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EP-2012-000021-CIV 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 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 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 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 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  
CW-2012-000016-JPN Cold Wave Japan Heavy snow hit northern Japan, killing at least 46 people. 
EP-2012-000015-NGA 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 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 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 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.  
DR-2012-000011-PRY Drought Paraguay Government of Paraguay decreed a state of food security emergency (estado de emergencia alimentaria) 
LS-2012-000010-PNG Land Slide Papua New Guinea Dozens feared dead after a massive landslide hit Hela Province in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. 
FL-2012-000009-FJI Flood Fiji A tropical depression passing through the Fiji group has caused flooding in several areas. Reports of flooding have been received by the National Disaster Management Office since Sunday 22 January 2012. The emergency operations centre at the NDMO has been activated as has EOCs in the Central and Western Divisions.  
TC-2012-000008-MOZ Tropical Cyclone Mozambique Tropical Storms Dando, a category one storm with associated winds (up to 70km/h) and moderate to heavy rainfall, hit southern Mozambique on 15 Jan 2012 and caused flooding and damage to houses and schools in the provinces of Maputo, Gaza and Inhambane. Heavy rainfall in South Africa and Swaziland caused a steady increase of water levels in the Maputo, Umbeluzi and Incomati Basins, flooding low-lying areas in Magude and Chokwe. Tropical Cyclone Funso, which is moving towards central Mozambique, may affect coastal areas of Zambezia Province. 
AV-2012-000007-AFG Snow Avalanche Afghanistan Avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan have cut off tens - if not hundreds - of thousands of people already at risk of hunger due to drought. Heavy snow and avalanches have led to the deaths of at least 20 people. 
CW-2012-000006-ALB Cold Wave Albania Harsh winter with unusually abundant snowfall (1-1.5 m of snow in rural areas with temperatures averaging minus 10? Centigrade) hit northern and north-eastern part of Albania. The snow is blocking of some national and many rural roads and the number of people snowed under and cut off from the rest of the country in communes of Puka, Shkodra, Kukes, Peshkopia, Librazhd and Kor?a districts is estimated at about 100,000 
CW-2012-000006-BGR Cold Wave Bulgaria A strong cold wave hit Bulgaria last week, causing severe difficulties for people across the country. Frost, snow blizzards, gales and temperatures down to minus 30 Celsius have affected the population and caused interruptions in power supplies and the disruption of communication routes and communications channels, particularly in the north and north-eastern part of the country. 
CW-2012-000006-BIH Cold Wave Bosnia-Herzegovina Due to extremely low temperatures followed by a heavy snow-fall approximately twenty municipalities have been cut off from the rest of the country. The snow blast took place from early Thursday, 2nd February 2012 and since then it has continued snowing. The most affected municipalities are Han Pijesak, Sokolac, ?ajni?e, Srebrenica, Kalinovik, Istocni Stari Grad and Kladanj. Blocked roads, power shortages and broken communication lines made it almost impossible to reach the affected areas. The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina has declared state of emergency because of the situation in the affected areas.  
CW-2012-000006-BLR Cold Wave Belarus Freezing weather has killed dozens of people in Central and Eastern Europe over the past few days and temperatures are set to drop even further according to weather forecasts. The second half of January 2012 has been marked by severe frosts and snowfalls, for which many of Belarus citizens turned to be unprepared. Only in Minsk, during the past week-end, over 30 people have been delivered to hospitals with various traumas like frostbite and hypothermia. Overall, it is estimated that more than 100 people have been affected, and a number of them are kept in hospitals in a serous condition. On 1-2 February temperatures are expected to drop down to 25-29 degrees Celsius below zero, and in some places ? to 30-32 degrees. The sudden onset of extremely cold weather will continue throughout February. People are being affected both by extreme frosts and black ice.  
CW-2012-000006-MAR Cold Wave Morocco The cold wave that affects the last few days Morocco will persist until the end of the week with a peak on Wednesday and Thursday, as announced by the national weather forecast service. Going about this, the result of a polar air mass that passes through the eastern and central Europe affects northern Africa from Tunisia to Morocco. Minimum temperatures have broken records for the month of February in several regions with low degrees, and very rarely for years, recorded. The temperature was close to minus 7 degrees Celsius on the mountainous regions, from -1 to 3 on the middle and 5 to 8 on the coast. As consequence, roads and mountain passes were blocked by snowfalls, the electricity was interrupted and some houses suffered structural damages. In addition, with low temperatures, water pipes froze, interrupting the water supply in many regions. 
CW-2012-000006-MDA Cold Wave Moldova Like other countries in the region, Moldova has been facing plunging temperatures over the past weeks claiming victims and disruption of public services. According to the data of the Civil Protection and Emergency Situations Service, the cold wave has caused eight casualties, and at least 20 people are daily registered with frostbites. By 21st February, the Ministry of Health reported 280 cases of hypothermia and 10 fatalities. Four people were affected by frosts in the last 24 hours. 
CW-2012-000006-MKD Cold Wave Macedonia The cold weather conditions that affected Macedonia followed by heavy snowfalls and extremely low temperatures in some cities -25 C, have resulted in big traffic slowdown especially in rural areas, lack of food supply, medical assistance, hunger and frosts especially to the homeless people living in the country. Due to heavy snow falls, low temperatures and strong winds, many mountain villages are without electricity and there are problems with water supply in the following towns: Bitola, Tetovo, Negotino Kavadarci and Kumanovo. Due to large drifts of snow, several thousand sheep and cattle are directly threatened in some parts of Macedonia. In the period from 30.01 to 05.02.2012, in the critical region of Tetovo were registered 133 people suffering from flu, 44 persons aged 0 to 4 years, 57 people aged 4 to 14 years, 31 people aged 15 to 64 years and 1 person over 65 years  
CW-2012-000006-MNE Cold Wave Montenegro Heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures that started on January 31st caused emergency situation, in the central and northern part of Montenegro 
CW-2012-000006-ROM Cold Wave Romania The cold wave that has reached Romania starting 23rd January, along with heavy snowfalls, has initially affected the south-eastern part of the country, later extending to the whole territory. Roads have been blocked by the snow and people stranded in their homes, cars or trains. Government and local authorities have been mobilized to provide support to those in need. According to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, an overall number of 504 localities in 27 counties have been affected by the extreme winter conditions. At this moment, the counties worst affected are: Teleorman, Buzau, Vrancea, Ialomita, Calarasi, Braila, Galati, Constanta. The most severe the situation is in Vrancea County, where State of emergency has been declared. 
CW-2012-000006-SRB Cold Wave Serbia Due to strong wind that lasted 24h in Kosovo followed by heavy snow that started late on 06th and 07th of January several Municipalities in Kosovo have been affected. However, the most affected Municipalities are Istog, Kamenica and Peja. 
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