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Event |
Country |
Comments |
| CW-2011-000191-GTM
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Cold Wave |
Guatemala |
Thousands of people in shelters due to a cold wave that started in November. |
| FL-2011-000190-AGO
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Flood |
Angola |
About 5,000 people have been affected by serious flooding near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Heavy rains have also caused destruction in the south-eastern Kuando Kubango province. |
| TC-2011-000189-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
Tropical storm Washi (Sendong) threatens Northeastern Mindanao. Floods occurred in Region IX, affecting about 80 families/400 persons. |
| FL-2011-000188-PHL
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Flood |
Philippines |
Floods by heavy rain have affected more than 26,000 people in several regions of the Philippines. |
| FL-2011-000187-COD
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Flood |
Congo Democratic Republic |
Heavy rains and flooding occurred in different parts of the country since end of October have affected thousands households, destroyed hundreds houses and crops.
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| CW-2011-000186-BRB
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Cold Wave |
Barbados |
die |
| VO-2011-000185-IDN
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Volcano |
Indonesia |
Mount Gamalama erupted to spew lava and ash on Ternate in eastern Indonesia, prompting thousands of residents to flee the volcano on one of the former Spice Islands. |
| FL-2011-000184-KEN
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Flood |
Kenya |
The expected October-November- December (OND) short rains has so far been characterized by heavy rainfall and storm in various parts of North Eastern, Coast, Upper Eastern, North Rift, South Rift and Western regions of Kenya.
The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMED) reports that wet conditions have been sustained in most parts of the country with heavy daily rainfall (greater than 20mm) being experienced in various parts of the country
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| FL-2011-000183-TZA
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Flood |
Tanzania |
9 people killed, more than 6,776 left homeless after heavy rains caused floods and landslides in Kilimanjaro, Arusha and Mbeya regions. |
| CW-2011-000182-MEX
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Cold Wave |
Mexico |
State of emergency declared in 71 municipalities due to cold wave in the states of Durango, Zacatecas y Veracruz |
| FL-2011-000181-VEN
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Flood |
Venezuela |
Heavy rains caused the overflowing of rivers, affecting 260 families (1.045 people) in Aragua State (December 1st) and 296 families in the district of Cabimas (November 11th). |
| FL-2011-000180-PAN
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Flood |
Panama |
Heavy rains triggered floods and landslides in Colon Province, affecting around 2,000 people |
| LS-2011-000179-IDN
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Land Slide |
Indonesia |
Four people are dead and 30 others are missing after heavy rain triggered a landslide on the Indonesian island of Nias. |
| EP-2011-000178-GHA
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Epidemic |
Ghana |
The cases of Yellow fever being detected in Ghana have been on the rise. The Upper West Region of Ghana has recorded 3 yellow fever cases this year (2011) with one each in Wa Municipality, Jirapa and Wa East Districts. Since the first 4 cases were reported on 12th November 2011, 2 other districts have recorded a case each, namely; Ledzokuku in the Greater Accra Region and Nadowli in the Upper West Region. As at November 18th 2011, one person has been confirmed dead in the Sawla Kalba district of the Northern Region. |
| DR-2011-000177-MEX
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Drought |
Mexico |
2,5 millions affected by drought in northern States of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, San Luis Potos? and Zacatecas. |
| DR-2011-000177-USA
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Drought |
United States |
For most of the year, drought conditions and extreme heat affected the Southern Plains and Southwestern portions of the United States causing more than $13 billion worth of damage. |
| FL-2011-000176-LKA
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Flood |
Sri Lanka |
A storm packing heavy rain and gusty winds lashed southern Sri Lanka, killing at least 19 and leaving 43 fishermen missing. |
| WF-2011-000175-USA
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Wild fire |
United States |
Drought conditions and extreme heat caused wildfires to burn millions of acres in Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Arizona, Minnesota and California throughout much of the year. |
| EP-2011-000174-KEN
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Epidemic |
Kenya |
Following confirmation of 2 Polio cases in Rongo District, Nyanza Province in September 2011, the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation (MoPHS) with support of partners announced a 4 phase polio mop up campaign. The first and the second phase of the campaign was conducted from 24 to 28 September and 22 to 26 October respectively targeting 32 districts in Nyanza Province. |
| EP-2011-000173-UGA
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Epidemic |
Uganda |
An outbreak of cholera that was first reported in one community in Kasese district on 21" October 2011 and
now spreading affecting two sub-counties of Nakiyumbu in Bukonzo West Health Sub-District (HSD) and
Maliba in Busongora North HSD has been confirmed by the Ugandan Ministry of Health (MoH). |
| DR-2011-000172-MRT
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Drought |
Mauritania |
Dry spells and poor distribution of rainfall in the 2011 growing season (Jul-Oct) resulted in a serious decline in cereal production. Low coping capacity will result in progressively worsening livelihood protection deficits and above-average needs for emergency food assistance. The government announced an intervention program on 10 Nov 2011. |
| FL-2011-000171-VNM
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Flood |
Viet Nam |
Heavy rain in central areas of Vietnam for days caused 7 death. In some provinces, traffic system was blocked and many house holds were isolated. |
| FL-2011-000170-COL
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Flood |
Colombia |
With the start of the second rainy season in September, more than 281,000 people have already been affected by floods and landslides in most of the country. |
| EQ-2011-000169-CHN
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Earthquake |
China, People's Republic |
About 143,800 people have been affected and more than 2,453 houses toppled after a 6.0-magnitude quake jolted northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. |
| CW-2011-000168-USA
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Cold Wave |
United States |
At least 13 deaths have been blamed on the weekend snowstorm, which prompted emergency declarations from the governors of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. |
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