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EQ-2008-000206-PAK

Earthquake

Pakistan

At least 80 people were killed when a powerful earthquake struck southwest Pakistan. The U.S. Geological Survey said a 6.4 magnitude quake hit 60 km (40 miles) northeast of the city of Quetta before dawn. The Pakistan Meteorological Department put the magnitude at 6.5 and said the quake struck at 5.10 a.m. (2310 GMT).

FL-2008-000205-IDN

Flood

Indonesia

At least 11,000 people have fled home as the floods continue in Gorontalo province, the Indonesian health ministry said on Monday.

TC-2008-000204-BGD

Tropical Cyclone

Bangladesh

A tropical storm lashed southern Bangladesh damaging thousands of homes, officials said.

FL-2008-000203-IND

Flood

India

Since October 15th 2008, there has been heavy rain across the state of Tamil Nadu, India. ACT member the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India (UELCI) reports that water levels in reservoirs are near to overflowing, roads are flooded, livestock killed and crops destroyed. As per the e-news of Hindu until now 398 houses have been damaged.

FF-2008-000202-MAR

Flash Flood

Morocco

Flash floods from heavy rains in northern Morocco killed 13 people overnight and inundated 170 manufacturing plants, the Interior Ministry and government rescue service said on Friday.

FL-2008-000201-YEM

Flood

Yemen

At least 20 people died and dozens were missing after floods from heavy rains hit two provinces in south-eastern Yemen, officials said on Friday.

FF-2008-000199-LKA

Flash Flood

Sri Lanka

Up to 1,000 families have been displaced and more than 49,000 affected by the floods. At least four deaths were reported.

FL-2008-000198-BLZ

Flood

Belize

Integrates different national floods situations in Central America, combines different GLIDE already created under 191.

FL-2008-000198-CRI

Flood

Costa Rica

Floods caused by heavy rains affected 354 people in 25 communities, 9 shelters were opened

FL-2008-000198-GTM

Flood

Guatemala

Since October 11 continued rains affected the territory flooding livelihoods and damaging crops. CONRED declared Orange Alert in 12 provinces and 549 persons are already in shelters.

FL-2008-000198-HND

Flood

Honduras

The government has declared a state of yellow alert in the departments of Choluteca and Valle and requested the support of the Honduran Red Cross in providing 1,000 families affected by the floods with emergency food and non food assistance.

FL-2008-000198-NIC

Flood

Nicaragua

In Nicaragua, the government has declared yellow and red alert levels in a number of departments of the North, North Atlantic and Pacific regions.

FL-2008-000198-SLV

Flood

El Salvador

Tropical depression number 16 slowly crossed over Central America causing torrential rain. Several creeks near the capital city of San Salvador have started to overflow causing floods in some communities. Landslides have taken place in many communities. Several hydroelectric dams report having high levels of water forcing them to release the water, which in turn has caused streets to flood in several communities. The civil protection evacuated nine families from several communities. To date, there are 19 families housed in different shelters in the country.

FL-2008-000197-COL

Flood

Colombia

The second rainy season in Colombia began on September 15th and runs through mid-December. Thus far, the impact has reached alarming levels for the humanitarian community, since the rainy season already arrived following a dry season which was reduced to only a few days. Events have left 5 dead, 19 injured, and 2 missing, as well as 214,982 affected, belonging to 42,991 families.

OT-2008-000196-DJI

Other

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