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Disaster TO - Tornadoes TC - Tropical Cyclone TS - Tsunami VW - Violent Wind VO - Volcano WV - Wave/Surge(use TS/SS instead) WF - Wild fire Use Ctrl-Click and/or Shift-Click for multiple selections. If NO selections are made, ALL items will be selected Type keywords:      Looking for: All Words Any Word Search between these dates: (yyyy-mm-dd) From: To: Hits per page: 10 25 50 100 200      Sorted by: GLIDE Country, Event, Date Country, Date, Event Event, Country, Date Event, Date, Country Date, Country, Event Date, Event, Country Showing approximate location of disasters Search Results: 8314 hits 333 Pages: 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 GLIDEnumber Event Country Comments FL-2009-000063-AGO Flood Angola The Angolan Province of Cunene has over the past 3 weeks experienced heavy rains mostly affecting the central part of the Cunene Province. The Three worst affected municipalities are located in the south: Kwahama, Namacunde and Cuvelai.  FL-2009-000062-NAM Flood Namibia Namibia has received heavy rains over the past three weeks, resulting in floods in the north-eastern and north-western parts of the country. The heavy rains in neighbouring Angola exacerbated the situation, leading to devastating floods in Namibia. The four north-western regions affected by the floods are the Oshana, Ohangwena, Omusati and Oshikoto regions.  LS-2009-000061-COL Land Slide Colombia Landslides caused the total destruction of houses in the municipality of Sochoa on 7 March. 593 people had to be evacuated.  TC-2009-000060-AUS Tropical Cyclone Australia GDACS red alert in effect. Islands on Australia's Great Barrier Reef were evacuated on March 7th.  EP-2009-000059-ARG Epidemic Argentina Sanitary emergency declared in the Department of San Martin, Oran and Rivadavia.  LS-2009-000054-PER Land Slide Peru At least 13 people were killed and more than 30 others were missing after a landslide buried a remote Peruvian mining village of Carabaya province on Monday, government officials said.   FL-2009-000053-IDN Flood Indonesia "Floods caused by the the overflowing of the Bengawan Solo river have driven thousands of Bojonegoro residents from their homes, and was believed to have claimed one live. One dead body was found by a passerby on a flooded road at Simbatan village, Kanor sub distrct, Kanor Police Chief Adjunct Commissioner Susilo, said here on Friday. Thousands of houses were submerged by floodwaters reaching a height of between 1 and 1.5 meter. The floods affected 128 villages including Sukorejo, Ngroworejo and Karangpacar at 14 sub districts in Bojonegoro District. Some 23 elementary school buildings and one junior high school building were also flooded, preventing around 4,000 students from going to school. Some villages at Parengan sub district, Tuban District, East Java, were also inundated. Roads connecting Bojonegoro and Jatirogo, Tuban, were submerged by the flood.  FL-2009-000052-COL Flood Colombia The Andean region of Colombia has been deeply affected by constant rain. The sectors of Antioquia, Tolima, Santander, Cauca and Nari?o amongst others in the Pacific region are in a high state of alert due to floods and landslides.  EQ-2009-000051-PAK Earthquake Pakistan An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck the Kashmir valley in Pakistan on 20 Feb 2009 local time. There were no reports of deaths, but damage was said to be widespread, particularly in the Neelum Valley area north of Muzaffarabad.  EP-2009-000050-BFA Epidemic Burkina Faso The Ministry of Health has notified the meningitis and measles outbreaks and is in the process of procuring and providing access to drugs in the affected health districts.  FL-2009-000048-AUS Flood Australia Major flooding peaked at 6.53 metres at 6pm Tuesday (17th Feb) at Diamantina Lakes, and at 8am was 5.84 metres and falling. Minor flooding continues at Monkira with renewed rises and moderate to major flooding expected by the end of the week. Major flooding continues in the Georgina River between Urandangi and Marion Downs. Moderate flooding continues in Eyre Creek between Bedourie and Glengyle. Major flooding peaked at 9.03 metres at 2pm on 18th Feb at Roxborough Downs, and at 8am was 8.99 metres and falling. Glenormiston is nearing a peak and was 7.27 metres at 7:30am. In addition, Moderate to major flooding continues in the Flinders Rivers and the Norman River.   CW-2009-000047-MEX Cold Wave Mexico At least 36 people died as a result of the intense cold that plagues the country for four months. The largest number of deaths from cold occurred in the states of Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila and Sonora, as well as Hidalgo and Michoacan.   VO-2009-000046-COL Volcano Colombia Galeras volcano in southern Colombia, near the border with Ecuador, began erupting, and some 8,000 residents were ordered to evacuate.  FL-2009-000045-BOL Flood Bolivia Heavy rains in February have affected 10,000 families across the country. 20 districts of the city of Santa Cruz were flooded on the 13 Feb.  FL-2009-000044-BIH Flood Bosnia-Herzegovina Heavy rainfall between 19 and 28 of January has caused flooding in southern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The vast water masses have severely affected the population in the municipalities of Trebinje, Popovo polje, Ravno, Neum and Svitava.   EQ-2009-000043-IDN Earthquake Indonesia On 2/11/2009 5:34:50 PM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 and depth 20km has struck an moderately populated area in the Sulawesi Utara Province (population: 2.6 million) in Indonesia. GDACS estimates the likelihood for need of international humanitarian intervention to be medium (Orange alert). It is likely that a tsunami was generated. The maximum tsunami wave height near the coast of Indonesia, Sulawesi Tengah will be 1.6m. Please refer to the GDACS tsunami report for more details. This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact since the affected region is moderately populated and has medium vulnerability to natural disasters.  MS-2009-000041-ARG Mud Slide Argentina The Government reports that the Tartagal river has overflowed, resulting in mudslides flowing into much of the town. It confirms that there have been some fatalities.  DR-2009-000040-THA Drought Thailand Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) reported the drought hazard which has affected 12 provinces, 45 districts, 272 sub-districts, 1,522 villages, 183,279 households and 659,169 residents.  FL-2009-000039-CRI Flood Costa Rica Due to a cold front in the Caribbean coast, heavy rains, floods and violent winds have affected thousands of people since early February 2009.  EP-2009-000038-UGA Epidemic Uganda The deadly meningitis disease that broke out in Hoima and Arua in early January has now spread to Masindi, Moyo, Adjumani and Nebbi districts affecting 324 people by 28 January 2009. The disease has so far killed a total of 42 residents in the five districts with many more residents under serious threat.  AC-2009-000037-KEN Tech. Disaster Kenya A Road Traffic Accident (RTA) occurred on Sunday, 1st February 2009 along Nakuru-Eldoret highway at 5.35 PM. The accidents involved a long distance, long haul trailer ferrying petroleum products towards Eldoret (Actual destination not confirmed). The trailer overturned approximately 5 Km past Salgaa Trading Centre, at Borop Sub-Location of Sachangwan Location in Molo division of Molo District. Following the accident, the community members from the surrounding villages including Molo town moved to the accident scene for fuel siphoning from the overturned trailer, their number is estimated to have been in excess of 200 heads (including men, women and children). Traffic policemen also arrived to assess the accident scene and control the local population. It is reported that at between 6.30 and 7.00 PM, an explosion occurred while people were still scrambling for spilling fuel. The fire, consumed the fuel in pools, the tanker, fuel stored in jerrycans, 1 motor cycle and 2 motor vehicles parked along the road. The fire also killed 89 people almost instantly while over 100 escaped with burns that ranged from very severe(over 99%) to minor burns. Additional deaths continue to be reported and last death toll from this accident is reported at 107 deaths.   AC-2009-000036-KEN Tech. Disaster Kenya On 28th January 2008 at 2pm Kenya Red Cross received information from various sources of a blast at Nakumatt Downtown Supermarket in Nairobi. The information was relayed to various KRCS offices. The EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) immediately deployed the Use of Butterfly cameras (cameras mounted in strategic locations to provide aerial views of the city) to confirm the information with a visual of site upon which KRCS alerted RCAT teams from branches as well as HQ to respond to the fire.   WF-2009-000035-AUS Wild fire Australia Bushfires have killed at least 84 people and destroyed more than 700 homes in south eastern Australia. (08/02/2009)  FL-2009-000034-MAR Flood Morocco Heavy rains in Morocco have claimed 24 lives and forced 2,000 people to be evacuated over the past week, interior ministry officials said Saturday.  DR-2009-000033-CHN Drought China, People's Republic 44 percent of winter wheat areas in China under extreme drought conditions in the following provinces: Henan, Anhai, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu.  8314 hits 333 Pages: 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160	GLIDEnumber: About Glide How to Join Participating Institutions GLIDE-enabled sites Help Topics Disclaimer Get results as: Statistics Charts Tabular Reports Report a Missing Disaster:   If you know about a disaster that is not registered in GLIDEnumber.net: Create/Edit missing disaster report Please note you need to be a registered user to report missing disasters Latest Events: Disasters on or after week 48 From: 2024/11/24  To: 2024/12/4 FL-2024-000217-THA Flood,Thailand: Continuous heavy rains brought by the northeast monsoon since the last week have caused floods and flash floods over the southern region of Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia as reported by the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Thailand and Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Negara (NADMA) Malaysia. As of 28 Nov, a total of 136,219 households affected in Satun, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Pattani, Narathiwat, and Yala Provinces were reported by DDPM Thailand. FL-2024-000218-MYS Flood,Malaysia: The Northeast Monsoon (MTL) began in early November 2024 and is expected to end by March 2025, during which Malaysia is forecasted to experience five to seven episodes of heavy rainfall. Continuous heavy rain lasting several days has resulted in flooding in low-lying and flood-prone areas, such as Kelantan, Terengganu, and several other regions in Peninsular Malaysia. According to official statistics as of November 28, 2024, a total of 31,798 individuals from 9,613 families have been affected by the Northeast Monsoon floods in both the East and West Coasts. Additionally, six major rivers in Kelantan have surpassed danger levels and are showing rising trends. These include Sungai Lanas in Jeli at 31.28 meters, Sungai Kelantan in Kuala Krai (25.41 meters), Sungai Kelantan in Machang (20.27 meters), Sungai Golok in Rantau Panjang (10.94 meters), Sungai Melor in Bachok (9.85 meters), and Sungai Semerak in Pasir Puteh (3.69 meters). In Terengganu, the number of flood victims has risen sharply to 3,768 compared to 1,851 yesterday evening, with a total of 69 Temporary Evacuation Centers (PPS) opened across the districts of Besut, Setiu, Dungun, Hulu Terengganu, Marang, and Kemaman. Besut is the most affected district, recording 2,335 victims housed in 33 PPS, followed by Hulu Terengganu (513 people in 19 PPS), Setiu (388 people in 11 PPS), Dungun (246 people in two PPS), Kemaman (215 people in two PPS), and Marang (71 people in two PPS).