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Country |
Comments |
| FL-2012-000037-PSE
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Flood |
Palestine (West Bank, Gaza) |
The exceptional rain storms that hit the OPT resulted in the evacuation of more than 300 families from their houses due to floods and major damages in the houses located in the districts of Gaza, Hebron, Jenin, Salfit, Ramallah and the Jerusalem area beyond the separation wall. |
| TC-2012-000036-MDG
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Tropical Cyclone |
Madagascar |
Tropical Storm Irina has killed at least 65 people and affected more than 70,000 in Madagascar. |
| AC-2012-000035-COG
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Tech. Disaster |
Congo, Republic |
Huge explosions rocked a munitions depot in the Republic of Congo's capital Brazzaville Sunday, killing at least 100 people and leaving hundreds of others injured. |
| EP-2012-000034-GHA
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Epidemic |
Ghana |
An outbreak of Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in the Upper East Region has claimed 16 lives in two months. |
| ST-2012-000033-CAF
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Central African Republic |
Torrential rains have been falling in most localities of the Central African Republic (CAR) since 15 February 2012. The situation deteriorated over the weekend of 18 to 19 February as violent winds occurred, causing serious human casualties and material damages in Bogoula, Amada-Gaza and Mba?ki. |
| FL-2012-000032-BOL
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Flood |
Bolivia |
Due to the presence of La Ni?a weather phenomena for a second consecutive year, severe precipitations have occurred in Bolivia since the second week in January 2012. As a result, widespread flooding and other weather related situations such as hailstorms and landslides have affected 107 municipalities in 9 departments. Many of the emergency situations have occurred in areas not often affected in a severe manner as is the case of the Cobija, the capital city of Pando department |
| EP-2012-000031-UGA
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Epidemic |
Uganda |
On 14 February 2012, a new occurrence of cholera outbreak was confirmed in Mbale Municipal council by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the district health authority. Mbale is a town in Eastern Uganda. It is the main municiplal, administrative and commercial center of Mbale District and the surrounding sub-region. |
| FL-2012-000030-KAZ
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Flood |
Kazakhstan |
On 18-20 February, 2012 quick melting of snow and rainfall resulted in floods in South-Kazakhstan region. Flood waters inundated 26 settlements in 7 districts and suburbs of the regional centre city of Shymkent affecting more than 9,400 people. |
| OT-2012-000029-BFA
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Other |
Burkina Faso |
The conflict which forced many people to leave Northern Mali to Burkina Faso has further weakened the region that has been facing the risk of food insecurity. The situation has plunged the people into destitution and deprivation which exposes them to all kinds of risks including diseases the spread of which is facilitated by poor hygiene and sanitation conditions. The upheaval, its attendant trauma coupled with lack of basic amenities and facilities is not helping the affected population. The number of refugees now stands at 12,297 located in municipalities of Tin Akoff, in the province of Inabao Deou in Oudalan, Gandafabou, Mentao and Soum. |
| FR-2012-000028-HND
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Fire |
Honduras |
A fire in the Comayagua Farm Penitentiary (Granja Penal de Comayagua) late on the evening of 14 February left hundreds of injured inmates and 366 deaths. |
| AC-2012-000027-PNG
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Tech. Disaster |
Papua New Guinea |
On 2 February. Thursday, a ferry, the MV Rabaul Queen, travelling from West New Britain to Lae in Morobe Province sent a distress signal before sinking at sea |
| TC-2012-000025-VUT
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Tropical Cyclone |
Vanuatu |
TC Jasmine caused minor damage in Vanuatu?s TAFEA province, mainly to agriculture and water systems. It also caused flooding in Tonga?s main island of Tongatapu, leading to the evacuation of around 700 people. |
| OT-2012-000024-MRT
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Other |
Mauritania |
Following the armed conflict in the northern part of Mali, the refugees fleeing Mali entered Mauritania, mainly Fassala in the district of Bassikounou located in the far South-East. More than 11,000 people have already crossed the border in Mauritania. With the poor rainfall registered in 2011, the Hodh Chargui region (where Fassala is located) is already facing an alarming nutrition crisis. The arrival of the Malian refugees constitutes an additional pressure on the poor resources, and this situation deeply weakens an already desperate humanitarian context for both the refugees and the host communities. Therefore, the arrival of these Malian refugees aggravates this gloomy picture. |
| EP-2012-000023-COG
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Epidemic |
Congo, Republic |
A new cholera outbreak occurred in Betou and the surrounding villages. From 12 January to date, 57 new cases and 5 death of cholera have been registered in Betou |
| EP-2012-000022-BOL
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Epidemic |
Bolivia |
16 deaths reported due to a dengue epidemic affecting all regions except Potosi and Oruro. |
| EP-2012-000021-CIV
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Epidemic |
Cote d'Ivoire |
On the 9th of January, an outbreak of meningococcal meningitis was reported in the districts in Central and Northern Cote d'Ivoire. According to the National Institute of Public Hygiene, the epidemic was initially limited to only two locations; Tengrela and Bouak?, but has now affected almost all districts in the North (Tengrela, Boundiali, Korhogo, Ferke, Seguela, Bouna) and Valley Region Bandama located in Bouake centre of the Ivory Coast. In some localities in northern C?te d'Ivoire such as Kouto, there has been a Sharp increase in the number of reported cases between from 1 to 10, within week 2 and week 4 of 2012. |
| TC-2012-000020-MDG
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Tropical Cyclone |
Madagascar |
Tropical cyclone Giovanna killed at least 2 people and caused extensive damage on the Eastern coast of Madagascar. |
| FL-2012-000019-BGR
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Flood |
Bulgaria |
In the last several days, continuous heavy rains in the south of the country also led to an increase of water
levels and overflow of rivers, while a dam wall broke and flooded villages, leading to evacuation of the
population. |
| EQ-2012-000018-PHL
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Earthquake |
Philippines |
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the heavily populated island provinces of Negros and Cebu in the central Philippines, killing at least 43 people. |
| FL-2012-000017-MWI
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Flood |
Malawi |
Malawi has been receiving heavy rains associated with heavy storms in many parts of the country since late December 2011 which has led to flash floods and destruction of infrastructure like houses, school blocks and others in different districts of the country. Among the districts affected so far are Thyolo, Phalombe, Chikwawa and Nsanje in the southern region, Dedza and Salima in the central region and Nkhata Bay, Rumphi and Karonga in northern region of Malawi as being the worst affected respectively. The total number of houses affected according to the Government?s Department of Disaster Management Affairs is 5270 households as of mid January 2012 (either their houses have completely fallen, been partly damaged, or they have experienced crop damage).
The latest heavy rains were experienced in Traditional Authority Mlolo in Nsanje District from 22nd January 2012 where a total of 6,159 people (about 1235 households) have been affected and these numbers are likely to increase as assessment is still going on. Most of the affected households have nowhere to stay since the waters have not completely receded
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| CW-2012-000016-JPN
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Cold Wave |
Japan |
Heavy snow hit northern Japan, killing at least 46 people. |
| EP-2012-000015-NGA
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Epidemic |
Nigeria |
An outbreak of lassa fever was reported in Ebonyi (southern) and Nasarawa (northern) states of Nigeria on the 11th of January. Information from the health sector reported 7 cases with 1 death (Ebonyi, 6 cases with 1 death, while Nasarawa recorded only 1 case) |
| TC-2012-000014-IDN
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Tropical Cyclone |
Indonesia |
Fourteen people were killed and another 60 were injured in Indonesia over a four-day period as a result of Cyclone Iggy |
| FL-2012-000013-ECU
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Flood |
Ecuador |
Heavy rains have triggered floods and landslides in the provinces of Guayas, El Oro and Esmeraldas, affecting hundreds of people. |
| EP-2012-000012-BFA
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Epidemic |
Burkina Faso |
The country reported 16 confirmed cases of yellow fever, with unfortunately 6 deaths (lethality rate of 38%). In total, eight health districts are affected (Di?bougou, Hound?, Mangodara, Sapouy, Tenkodogo, Toma, Tugan, Yako). Most cases are less than 5 years. These are children who have not been vaccinated or for whom vaccination status is unknown. Some cases (especially those of Di?bougou) are Burkinabe people who were living in C?te d?Ivoire and returned home because of the Ivorian crisis. |
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