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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-2008-000235-THA Flood Thailand 201434 people affected, 10 people died and 190 families homeless (685 persons)from haevy rain.  FL-2008-000234-BRA Flood Brazil Twenty people have been killed and some 16,000 left homeless in a fierce storm that has lingered in southern Brazil over the past few days. The storm has affected some 1.5 million people. Four cities in Santa Catarina were cut off from surrounding areas due to the storm, which has also downed power and water lines and caused food shortage in many regions.   FF-2008-000233-PHL Flash Flood Philippines Continuous heavy rains caused flash floods in Cagayan, Isabela and Aurora Provonces, over 146,000 affected.   FL-2008-000232-CRI Flood Costa Rica 224 persons were evacuated to shelters due to floods caused by a cold wave in the Caribban coast of Costa Rica.  FL-2008-000231-PAN Flood Panama 148 people were affected by floods in the province of Bocas del Toro, Panama, and 18 lost their homes.  FL-2008-000230-CUB Flood Cuba As a result of the fourth cold front of the winter Season, which passed over the Eastern region of Cuba from the 17th to the 20th of November 2008, torrential rains fell on the region which caused severe flooding in the areas of Holguin and Granma provinces. As a result of the rains, which in the mountainous zones of Holguin and Sagua-Nipe-Baracoa Plateau reached precipitation levels of 600 millimeters, thousands of hectares of crops have been flooded and Civil Defense needed to evacuate thousands of people in the provinces of Holguin and Granma. All of the evacuees were attended to by local authorities.   TC-2008-000229-VNM Tropical Cyclone Viet Nam Vietnam's government issued flash flood and landslide warnings on Tuesday(18/11/2008) as heavy rains followed tropical storm Noul, which weakened overnight and caused no damage to coffee production - Reuters  FF-2008-000227-ETH Flash Flood Ethiopia A river in Ethiopia's highlands burst its banks after heavy rains, killing 11 people and stranding hundreds more, the state news agency said on Monday. Some 6,000 head of livestock and 2,500 hectares of crop were destroyed, the official added.   EQ-2008-000226-IDN Earthquake Indonesia A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Minhasa region of Indonesia's Sulawesi island. Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami warning.  WF-2008-000225-USA Wild fire United States More than 10,000 people were ordered to evacuate and more than 6,500 acres burned in Los Angeles, USA.  ST-2008-000224-BOL SEVERE LOCAL STORM Bolivia On 8 and 9 November, thunderstorms and hailstorms affected 1331 families in the Department of Tarija.  LS-2008-000223-IDN Land Slide Indonesia Five people have been killed and 14 are feared dead after a landslide triggered by heavy rain crushed scores of houses in Indonesia. About 700 residents have been evacuated to safer areas.  TC-2008-000222-PHL Tropical Cyclone Philippines NDCC reports Tropical Storm QUINTA (Maysak) caused floods, kille 12 in lloilo, Surigao del Norte.  FL-2008-000221-IDN Flood Indonesia 77,196 for Jakarta proper and a combined total of 218,583 for nearby West Java and Banten provinces are displaced by the flood. According to the National Disaster Coordination Agency, 48 died from the flood.  VO-2008-000220-COL Volcano Colombia On Sunday, 9 November approximately 375 tremors were felt near the Machin volcano in the department of Tolima. The Machin volcano is currently at level three (yellow alert) and it is considered to be the most dangerous volcano in Colombia. The Nevado del Huila volcano has also been demonstrating an increase in activity since 7 November. During the past two days a total of 3,290 tremors were registered.Currently, the Nevado del Huila volcano is at level two (orange alert), which means a probable eruption can be expected in the next days or weeks.   EP-2008-000219-MOZ Epidemic Mozambique A cholera outbreak has been reported in Guro District, Manica province with the local health authority issuing an urgent appeal for assistance. Since the 1st of November, 216 cases with 51 deaths have been registered. 59 cases and 1 death have been reported in Zamb?zia province. In Tete province (Tete City, Chi?ta, Changara and Macanga), 72 cases have been reported and no deaths were registered.  EP-2008-000218-ZWE Epidemic Zimbabwe A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has claimed 42 lives and 1194 have been infected in the past 3 months.  FL-2008-000217-KEN Flood Kenya A seasonal river that cuts through Mandera town in North Eastern Province burst its banks on 13 October 2008, for the first time since 2000. This was followed by heavy rains that lasted over a week causing River Daua to burst its banks. Floods in the entire town and adjacent residential areas have left at least 920 households displaced in Mandera town alone.   FF-2008-000216-PSE Flash Flood Palestine (West Bank, Gaza) From the early afternoon of 27 October 2008 and the following 36 hours, torrential rains hit the Gaza Strip, causing heavy floods in huge parts of this densely populated and poor area.  AC-2008-000215-HTI Tech. Disaster Haiti On Friday 07 November 2008, around 10:00am (1500 GMT) the upper storey of La Promesse College situated in Petion Ville (Port au Prince) collapsed during morning classes, crushing all of the classrooms on the ground level leaving many students and teachers dead and some wounded under blocks of concrete.  TC-2008-000214-BHS Tropical Cyclone Bahamas Jamaica and the central Bahamas should closely monitor the progress of Paloma.  TC-2008-000214-CUB Tropical Cyclone Cuba According to the National Hurricane Centre (NHC), tropical storm Paloma became a category one hurricane on 7 November 2008 and it is expected to become a category two or possibly a category three hurricane by Saturday, 8 November. A hurricane warning has been issued for the Cayman Islands and a hurricane watch was issued by the Cuban government in several provinces including Sancti Spiritus, Ciego de Avila, Camaguey, Las Tunas and Granma.  TC-2008-000214-CYM Tropical Cyclone Cayman Islands Hurricane Paloma. According to the National Hurricane Centre (NHC), tropical storm Paloma became a category one hurricane on 7 November 2008 and it is expected to become a category two or possibly a category three hurricane by Saturday, 8 November. A hurricane warning has been issued for the Cayman Islands and a hurricane watch was issued by the Cuban government in several provinces.  TC-2008-000214-JAM Tropical Cyclone Jamaica Hurricane Paloma. Jamaica and the central Bahamas should closely monitor the progress of Paloma.  FL-2008-000213-PER Flood Peru Since October 1 heavy rains have caused floods and landslides in 11 departments of Peru, affecting houses, crops, roads and infrastructure.  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).