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Event |
Country |
Comments |
| FL-2009-000174-NER
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Flood |
Niger |
Intense rains in northern Air Mountains and desert towns affected 7,000 households, damaged 3,500 homes in the commune of Agadez. |
| TS-2009-000173-IDN
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Tsunami |
Indonesia |
On 9/2/2009 7:55:02 AM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 and depth 62.8km has struck an very highly populated area in the Jawa Barat Province (population: 38 million) in Indonesia. GDACS calculated a red alert, indicating 'high likelihood for international disaster'.
Based on later information, the impact estimate was reduced. Tidal wave and water surface buoy measurements indicated wave heights of 40cm instead of initially estimated 2.5m. Please refer to the GDACS tsunami report for more details. |
| FL-2009-000172-BFA
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Flood |
Burkina Faso |
At least three people died and thousands were homeless Tuesday(01/09/2009) in Ouagadougou and its suburbs as the capital of Burkina Faso was hit by floods, officials said - AFP 02/09/2009. |
| FF-2009-000171-AFG
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Flash Flood |
Afghanistan |
Heavy rains caused flooding in Jalabad, eastern Afghanistan. 626 houses destroyed, roughly 4000 people affected. (UNAMA Press Release 01/09/2009) |
| FL-2009-000170-MRT
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Flood |
Mauritania |
A child was killed and more than 3,500 people were left homeless when heavy rains caused houses to collapse in southwestern Mauritania, state media reported on Saturday
(29/08/2009) |
| OT-2009-000169-GTM
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Other |
Guatemala |
Food insecurity due to loss of crops caused by irregular rain, dry and hot conditions; high food/fuel prices and reduced external remittances. |
| TC-2009-000167-MEX
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Tropical Cyclone |
Mexico |
Hurricane Jimena threatening south Baja California, Mexican Gov. issued sit rep and declared ORANGE alert for south Baja California, begun evacuations of populations in areas at risk, set up temporary shelters; Governor of Baja California declared state of emergency, requested help from government agencies |
| FL-2009-000166-SDN
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Flood |
Sudan |
Due to Khartoum's heavy rains and flooding, five brothers died following a house collapse in Omdurman, the authorities have confirmed that over 20,000 houses have been destroyed by the rains. |
| FL-2009-000165-CHL
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Flood |
Chile |
697 affected by heavy rains throughout Chile, 4,297 are isolated by the floods. |
| FL-2009-000164-SEN
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Flood |
Senegal |
Recent heavy rains in Senegal have caused severe floods in almost all suburbs of Dakar. Dozens of volunteers from the Senegalese Red Cross were dispatched to help disaster victims save their belongings and evacuate their flooded homes. 194 affected families received immediate assistance. |
| EP-2009-000163-LKA
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Epidemic |
Sri Lanka |
In Sri Lanka dengue is a major public health problem and a leading cause of hospitalization and deaths among children (WHO). This year the morbidity and mortality due to dengue have been significantly higher than in the previous years, with 24,084 cases and 245 deaths (up until 25th Aug). |
| WF-2009-000162-GRC
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Wild fire |
Greece |
A raging wild fire swept into a suburb of Athens, Greece early Sunday, forcing authorities in one town to order 10,000 people to evacuate their homes. |
| OT-2009-000161-RUS
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Other |
Russia |
On 17 August 2009 an explosion at Sayano- Shushenskaya hydropower station in eastern Siberia destroyed walls and the ceiling in a turbine room where caused the room to flood. The Russian Ministry of Emergencies (EMERCOM) reports that 47 people remain missing and are feared dead. |
| FF-2009-000160-LKA
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Flash Flood |
Sri Lanka |
Flash floods were experienced in several areas of Vavuniya District and in Menik Farm due to heavy
rains over the weekend. Zone 4 in Menik Farm is the most seriously affected with initial estimates of
up to 1,925 shelters being damaged or destroyed. |
| FF-2009-000159-PAK
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Flash Flood |
Pakistan |
Heavy rainfall on 16 August caused flash floods originating from the Karamar Mountains in Swabi and Mardan Districts in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan. According to various sources, there are reports of 27 deaths, nine people missing, an estimated 400-450 houses destroyed along with massive losses to crops and livestock. |
| EQ-2009-000157-JPN
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Earthquake |
Japan |
The magnitude 6.5 earthquake occured in Suruga Bay on 11 August. The hypocentral depth is 23km. JMA seismic intensity 6- was observed in Shizuoka prefecture.
Due to the strong ground shaking, one person is reported killed, 123 people injured and 5,192 houses partially destroyed. Tomei highway was damaged and is still under repair as of 13 August. |
| TC-2009-000156-JPN
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Tropical Cyclone |
Japan |
Heavy rainfall on 9-11 August due to the typhoon 0909(Etau) has caused mud slide and flood in Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyusyu districts. As of 13 August, 27 people are reported killed and missing, 18 people injured, 10 houses totally destroyed, 7 houses half destroyed, 32 houses partially destroyed, 1,300 houses flooded above floor level and 3,353 houses flooded below floor level. |
| FL-2009-000155-LAO
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Flood |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
On Monday, 10 August 2009, heavy rain occurred in the country made water in the tributary river increased and flooded in 3 districts manly:Sebangfai, Nongbok, and Mahaxay of Khammoune Province. based the first report from provincial disaster management office in Khammoune province, there are 1950 ha of rice areas affected, 1400 meters of irrigation Chanel damage ,600meter of road were cut off, around fishponds damaged. |
| FF-2009-000154-LAO
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Flash Flood |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Heavy rain Occurred and Caused flash flood in phongsaly affected 1 District ( Bountai District) around 803 people affected in 10 villagesF, around 218,581 ha affected of rice areas other infrastructure allso affected such as 17 house damaged. |
| DR-2009-000153-IND
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Drought |
India |
A drought-like situation is developing in parts of India and Bangladesh. The rain deficit is affecting water supplies and farmers in the affected areas of both countries are reportedly facing electricity and fuel shortages or higher costs for pumping water for irrigation. |
| FF-2009-000152-PHL
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Flash Flood |
Philippines |
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| TC-2009-000152-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
On 03 August 2009, Typhoon "Kiko" (MORAKOT) entered east northeast of Luzon, Philippines as a tropical depression and intensified into a typhoon with maximum center wind of 140 kph. The southwest monsoon enhanced by the said typhoon brought occasional to frequent rains over extreme northern Luzon which resulted to widespread flooding in northern and central Luzon, occurrence of 8 landslide incidents, swelling of 5 rivers, breaching of earth dikes and retaining and sea walls. As of 14 August, 18,618 families or 94,211 persons in 4 cities and 19 municipalities in 11 provinces of Regions I, II, III, IV, VI, XI, NCR and CAR were affected. |
| AC-2009-000151-TON
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Tech. Disaster |
Tonga |
A maritime accident took place at 1.30 am local time on 6 August when a boat, the MV Princess Ashika,
sank. The boat was travelling from Nuku?alofa to Ha?afeva in the Ha?apai Islands group when it went down. |
| TC-2009-000150-CHN
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Tropical Cyclone |
China, People's Republic |
5 provinces in the southeast mainland China have been hit by Typhoon Morakot. As of August 11, Typhoon Morakot had killed 8 people on the Chinese mainland, forced some 1.57 million people to be relocated and damaged over 10,000 houses, caused direct economic losses 9.72 billion yuan (CHF 1.5 billion) |
| TC-2009-000150-TWN
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Tropical Cyclone |
Taiwan (China) |
GDACS Red Alert issued. Up to 10.39 million people can be affected by wind speeds of hurricane strength or above. In addition, 1.06 million people are living in coastal areas below 5m and can therefore be affected by storm surge. |
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