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| EQ-2012-000086-BGR
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Earthquake |
Bulgaria |
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Bulgaria, striking not far from the capital, Sofia at 3 am on 22. May 2012. The quake hit at a depth of 10 km , 24 km west of Sofia in the region of Pernik. The earthquake was felt in the whole territory of Bulgaria and the neighbouring countries. Several aftershocks with decreasing intensity between 4.2 and 3.5 were measured. |
| EQ-2012-000085-AZE
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Earthquake |
Azerbaijan |
The earthquake measuring 5.6 on Richter scale struck the south-western part of the country in Zaqatala and Gakh, on 7th May 2012. As a result 3,124 houses and public buildings were either destroyed or damaged. Following this earthquake strong and regular aftershocks were again registered in both Zagatala and Gakh regions. On 18th May another earthquake hit the region with a magnitude 4.8. Due to the aftershocks and the latest earthquake the number of destroyed and damaged buildings has been increased. |
| AC-2012-000084-ALB
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Tech. Disaster |
Albania |
A bus carrying Albanian university students plunged hundreds of feet into a ravine Monday, killing at least 13 people according to police. Rescuers were working Monday to free students who may be trapped inside the bus, located at the bottom of a deep ravine near the city of Himara, 220 kilometers south of the capital of Tirana. |
| FL-2012-000083-HND
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Flood |
Honduras |
Around 500 people were evacuated in Trojes, region of El Paraiso, after floods caused damages to more than 100 houses. |
| EQ-2012-000082-TJK
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Earthquake |
Tajikistan |
A 5.7 Richter scale earthquake struck Rasht valley, eastern part of Tajikistan on 13th May 2012 early in the morning at about 4:30 AM. The earthquake affected three districts of Nurobod, Rasht and Tavildara (at least 33 villages), killing 2 and affecting more than 2,531 people. |
| FF-2012-000081-ETH
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Flash Flood |
Ethiopia |
Flash floods and floods have struck the Gode and Korahe zones, affecting more than 700 households. |
| EQ-2012-000080-ITA
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Earthquake |
Italy |
A magnitude-5.9 earthquake struck northeastern Italy on Sunday 20th May, early in the morning, killing at least seven people, injuring 50 and toppling several buildings. The quake struck at 4:04 am between Modena and Mantua, about 35 kilometres north-northwest of Bologna at a relatively shallow depth of five kilometres.
The epicentre was between the towns of Finale Emilia, San Felice sul Panaro and Sermide, but was felt as far away as Tuscany and northern Alto Adige. |
| FF-2012-000079-GEO
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Flash Flood |
Georgia |
The Central and Eastern part of Georgia were severely affected by rains on May 12th and 13th 2012. Multiple landslides followed the heavy rains and at least 5 people were killed in the capital Tbilisi. Over 3,200 families have been affected and out of them 1,400 have had property badly damaged. Roads were washed away and draining channels are blocked and further rains are predicted. |
| TO-2012-000078-JPN
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Tornadoes |
Japan |
A tornado has ripped through part of eastern Japan killing a teenage boy and injuring dozens of other people on 6 May 2012. |
| ST-2012-000077-CHN
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
China, People's Republic |
At least 24 people were killed and 37 others remain missing after hail and torrential rains battered a mountainous northwest county of Gansu province on 10 May 2012. |
| MS-2012-000076-TJK
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Mud Slide |
Tajikistan |
One person was killed and seven injured in mudflows in northern Tajikistan on 10 -11 May 2012. |
| FL-2012-000075-VEN
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Flood |
Venezuela |
More than 1,900 people have received relief supplies after floods occurred in the state of Tachira. |
| DR-2012-000074-BRA
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Drought |
Brazil |
A severe drought is affecting more than 1,100 towns in the north-east. 66 municipalities are on water emergencies in Pernambuco. |
| OT-2012-000073-YEM
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Other |
Yemen |
Food insecurity in Yemen has reached alarming levels. 44 per cent of the population - over 10 million people - are food insecure |
| FF-2012-000072-AFG
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Flash Flood |
Afghanistan |
At least 26 people were killed and more than 100 missing after flash floods hit a wedding party and three villages in northern Afghanistan. |
| FL-2012-000071-NPL
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Flood |
Nepal |
Fourteen persons have been reported to be killed and over 50 othershave gone missing in Seti River flood triggered by avalanche inMachhapuchre mountain on Saturday morning. Police informed that mutilated bodies of 14 people have been foundwhile three others were rescued alive. The flood has also swept abouthalf a dozens of settlement area.
The massive flood swept away five trucks, bridges, dozen houses, treesand encroached agricultural fields. Two buses carrying students for apicnic at Khaarapani have also been swept away by the flood. Twostudents are also missing in the flood. |
| FL-2012-000070-KGZ
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Flood |
Kyrgyzstan |
Snow melting and heavy rains caused mudflows and flash floods across Kyrgyzstan. Food stocks, home properties, livelihoods and infrastructure have been heavily damaged. |
| EP-2012-000069-GHA
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Epidemic |
Ghana |
The Ghana Health Service has officially declared the cholera outbreak in the country. Because of the high mobility of people from one community to another as a result of funerals, trade, and other personal and commercial activities it is envisaged that the epidemics will spread very fast if massive intervention measures are not taken within the shortest possible time. According to the Ghana Health service as at the second week of April 2012 there were 684 reported cases of cholera with 17 deaths, but as at 24th April 2012, over 1,570 cases have been recorded with 21 cases in 2 Regions of Ghana. In Greater Accra region the numbers of reported cases are 1,270 with 20 deaths and Eastern Region 300 confirmed cases with 1 death recorded.
This outbreak spread is related to poor sanitation conditions and migration from affected regions to other regions.
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| FL-2012-000068-DOM
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Flood |
Dominican Republic |
11,150 people were displaced and almost 3,000 houses were damaged by floods in several provinces in the north and northeast. |
| FL-2012-000067-RWA
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Flood |
Rwanda |
Heavy rains in Musanze Northern Province, and Nyabihu and Rubavu districts located in Western Province of Rwanda on 12 April 2012 have led to flooding resulting in five deaths andcausing extensive damage to houses and property of the local population.
According to the report of Rwanda Red Cross and government local authorities, 2,232 households with 11,160 people have been affected. 348 houses were completely destroyed, 446 were partially damaged or still flooded |
| FL-2012-000066-COM
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Flood |
Comoros |
Torrential rains hit the archipelago for more than a week and at least 11,000 people have reportedly lost everything. |
| EP-2012-000065-BRA
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Epidemic |
Brazil |
The state of Rio de Janeiro has declared a dengue epidemic with 64,423 confirmed reported cases and 13 deaths this year. |
| ST-2012-000064-COD
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Congo Democratic Republic |
Heavy rains in Sange, Territoire d'Uvira (South Kivu) have killed one person and destroyed crop fields, more than 3,000 houses and 8 schools. |
| FL-2012-000063-RUS
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Flood |
Russia |
In the view of the flood danger in Volgograd Region the Ministry of Emergencies (Emercom) Regional Department has introduced a regime of high preparedness in the Elansky, Rudniansky and Kamylzhensky districts, due to the increase of the water level in the rivers Elan and Tersa, and the inundation of houses and farmlands. According to the assessment conducted by the Russian Red Cross, 957 families (2,406 people) are considered to be affected by the floods in three districts of the Volgograd region of Russia. |
| FF-2012-000062-KEN
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Flash Flood |
Kenya |
At least 17 people died and more than 58,000 were affected by flash floods across the country. |
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