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| FL-2010-000262-ECU
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Flood |
Ecuador |
Hundreds of people have been affected by floods and landslides. Government aid is being delivered to affected communities. |
| FL-2010-000261-GAB
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Flood |
Gabon |
Since the last week of December 2010, several localities of the Republic of Gabon have been facing violent wind and torrential rains. The situation deteriorated in early January 2011 as the Tchimbanga, Franceville, Mimongo and Dzenzele localities experienced serious torrential rains and violent wind, leading to massive destruction of houses and other considerable damages. |
| EP-2010-000260-UGA
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Epidemic |
Uganda |
Three decades since the last case of yellow fever was reported in the 1970s, Uganda got a surprise and experienced the re-emergence of this deadly viral epidemic that started in November 2010 in the Northern Region. Initially, the disease was wrongly diagnosed as plague ? only on 23 December 2010 the diagnosis for yellow fever was confimred by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). By 29 December 2010, 10 districts were already affected with 190 cases and 48 fatalities recorded |
| FL-2010-000259-AUS
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Flood |
Australia |
Massive flooding that has swept through Queensland, Australia, and claimed at least one life will likely force the evacuation of at least 1,000 people |
| FL-2010-000258-PHL
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Flood |
Philippines |
Flooding and landslides occurred in the provinces of Albay and Sorsogon in Region V as a result of moderate to heavy rains on 29 December 2010 due to tail-end of a cold front. Based on initial report of concerned Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils, around 802 families or 4,274 persons were affected. |
| CW-2010-000257-GTM
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Cold Wave |
Guatemala |
More than 600 people in shelters after a cold front entered Guatemala on 25 Dec. |
| OT-2010-000256-KHM
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Other |
Cambodia |
Stampede event occurred on the north bridge of Diamond Island in Chamkarmon district in Phnom Penh during the final day of Water Festival Celebrations on 22 November 2010 from 8:30 pm to 12:30 pm for 4 hours. Nearly 7,000 people on the bridge with 101 metres long and 7 metres wide. Stamede disaster caused the death of 353 people and 395 injured. |
| OT-2010-000255-CIV
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Other |
Cote d'Ivoire |
The political stalemate in the West Africa's nation of Côte d'Ivoire since the re-run of the presidential election was conducted on 28 November 2010 has been posing humanitarian concerns not only in Côte d'Ivoire but in the region as well. The country's Independent Electoral Commission had declared the opposition candidate Alassane Ouatarra the winner of the run off on 2 December 2010 but was overturned by the country's Constitutional Council which announced the incumbent President Gbagbo the winner though the international community including the UN recognized the victory of the opposition candidate. Since the two opposing candidates have taken oaths of office in different locations on 4 December 2010 and forming parallel governments in Côte d'Ivoire, there have been protests in the country even before and after the presidential election run-off. The situation has affected movement of people and goods within the country thereby leading to increase in cost of living as prices of food ingredients have soared. The fear of violence has also led to the movement of some people into neighbouring Liberia and Guinea Conakry. An estimated 4,000 people had entered Liberia with new arrivals reported in villages along the border at a rate now of around 150 people per day. Meanwhile in Guinea, the number of newly registered Ivorian refugees in the southeast of the country is stable at some 186 people. As the political solution is being sought to the stalemate, there is the fear of increased population movement from Côte d'Ivoire into Guinea, Liberia as well as Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali to some extent in the coming days and this may lead to humanitarian needs in these countries. |
| EQ-2010-000254-IRN
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Earthquake |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
Seven people have been killed and hundreds have been injured in a 6.5-magnitude earthquake that jolted southeastern Iran on 20 December 2010 damaging buildings in outlying mountainous areas. |
| FL-2010-000253-LKA
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Flood |
Sri Lanka |
The rain is continued for more than one week time all over the country. All major reservoirs are filled with water and opened sluice gates. Due to that many down stream areas has been flooded. The situation report and maps are attached for your information. |
| FL-2010-000252-SRB
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Flood |
Serbia |
Due to the heavy rainfalls in Kosovo as in many countries in Balkans, many villages in Kosovo, some of them in the rural and poorer part, have been flooded. Rivers that caused floods were Morava e Binqes, Kaqareva, Krena, Ereniku, Prishtevka.
The affected municipalities are Prishtina/ Pri?tina, Kamenice/ Kamenica, Viti/ Vitina, Gjakova/ Đakovica and Dragash/ Draga? including their surrounding villages. The water, spilling from the river beds has flooded the land and buildings, causing damage to living quarters and personal belongings as well as agricultural land and equipment |
| FL-2010-000251-CRI
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Flood |
Costa Rica |
Since early morning of Wednesday, 1 December, intense rains have fallen across the Caribbean and Northern regions of Costa Rica, resulting in overflowing of rivers and affecting more than 200 communities. Early assessments by the Costa Rica Red Cross estimate that some 6,099 people are affected, while 3,474 are staying in 48 shelters |
| FL-2010-000250-SRB
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Flood |
Serbia |
Due to the heavy rain in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Republic of Srpska, the water level in rivers Drina and Lim has been on a steady increase since 1 December until 3rd December, with water spilling out of the river beds and flooding the houses, buildings and agricultural land in five municipalities in the western Serbia. 3000 people were evacuated between 1st and 3rd December and approximately 720 houses are under water at the moment. The levels of Drina and Lim rivers have been receding since 4th December, however the river Sava?s water level is on the rise further endangering several municipalities along its bank, including the capital, Belgrade. |
| FL-2010-000249-IND
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Flood |
India |
Floods triggered by heavy rains in southern India have killed around 180 people and forced tens of thousands to seek refuge in government relief camps. |
| FL-2010-000248-ALB
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Flood |
Albania |
Due to the heavy rainfalls in recent days in the northern part of Albania, the Drini river level has been increasing, which has consequently increased the water levels in three connected lakes near hydroelectric power plants.
The authorities were obliged to open the emergency dam gates and release the water from the lakes into the Shkodra lake, which, together with heavy rainfalls, caused flooding in the prefectures of Shkodra and Lezha affecting more than 14,000 people. |
| WF-2010-000247-CHN
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Wild fire |
China, People's Republic |
A grassland fire in a mountainous Tibetan region in southwest China on 5 Dec. killed at least 22 people and severely burned another 3. |
| WF-2010-000246-ISR
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Wild fire |
Israel |
A huge fire swept through a forest in northern Israel, killing up to 40 people. |
| FL-2010-000245-MAR
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Flood |
Morocco |
At least 22 people died after heavy rain and floods, official and business sources said. |
| FL-2010-000244-VNM
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Flood |
Viet Nam |
It is predicted that water level on Quang Ngai rivers will be down and rivers from B?nh Định to Kh?nh H?a is continuing and peak on 30/11 morning. Provinces: B?nh Định, Ph? Y?n, Kh?nh H?a, Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Đắk Lắk will have flood development and should prepare methods for protection in auto level.
Initual report on damage of 29/11 showed flooding on province road number 640, 650 ... and 1 person died in Phu Yen provinces
The warning report from National M eteorlogy Center was sent to all provinces from Binh Dinh to Phu Yen to aware of flood and landslide occurance.
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| FL-2010-000243-COL
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Flood |
Colombia |
The weather phenomenon La Ni?a has had an enormous effect across Colombia since its development by mid year of 2010. Since March, it has brought rains above historical records, causing landslides, flash floods, breakage of barriers, and therefore ongoing floods in 28 departments and 561 municipalities around the country. Thus far, there are some 257,849 affected families (1,211,146 persons), 208 injured, 139 deaths, 23 missing people, and 204,794 damaged homes. The more impacted departments are Bolivar, with 264,000 affected people, followed by Magdalena with 161,000, C?rdoba with 151,000 and Sucre with 107,000.
Unfortunately, the Colombian Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies forecasts that La Ni?a phenomenon and its strong rains will continue until the first trimester of 2011. This could mean the overlapping of the rainy seasons of 2010 with the first rainy season of 2011 (March-April-May).
On 18 November, the Minister of Justice, German Vargas Lleras, declared a state of public calamity in 28 of the 32 Departments of the country. The government hopes to facilitate the gathering of additional resources, as the country?s capabilities have been overloaded. This declaration also fastens the processes to receive international aid and supports subjects such as housing and agriculture. |
| FL-2010-000242-AGO
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Flood |
Angola |
Rains which started in the second week of October 2010 have left more than 24,000 Angolan returnees in the Uige province desperate. Most roads are impassable and more than 3,456 houses have been destroyed |
| FL-2010-000241-VNM
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Flood |
Viet Nam |
Floods in South-Central Vietnam have cost the lives of 29 people and more than 39,212 flooded or damaged houses. As of this morning, a low pressure zone in the East Sea has strengthened into a tropical depression causing strong winds and medium to heavy rain in provinces from Thua Thien - Hue to Binh Dinh in the next 24h. |
| FL-2010-000240-VEN
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Flood |
Venezuela |
305 families affected by heavy rains that destroyed their homes in Aragua state and caused landslides. |
| FL-2010-000239-BIH
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Flood |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Due to the heavy rain in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Republic of Srpska, the water level in rivers Drina and Lim has been on a steady increase since 1st December until 3rd December, with water spilling out of the river beds and flooding the houses, buildings and agricultural land. In Bosnia and Herzegonvina are estimated 5806 households (aprox. 20,000 persons) have been affected by the flooding.
The affected municipalities are Bosanska Krupa, Domaljevac-?amac, Ora?je, Tuzla, Maglaj, Gora?de, Foča-Ustikolina, Pale-Prača, Ravno, Čitluk, Čapljina, Stolac, Mostar, Trnovo, Ilid?a, Novi Grad, Tomislavgrad, Drvar, Trebinje, Bileća, Nevesinje, Foča, Novo Gora?de, Bratunac, Zvornik, Bijeljina including their surrounding villages. The water, spilling from the river beds has flooded the land and buildings, causing damage to living quarters and personal belongings as well as agricultural land and equipment.
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| FL-2010-000239-MNE
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Flood |
Montenegro |
Heavy rains over the past four days caused floods in central and northern parts of Montenegro, causing severe damage, especially in three municipalities up north. 270 families were evacuated (around 1350 persons), and are in need of basic emergency relief items. |
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