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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. |
ST-2012-000061-VNM
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Viet Nam |
2 people killed, more than 4,500 houses damaged and crop fields destroyed after hailstorms and whirlwinds hit Lao Cai, Bac Kan and Tuyen Quang provinces in the north. |
EP-2012-000060-UGA
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Epidemic |
Uganda |
Sporadic outbreaks of Meningitis have been reported in Kiryandongo (Mutunda sub-county), Amuru, Oyam and Koboko districts in Northern Uganda. Since the onset of the outbreak on 24th February 2012, a total of 231 cases have been recorded in all the four districts with a cumulative death of 25. |
EP-2012-000059-UGA
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Epidemic |
Uganda |
The District Health Offices in Nebbi Hoima & Buliisa have announced the outbreak of cholera in their districts. In Hoima it has affected Kaiso village in Tonya Parish situated in Buseruka sub-county while in Nebbi, three sub-counties of Akworo, Panyimuri & Pakwach town councils in parambo s/county are the most affected and new cases in Buliisa district have been identified in Butiaba Sub county, Butiaba Town council and Kigwera Sub County. A cumulative total of 484 cases have so far been recorded in the three districts with 11 deaths. |
EP-2012-000058-AFG
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Epidemic |
Afghanistan |
In Ghor and Baghdis provinces, the Ministry of Public Health and WHO reported 21 confirmed child mortality cases due to measles and pneumonia. |
EP-2012-000057-YEM
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Epidemic |
Yemen |
Over 4,300 measles cases and 155 deaths were reported in Yemen between January 2011 and March 2012, with 95 per cent of deaths reported since the beginning of 2012. The steep increase in measles incidents is due to the decline in immunization coverage and disruption in access to basic social services in most parts of the country during the civil unrest. |
FL-2012-000056-PRY
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Flood |
Paraguay |
At least 10,000 families currently affected by floods after heavy rains caused river overflows in the Chaco region. |
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