac, Huancavelica and Junin. |
| EQ-2012-000112-CHN
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Earthquake |
China, People's Republic |
More than 155,000 people had been affected after a 6.6-magnitude quake jolted northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The number of injured people climbed to 52 and 48,000 people had been evacuated. The quakes also tore down 7,500 houses and damaged another 64,000 houses. |
| FL-2012-000111-CHN
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Flood |
China, People's Republic |
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| FL-2012-000110-IND
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Flood |
India |
At least 27 people have died and 900,000 others have been forced to leave their homes as monsoon rains have swamped wide areas of the northeastern Indian state of Assam since 23 Jun 2012. The government has deployed 15 teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel, who are carrying out rescue and relief operations. |
| WF-2012-000109-USA
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Wild fire |
United States |
More than 32,000 people have fled Colorado's second-biggest city because of raging wildfires that have hit six other US states. |
| FF-2012-000107-SLB
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Flash Flood |
Solomon Islands |
Flash floods and landslides affected parts of Makira Ulawa Province as a result of very heavy rain experienced in the Province over the weekend of 1-3 June 2012. |
| FL-2012-000106-BGD
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Flood |
Bangladesh |
More than 50 people have been killed in landslides in southeast Bangladesh after three days of rains that triggered flash floods and severed transport links, officials said Wednesday. |
| LS-2012-000105-UGA
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Land Slide |
Uganda |
18 people were confirmed dead and nine injured by landslides that burried two villages of Namaaga and Bunakasala in Bumwalukani Sub County, Bududa District, on 25 Jun 2012. |
| TC-2012-000104-MEX
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Tropical Cyclone |
Mexico |
About 12,000 families in the Coastal and South Sierra
areas of Oaxaca were affected by Hurricane
Carlotta. At least seven people died, 29,000
houses damaged and more than 81 municipalities were declared under a state of emergency. |
| EQ-2012-000103-CHN
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Earthquake |
China, People's Republic |
At least four people were killed and over 100 injured when a 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit a mountainous area at the border of Yunnan and Sichuan provinces in southwest China on 24 Jun 2012. The quake toppled over 4,280 houses and cut roads and water supplies, disrupting the lives of more than 21,800 people. |
| FF-2012-000102-PHL
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Flash Flood |
Philippines |
Shallow low pressure areas as part of the monsoon season have caused flash floods, landslides and storm surges in the Philippines since 12 Jun 2012; over 30,000 people have been affected. |
| FF-2012-000101-GAB
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Flash Flood |
Gabon |
Heavy rains of an unusual magnitude hit Libreville, capital of the Republic of Gabon, causing floods in both poorly constructed and residential areas. Flood waters caused extensive material damage without any loss of life in SOTEGA, Cocotier, Avea, Boulevard Ak?b? frontier, Apostrophe, Belle Vue 3, Awendje CES B2, Plein ciel/ODEKA, PK 5 and Nzeng?Ayong neighborhoods. |
| FL-2012-000100-CHN
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Flood |
China, People's Republic |
Five people died and another seven were injured in rainstorm-triggered mudslides in China's Guizhou and Hunan provinces on 9 June 2012. |
| EQ-2012-000099-AFG
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Earthquake |
Afghanistan |
More than 70 people are feared to have been killed after a landslide triggered by a double earthquake in the province of Baghlan. |
| FL-2012-000098-GTM
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Flood |
Guatemala |
At least 293 people affected by heavy rains and violent winds |
| AC-2012-000097-NGA
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Tech. Disaster |
Nigeria |
A Dana Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration 5N-RAM performing flight 9J-992 from Abuja to Lagos (Nigeria) with 147 passengers and 6 crew, was on approach to Lagos about 11nm from LAG VOR when the crew declared emergency reporting both engines had failed and they were going down. At about 15:43L (14:43Z) the aircraft collided with a power line, crashed into a built up area about 5nm short of the threshold of runway 18L near Akande St (not Adebayo Akande St) and 1.2nm south of LAG VOR and burst into flames. A number of residential houses around the crash site were on flames, too, a large smoke plume was visible above the city. All occupants of the aircraft perished in the crash, so far 16 fatalities on the ground have been confirmed, 5 injured people on the ground have been taken to hospitals. |
| OT-2012-000096-RWA
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Other |
Rwanda |
Thousands of DRC Congolese National have continued to search for refugee in Rwanda since end April 2012, the situation in their locations is still hostile and the number of regugees crossing into Rwanda through several boarder parts, (including the border Crossing of Kabuhanga above Kibumba is increasing. Those refugees are escaping violence, following resumption of clashes between DR Congo government army and D. R Congo militia. The refugee are now hosted in UNCHR Nkamira transit Camp located Rubavu district in the Western Province. |
| FL-2012-000095-THA
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Flood |
Thailand |
Continuous rain has caused flooding in the southern province of Surat Thani, affecting 8,500 households. |
| OT-2012-000094-UGA
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Other |
Uganda |
An upsurge of refugees? population in Uganda has been noticed within the last two months fleeing intensified fighting in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo between the government and rebel factions within Eastern DRC ? mainly a rebel grouping named M23. Towns bordering the country continue to receive daily exodus of refugees seeking safety in Uganda. Between February and May 2012, the number of fleeing refugees has increased fifteen folds as refugees fled to Bunagana and Kisoro. |
| TC-2012-000093-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
2 children killed as typhoon "Mawar" moves away from Philippines. |
| DR-2012-000092-AGO
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Drought |
Angola |
An estimated 366,780 households (1,833,900 people) are expected to be affected by drought. |
| ST-2012-000091-CAF
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Central African Republic |
a new wave of heavy rains and violent winds occurred in early May 2012 in Amada-Gaza and in new localities such as Boda Centre, Kanguete, Mboumandourou and Boulay in Central African Republic (CAR). |
| EQ-2012-000090-ITA
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Earthquake |
Italy |
An earthquake with a magnitude 5.8 killed at least 16 people in northern Italy on Tuesday, 29th May, damaging buildings and leaving 14,000 people homeless in the Emilia Romagna region north of Bologna, one of Italy most agriculturally and industrially productive areas. The epicentre of the earthquake, which struck at depth of 9.6 km (6 miles), was less than 30 km (19 miles) from Modena, not far from where the magnitude 6 earthquake struck on 20th May. |
| FL-2012-000089-CUB
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Flood |
Cuba |
Rains in central Cuba have caused 2 deaths and the evacuation of thousands of people. |
| FL-2012-000087-AFG
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Flood |
Afghanistan |
Continuous precipitation and the melting of the huge accumulation of snow across numerous mountains in the country trigger mass movement of water forcibly from steep mountains to valleys were large population settle. On 18 May 2012, 3 districts ( Saywad, Suzma Qala and Kohistanat) where inundated, a situation which is made worst by the geographical nature and location of these settlements. The water flows affected other districts along flood plains ? Jawzjan Province ? Khwaja Du K oh ? causing destruction of settlements and population displacement en mass to Dasht-i-Laily Desert. |
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