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| FL-2010-000049-AGO
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Flood |
Angola |
In Angola 10,000 people have lost their homes to floods in the southern province of Cunene - Reuters |
| WF-2010-000048-BTN
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Wild fire |
Bhutan |
A forest fire, which started in the afternoon on 9th March from Chenari, near Chazam in Trashigang, has burnt down an automobile workshop, three cars and 25 two-wheelers kept for repair there, as the fire spread, fanned by fierce wind. No casualties were reported. |
| FL-2010-000047-KEN
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Flood |
Kenya |
Heavy rainfall at the onset of the Long Rains Season (Mar - Jun) has caused flooding in several locations affecting over 8,000 people. |
| FL-2010-000046-MOZ
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Flood |
Mozambique |
Based on UNICEF situation report, 210 families (1,050 people) have been affected by the initial inundation in Namathanda district; of these, 613 people have been evacuated to a temporary shelter located in Mufu village. |
| EQ-2010-000045-TUR
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Earthquake |
Turkey |
M=6.0 earthquake, with its epicentre at Basyurt in Elazig province, killed 17 in eastern Turkey and many seem to be trapped under rubble. |
| EP-2010-000044-MOZ
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Epidemic |
Mozambique |
New cycle of cholera started in such way that until 6th of February, 638 cases 12 deaths with a CFR of 1,8% were notified in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Niassa, Zambezia and Sofala. |
| EQ-2010-000043-TWN
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Earthquake |
Taiwan (China) |
A powerful earthquake and more than a dozen aftershocks jolted southern Taiwan on Thursday, injuring 96 people, toppling farm houses and derailing a carriage on a high-speed train.
Panicked residents fled shaking buildings and children were rushed out of schools in the 6.4-magnitude quake, which also momentarily cut off electricity to more than half a million homes.
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| FL-2010-000042-SRB
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Flood |
Serbia |
Heavy rains and rapid slow melting have caused floods in the eastern and central part of Serbia damaging and flooding 1,306 households and affecting more than 3,150 people. |
| FL-2010-000041-ETH
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Flood |
Ethiopia |
Around 1,000 families have been displaced by flooding after heavy rains in an area straddling the border between Ethiopia and the self-declared independent republic of Somaliland, according to officials. |
| FL-2010-000041-SOM
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Flood |
Somalia |
Around 1,000 families have been displaced by flooding after heavy rains in an area straddling the border between Ethiopia and the self-declared independent republic of Somaliland, according to officials. |
| LS-2010-000040-UGA
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Land Slide |
Uganda |
At least 300 people, including 100 children, are believed to have been killed when landslides buried three villages in eastern Uganda late on 1 March after heavy rains. Some 2,000 people have been displaced and entire fields of crops ruined. |
| EP-2010-000039-BFA
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Epidemic |
Burkina Faso |
Burkina-Faso is once again hit by a new outbreak of meningitis. About 1,251 cases and 193 deaths have been registered within six weeks. |
| FL-2010-000038-ZMB
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Flood |
Zambia |
11 districts have been affected by floods in the country. The districts are in North Western and Lusaka provinces. |
| FL-2010-000037-HTI
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Flood |
Haiti |
Floods and mudslides killed at least 13 people in Haiti over the weekend, raising fears about the vulnerability of survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake, officials and aid workers said. |
| FL-2010-000036-CYP
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Flood |
Cyprus |
Many areas have been flooded on 27 February, 2010 because of the heavy rainfall in Girne (Kyrenia) and Lefkosa (Nicosia). The information received so far has revealed that there had been no case of death or injury but, more than 3000 people have been affected . Additionally,700 homes, 56 offices and 27 vehicles had been informed to be damaged. |
| TS-2010-000035-CHL
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Tsunami |
Chile |
On 2/27/2010 6:34:17 AM, an earthquake of magnitude 8.3 and depth 59.4km occurred in Chile. This earthquake caused a tsunami with estimated wave heights of over 4m. Within 100km around the epicentre there are 630000 people. More info on www.gdacs.org. |
| EQ-2010-000034-CHL
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Earthquake |
Chile |
GDACS red alert as 8.3-magnitude quake hits Chile. |
| LS-2010-000033-IDN
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Land Slide |
Indonesia |
A huge landslide buried a village in Indonesia's West Java early on Tuesday, killing at least four people and burying 40 others, local media said. |
| EP-2010-000032-MDG
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Epidemic |
Madagascar |
The eastern coast of Madagascar experiences malaria throughout the year. The Institute Pasteur Laboratory has confirmed the diagnosis of Chikungunia on February 8th. Patients suffer from high fever and asthenia which keeps them bedridden for 2-3 days and thus affects schools and local and national economies. |
| FL-2010-000031-PRT
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Flood |
Portugal |
Violent floods and mudslides killed at least 42 people on the resort island of Madeira. |
| DR-2010-000030-PHL
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Drought |
Philippines |
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) states that the El Ni?o in the Equatorial Pacific continues to sustain its moderate strength and is recently in his mature stage. Gradual decrease in sea surface temperature is expected but still within the El Ni?o threshold and likely to last up to June 2010. To date, Regions I, II and XII have been experiencing dry spell conditions such as drought, increased temperature, decreased rainfall and water supply which affected agricultural productions such as rice, corn and vegetables in 165,071 hectares with estimated production loss of PhP2.4B. |
| DR-2010-000029-TTO
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Drought |
Trinidad & Tobago |
From Oct 2009 to January 2010 Dominica southward to Trinidad experienced moderately to extremely dry conditions for the four month period. St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada in particular were extremely dry. Water levels are dropping quickly in several Caribbean countries, prompting officials to limit availability and impose restrictions as the region enters its dry season. |
| OT-2010-000028-NER
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Other |
Niger |
Already the annual harvest statistics of Niger show that many departments are in deficit of cereal production. Alerted by these results, a rapid appraisal was done by the government of Niger by mid December. It revealed that more than a half of the rural households would have no cereals in stock by the end of January. |
| AV-2010-000027-PAK
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Snow Avalanche |
Pakistan |
An avalanche killed at least 20 people on Thursday in a remote mountain village in northern Pakistan where rescue workers struggled to free another 30 buried under snow and ice, police said. |
| FL-2010-000026-DOM
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Flood |
Dominican Republic |
3700 people affected by recent floods.
Centro de Operaciones de Emergencia (COE) entreg? a la gobernadora de Puerto Plata el primer levantamiento sobre la situaci?n existente en esta provincia, luego de los torrenciales aguaceros que inundaron unas 3,700 viviendas.
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