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Event |
Country |
Comments |
| LS-2009-000054-PER
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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| AC-2009-000036-KEN
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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.
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| WF-2009-000035-AUS
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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
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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
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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. |
| FL-2009-000032-SLB
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Flood |
Solomon Islands |
Recent heavy rain in the Solomon Islands has caused extensive flooding. The number confirmed dead remains at eight with at least another eight missing. Initial assessments suggest that between 3,000-5,000 people directly affected, with many people being evacuated to higher ground (03/02/2009) |
| FL-2009-000031-DOM
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Flood |
Dominican Republic |
Heavy rains since early last week in the North and Northwestern part of the country resulted in widespread flooding in the provinces of Puerto Plata and Espaillat.
2 deaths were reported, 4,565 people were evacuated and 913 homes were damaged in the communities of Batey, Ginebra, Eslab?n and Jamao. Structural damages were also reported on bridges and roads(PAHO Weekly Report, 24 - 30 Jan 2009).
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| LS-2009-000030-PER
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Land Slide |
Peru |
The northwestern Department of Cajamarca has experienced persistent rainfall since early January resulting in several landslides registered in the provinces of Celend?n, Ja?n, San Ignacio and Santa Cruz.
4 deaths have been reported, 1 person injured and 10 placed in shelters. The rains have also caused the destruction of two homes and damage to several roads and highways(PAHO Weekly Report, 24 - 30 Jan 2009)
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| ST-2009-000029-CAF
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Central African Republic |
Local storm and torrential rain occurred in the second subdivision and other neighbourhoods of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), in the night of 17 to 18 January 2009, causing serious material damages and killing a 17-year old boy. A joint team from the Ministry of Family and Social Affairs, the CAR Red Cross Society (CAR RCS), local authorities and volunteers carried out an evaluation of the situation in the field and realized that most of the people affected were women, children and old persons. They also noticed that the victims have been sleeping on the floor and in a seriously mosquito-infected locality since the disaster occurred. |
| EP-2009-000028-PRY
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Epidemic |
Paraguay |
Hundreds of suspected cases of dengue fever have been notified in the departments of Concepcion, Amambay, Central, Itapua y Asuncion in Paraguay. 51 cases have been confirmed in Asuncion. |
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