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Country |
Comments |
| FF-2010-000094-SVK
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Flash Flood |
Slovakia |
Flash floods triggered by days of heavy rain have killed at least four people, forced mass evacuations and cut off power to thousands in central Europe. |
| AC-2010-000093-RUS
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Tech. Disaster |
Russia |
As a result of two methane blasts in the Raspadskaya coal mine in Siberia's Kuzbass region on 8 May 2010 at least 66 people were killed, 129 injured and 24 missing. |
| FL-2010-000092-LKA
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Flood |
Sri Lanka |
Several districts including Colombo, Kalutara, Gampaha and Puttalam were effected by the incessant rains. More than 3600 families in the Wattala area were affected. Over 4100 families were affected by floods in other districts. |
| FL-2010-000091-VNM
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Flood |
Viet Nam |
Heavy rains flooded streets in Hanoi and Hai Phong cities as well as areas of the Nam Dinh Province.
In Lao Cai Province, the heavy rains and strong winds, 89-117 kilometers an hour, ruined 1,300 houses and schools. Lao Cai town and Bat Xat District suffering the worst damage.
In Cao Bang Province, the torrential winds damaged hundreds of houses, in many cases, blowing off entire rooftops. |
| FL-2010-000089-AZE
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Flood |
Azerbaijan |
Heavy rains caused flooding in 40 districts surrounding the Kur (Kura), Azerbaijan's main river. 20,000 homes have been flooded, 300 of them ruined, and 2,000 fell into disrepair. 50,000 hectares of cultivated land and pasture are under water. |
| EP-2010-000088-UGA
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Epidemic |
Uganda |
Cholera outbreak has been confirmed in Moroto district where a total of 58 cases with 3 deaths have so far been recorded. |
| FL-2010-000087-TJK
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Flood |
Tajikistan |
The torrential rains of 7 May, 2010, caused floods and mudslides in Tajikistan. In total 10 districts were affected in the south regions, of wich Vose, Muminabad, Temurmalik, Baljuvon and Shurabad districts and Kulyab town of Kulyab region, as well as Nurek, J. Rumi, Yovon and Jilikul districts of Kurgan-tube region. According to the preliminary data received from RCST regional branches, the average number of disaster affected residencies in both regions is some 1059 houses (or 6354 people), out of which 179 houses totally destroyed. On the report of RCST staff and volunteers 60 people were killed, but at this stage only 13 people officially reported by the government, 40-50 are missing, 40 hospitalized and 85 injured. |
| FL-2010-000086-AFG
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Flood |
Afghanistan |
Rainfall and torrential flooding in western province of Herat has devastated many areas, killing some 14 people, including seven children, injuring 30 others, damaging more than 250 houses and destroying around 300 hectares of agricultural land. |
| ST-2010-000085-CHN
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
China, People's Republic |
Gales and hailstorms killed at least 39 people, injured hundreds and destroyed hundreds of homes in southwest and central China. |
| LS-2010-000084-TWN
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Land Slide |
Taiwan (China) |
A massive landslide occurred near the northern city of Keelung that buried part of Freeway No. 3, including five people in four cars were trapped under the rubble. |
| ST-2010-000083-GAB
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Gabon |
Violent wind and tornado hit the Mouila locality in the Ngouni? region of Gabon on 16 April, 2010. So far, the disaster has caused several damages: deterioration of about 280 houses, destruction of household basic property, and the obstruction of roads by uprooted trees. |
| FR-2010-000082-GNQ
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Fire |
Equatorial Guinea |
Serious fire first occurred in the Camaremi neighbourhood of Malabo in the night of 12 to 13 April, 2010. As the populations were still struggling to manage the consequences, another fire occurred in the night of 14 to 15 April, 2010 in the Alcaide neighbourhood, still in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea. |
| EP-2010-000080-ZAF
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Epidemic |
South Africa |
At the beginning of February 2010 Rift valley fever was detected in the Free State Province in the Bultfontein area. Since then outbreaks have been detected in in 6 other provinces:
? The rest of the Free State Province;
? The Middelburg- and Cradock areas of the Eastern Cape Province;
? The Van Wyksvlei-, Britstown- and Colesberg areas of the Northern Cape Province;
? The Babsfontein area of Gauteng;
? The Potchefstroom area of the North West Province; and
? The Balfour area of the Mpumalanga Province.
To date there have been 92 human cases and 6 deaths (68 from the Free State Province, 11 from the Northern Cape Province, 7 from the Eastern Cape Province and 1 from the North West Province with 4 deaths from the Free State Province and 2 deaths from the Northern Cape Province.)
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| EQ-2010-000079-AFG
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Earthquake |
Afghanistan |
M=5.3 earthquake hit the northern province of Samangan, killing at least 11, injuring over 70, destroying over 2,000 houses. |
| VO-2010-000078-ISL
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Volcano |
Iceland |
A massive cloud of volcanic dust has covered vast areas of northern Europe after the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano erupted in Iceland on 14 April. About 20 countries closed their airspace as consequence. The disruption has affected hundreds of thousands of travellers worldwide. An estimated number of 17.000 flights were cancelled during the first two days of the emergency. |
| FL-2010-000077-NAM
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Flood |
Namibia |
The Caprivi region, particularly those constituencies traversed by the Zambezi and Chobe rivers which are Kabbe and Katima Rural have experienced high water flows arising from Zambia causing severe flooding. |
| FL-2010-000076-COL
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Flood |
Colombia |
Hundreds of families affected by floods caused by heavy rains that started with the beginning of the winter (rainy) season. |
| FL-2010-000075-TJK
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Flood |
Tajikistan |
As a result of heavy rains on 11 April 2010, rural areas of Tajikistan have been affected by flooding and
landslides. Around 18 villages throughout the country have been affected. In total 319 houses (with 1,914
inhabitants) have been damaged, out of which 5 houses totally destroyed. Two people were killed by the floods. |
| ST-2010-000074-BGD
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Bangladesh |
The nor?wester that played havoc in eastern India on the night of 14 April 2010 also hit border districts of Dinajpur, Rangpur, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram in Bangladesh. Some adjacent districts including Gaibandha, Sirjaganj and Bogra were also affected. |
| ST-2010-000074-IND
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
India |
A storm in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal has killed 31 people and destroyed 50,000 homes. |
| EQ-2010-000073-CHN
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Earthquake |
China, People's Republic |
A strong earthquake killed at least 67 people and buried many others in Qinghai province at a magnitude of 6.9. |
| FL-2010-000072-RUS
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Flood |
Russia |
A sharp increase in the temperature from minus 10 degrees to plus 10 degrees Celsius triggering the melting of snow caused floods between 22 and 26 March, inundating seven settlements in four municipal districts in the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation. Some 3,250 people, including 197 children were affected and had to be evacuated into temporary shelter solutions |
| LS-2010-000071-RWA
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Land Slide |
Rwanda |
Several areas of the Rwanda have experienced floods following ongoing above normal heavy rains which resulted in a landslide in Rubavu district on 26th March 2010. Communities in three cells of Rubavu sector are among those most impacted by landslides. As a consequence of heavy rains along the Rwanda hills of Rubavu districts in Western Province; approximately 5,920 people have been affected out of whom approximately 1,184 families are homeless due to destroyed houses and risks |
| FL-2010-000070-BGD
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Flood |
Bangladesh |
Areas affected by Cyclone Aila have been hit by flooding and swollen rivers due to high tides. Over 45,000 are marooned, 28 villages inundated. |
| WF-2010-000069-NPL
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Wild fire |
Nepal |
Fire has ravaged several forests in Dang district in the past week. The fire has destroyed fresh sprouts and grassland in the forests. The steep terrain has made fighting the fire difficult. Meanwhile, it is reported that an old-aged woman died in a fire that broke out in Hakpara of Siraha on Saturday afternoon. The fire gutted cloths, property, ornaments and 12 huts incurring the loss worth Rs 5 million. |
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