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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 VO-2008-000262-IDN Volcano Indonesia on 4/15/2008, Mt. Egon erupted. The alert level 3 announced since 4/15/2010 at 11:00 PM. About 9708 residents have been evacuated to safer areas. They left their houses in 4 villages in Waigete sub-district (Egon, Nangatobong, Hode village) and Mapitara sub-district (Egon Gahar Village).   TC-2008-000261-KHM Tropical Cyclone Cambodia Cambodia hit by typhoons resulting to destruction of 585 houses, partial damage to 835 houses, partial school damage to 6 classrooms and 1 house of pagoda, 10 deaths and 23 injured.  FL-2008-000258-IDN Flood Indonesia it occurred in West Malaka sub-district (10 villages), Eliman sub-district (4 villages), and Central Malaka sub-district (4 villages). 1062 people injured, 587 people affected, and 6708 people homeless.  LS-2008-000257-IDN Land Slide Indonesia On 5/5/2008 a land slide occurred in Palung Baru village (Hamparan sub-district), Timika district-Papua. It buried 19 people   AC-2008-000256-IDN Tech. Disaster Indonesia on 6/26/2008 11:10 AM, Cassa Aircraft N212-200 crashed in Tegal Lilin Forest, on the slope of Mt.Salak. It killed all of the passengers.  FF-2008-000255-IDN Flash Flood Indonesia on 7/11/2008 a flash flood occurred and inundating 560 houses in Muara Kintap sub-district, Tanah Laut-South Borneo. It killed at least 1 people and affected 2800 people  FL-2008-000254-IDN Flood Indonesia on 9/5/2008 a flood occurred in Katingan (Katingan Hilir and Katingan Central) Central Borneo and flooding 692 houses. 400 people injured   FL-2008-000253-IDN Flood Indonesia a flood inundated in the capital citi of Lampung Province, Bandar Lampung. more than 1200 house were destroyed  FL-2008-000252-IDN Flood Indonesia on 12/20/2008 a flood occurred in Banjar district, South Borneo. It affected more than 4 millions people. It also inundated 3 other districts, which was Balangan, Central Hulu Sungai, and South Hulu Sungai  FL-2008-000251-MYS Flood Malaysia 6 drowned   FL-2008-000250-THA Flood Thailand Continual heavy rainfalls since December 25, 2008 have subsequently submerged numerous areas in Pattani province, affecting local residents at great extent.  FF-2008-000249-THA Flash Flood Thailand 3,160 people were affected by heavy rains in southern Yala province. The estimated damages were worth 3,864,250 baht.   LS-2008-000248-PHL Land Slide Philippines Heavy rainfalls caused three landslides in Compostela Valley Province, 202 families, 960 persons affected.   EQ-2008-000247-CHN Earthquake China, People's Republic Two earthquakes measuring 4.3 and 4.9 on the Richter scale jolted China's southwestern province of Yunnan on Friday at 4.20am. The earthquakes injured nine people and affected more than 100,000. About 30,000 of these have been evacuated to safer places.  FL-2008-000246-GUY Flood Guyana On December 2008, Guyana has reached the height of the rainy season. Many communities have been flooded with three feet of water and completely covered with mud and debris. The rains have eased for the moment, but flood waters have been slow to recede leading to foul smells and health issues have been identified including, skin rashes, vomiting, and diarrhea among others. Sanitation is an issue, as latrines and septic tanks are flooded. The government of Guyana has made efforts to clear and dig canals and have pumps working. Additional pumps are needed for some communities to remove stagnant water. Potable water through the main water systems has been affected, but only at the network level. Water wells have not been affected. Losses incurred are those of cash crops farms and some livestock. Persons have saved household items by raising them above the flood waters.  EP-2008-000245-COD Epidemic Congo Democratic Republic Since early October 2008, very high morbidity and lethality rates associated with a cholera epidemic outbreak have been registered in the Maniema, Katanga, North and South Kivu provinces, precisely in the Kailo, Alunguli and Kindu health zones of Maniema and other towns like Lumumbashi, Likasi, Kolwezi, Bukama and kasenga; the health zones of Binza, Bwambizo, Goma, Karisimbi, Kirotche, Masisi, Rutchuru and Walikale health zones of North Kivu, and in many other localities of South Kivu. As of the 45th week of 2008, 25,503 cholera cases had been registered, including 515 deaths in the above mentioned localities. The following are statistics from the Ministry of Health (MoH). However, Red Cross efforts will be concentrated in the Lubumbashi, Likasi, Kolwezi, Bukama and Kasenga localities where the lethality rate is very high. On the last week of November, the Kipushi health zone was the most affected locality with several cases registered.  CW-2008-000244-THA Cold Wave Thailand 23 districts in Thailand Buri Ram have been declared emergency zones due to temperatures below 15 degrees Celsius. The cold also affects Ubon Ratchathani Province. Surveys have found that young children, the elderly and the homeless are the most affected with over 100,000 in need of basic items such as blankets.   FL-2008-000243-PNG Flood Papua New Guinea Tens of thousands of people along the northern coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) have been displaced by flooding caused by abnormally high tides in recent days. The PNG government estimates 50,000-80,000 people have been affected.  LS-2008-000242-MYS Land Slide Malaysia Landslide occurred after days of heavy rains in suburban Kuala Lumpur, forcing thousands to evacuate (The Star 06/12/2008).  LS-2008-000241-PNG Land Slide Papua New Guinea A Landslide happened on Thursday(04/12/2008) at the Kora exploration camp of the Kainantu gold mine site, east of Goroka, the capital of Eastern Highlands province. As many as 40 people are missing in the landslide, the Australia Broadcasting Corp said on Saturday, and an Australian rescue team was on its way to help in the search.(Reuters 06/12/2008)  FL-2008-000239-NIC Flood Nicaragua 204 people have been affected by the overflowing of San Juan, Boca de San Carlos y Sarapiki rivers in the department of San Juan, Nicaragua.  OT-2008-000238-KGZ Other Kyrgyzstan Acute humanitarian needs now exist in Kyrgyzstan, caused by a confluence of factors. Last year?s harsh winter, followed by low precipitation during the spring and summer of 2008, has depleted Kyrgyzstan?s hydroelectric resources and caused power cuts just when electricity is most needed for home heating. Soaring food and fuel prices, adverse weather and declining remittances have weakened the purchasing power of the most vulnerable and contributed to a precarious food security situation for some.  TC-2008-000237-IND Tropical Cyclone India Over 800,000 people are affected and around 100,000 people have been evacuated in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. As of this morning, 54 people have lost their lives while media reports say that 89 lives were lost in Tamil Nadu. Roads, buildings and cropped area have been severely damaged.  TC-2008-000237-LKA Tropical Cyclone Sri Lanka Due to the heavy rainfall triggered by tropical cyclone passed over northen part of Sri lanka on 25-26 November, 140,853 people were affected and 1,941 houses were totally damaged.   CW-2008-000236-COL Cold Wave Colombia Second cold wave in 255 municipalities of 26 departments of Colombia caused death of 34 people and affected 588,417.   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).