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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: 8457 hits 339 Pages: 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 GLIDEnumber Event Country Comments TC-2008-000143-HTI Tropical Cyclone Haiti On 25 August 2008, a tropical depression in the Caribbean strengthened into tropical storm Gustav; on 26 August it rapidly became a category one hurricane on the saffir-simpson scale causing heavy rain in the southeastern part of Haiti. The eye of hurricane Gustav made landfall on the southwest peninsula of Haiti, approximately 10 miles west of Jacmel, on 26 August shortly after 13:00. Airports, sea ports and public offices have been closed and evacuation activities have begun. The government has opened some 76 emergency shelters in the southern part of the country (Nippes: 20 emergency shelters have been opened) and has maintained a red alert in the departments of south east, south, Nippes, west, Grand-Anse, Artibonite and Centre. Coordination between local authorities (local civil defence) and local Red Cross branches have been active. Regular information bulletins were provided by the government officials.  TC-2008-000143-USA Tropical Cyclone United States Hurricane Gustav left Cuba and made it's way across the Gulf of Mexico late on August 31 and made landfall early September 1 in Louisiana. It was a Category 2 hurricane when it made landfall and caused significant storm surge, flooding and wind damage to Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas and Florida.   TC-2008-000142-MEX Tropical Cyclone Mexico Regarding Tropical Storm Julio, the government of Mexico has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the Baja California Peninsula.   FF-2008-000141-ETH Flash Flood Ethiopia Two rivers in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia have burst their banks following torrential rains that fell in the area for three consecutive days, government officials in the area said. "We have not yet finalised our assessment, however, an estimated 10,000 to 11,000 people have been displaced," Akway Abala, team leader for the Disaster Prevention and Food Security Department of Gambella region  EQ-2008-000138-CHN Earthquake China, People's Republic A 5.9-magnitude quake struck on 21 August 2008 in Yunnan Province, southwest China killed three and injured about 100.   OT-2008-000137-DZA Other Algeria Three bomb blasts have affected the cities of Issers (province of Boumerd?s) and Bouira, killing 55 people and leaving hundred of injured people  FL-2008-000136-BGD Flood Bangladesh Heavy monsoon rains have triggered floods in Bangladesh, at least 14 people were killed, a dozen injured and 10 others feared trapped under the rubble of collapsed houses in landslides in Chittagong and Cox's Bazar on 18 August 2008, officials said.  FL-2008-000136-IND Flood India Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains left some 50,000 people homeless in India's remote northeast.  ST-2008-000135-PRY SEVERE LOCAL STORM Paraguay On 7 August 2008, the northern part of Paraguay was deeply affected by a series of storms together with 40 km to 80 km gust winds in some areas and reaching up to 200 km in other areas.   TC-2008-000134-PHL Tropical Cyclone Philippines GDACS red alert on 19 Aug 2008 Xinhua reporting that Tropical storm Nuri gained strength as it moved closer to northern Philippines and is expected to bring downpours.  FL-2008-000133-THA Flood Thailand More than 100,000 people in Nakhon Phanom affected and over 200 residences, 500 roads, and 7 dams have been damaged by the flood. The water level of Mekong River aer reported to stay at 12.58 meters which is higher than the critical point of 12.45 meters, resulting in inundation in many areas in the province.   TC-2008-000132-DOM Tropical Cyclone Dominican Republic Tropical storm Fay dumped heavy rains on the Dominican Republic and Haiti. At least 2 were killed and 4 missing, over 2,000 were evacuated to shelters, hundreds of houses were damaged and power to more than 15,000 homes was knocked out   FL-2008-000131-LAO Flood Lao People's Democratic Republic Mekong River water level has exceeded the city's flood danger line. Water level on Thursday, August 14 at 7:00 am is 13.63m, a level of well over alarm level 11.5m and flood level 12.5 m.  TC-2008-000130-CHN Tropical Cyclone China, People's Republic Tropical storm Kammuri produced heavy rain on the Leizhou Peninsula in southwestern Guangdong, after an evening landfall from Xitou Town, Yangxi County in the province, on 06/08/2008. About 686,500 people in Guangxi were affected by Kammuri, including 42,100 who were forced to evacuate.  FF-2008-000128-VNM Flash Flood Viet Nam More than 100 people were dead or missing in flash floods and landslides as heavy rains brought by tropical storm Kammuri pounded mountainous northern Vietnam, officials said 09/08/2008. At least 72 people have died and 37 are missing since the storm hit the poor and widely deforested region on 08/08/2008, said central and provincial emergency services.  FL-2008-000126-CMR Flood Cameroon Pelting rains have been falling in almost all the regions of Cameroon since July 2008. As a result, serious flooding and material damages occurred, especially in 27 neighbourhoods of Garoua I and Garoua II (Cameroon).  FL-2008-000126-TCD Flood Chad Torrential rain in the Chadian capital N'djamena has caused serious flooding that has cut off parts of the suburbs from the city centre. Collapsed houses, flooded streets and deep pools of stagnant water are visible throughout the low-rise, desert capital. Immediate figures on the number of people affected were not available from the government. Ngarmbatina Carmelle Sou IV, the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, said the government would do its utmost for the people affected. "What I have seen is disturbing to me," the minister said. "It is within our mandate to give support. We must get to work to offer assistance to our brothers and sisters."   FL-2008-000125-SDN Flood Sudan Seasonal heavy rains in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal state in South Sudan caused the Kuom river to overflow in the town of Aweil, making 39,000 people homeless in the region, top officials said on 07/08/2008.  CW-2008-000124-PER Cold Wave Peru Heavy cold wave affecting mostly agriculture in the high andean region in Peru.   FF-2008-000123-PAK Flash Flood Pakistan 15 killed, hundreds evacuated due to flash flood  FL-2008-000122-MDA Flood Moldova   FL-2008-000122-UKR Flood Ukraine Flooding on the Dniester and Prut rivers have resulted in over 30 deaths, some 30,000 people displaced and up to one billion dollars worth of damages, according to government figures.   VO-2008-000121-ECU Volcano Ecuador The volcano Reventador (3560m meter high), situated at 90 kilometres of the capital city Quito in Napo province in the Amazonian region of Ecuador presented this Monday an increase of its activity with an explosion which provoked a column of ashes of two kilometres high.   FL-2008-000120-JPN Flood Japan More than 50,000 people had to leave their homes in central and western Japan Monday due to heavy rain and flooding, media reports said.  FL-2008-000119-KOR Flood Korea Republic Seven killed, more than 1,000 homeless due to heavy rain.  8457 hits 339 Pages: 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170	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 26 From: 2025/6/22  To: 2025/7/4 WF-2025-000104-GRC Wild fire,Greece: GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact in Greece. WF-2025-000103-TUR Wild fire,Turkey: In Turkey, wildfires raged in the western province of Izmir, fanned by strong winds, Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli said. More than 50,000 people have been evacuated from five regions, including more than 42,000 in Izmir, Turkey's AFAD emergency management authority said. FL-2025-000102-NPL Flood,Nepal: Continuous rainfall on 30 June has submerged nearly 2,000 houses in Kailali district. Houses in various wards of Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City and Godawari Municipality have been affected. EQ-2025-000101-PAK Earthquake,Pakistan: on 29 June 2025, a 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck Musakhel district, Balochistan injuring five people and causing damage to hundreds of houses, FL-2025-000099-KGZ Flood,Kyrgyzstan: The water volume in the high-mountain lake Takyr-Tor at approximately 17:31 on June 27 reached 450,000-500,000 cubic meters, resulting in a dam breach, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports.The breach caused flooding, which destroyed one of the bridges between the villages of Almaluu and Kebek-Biy (Mountain Serafimovka) in Issyk-Ata district. FL-2025-000100-PAK Flood,Pakistan: Since 26 June, heavy rainfall has affected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, causing casualties and infrastructure damage. According to National Disaster Preparedness Authorities (NDMA), during the last five days, 45 people died, 68 were injured, 1,050 displacements were recorded and 89 houses are fully and partially damaged. WF-2025-000095-GRC Wild fire,Greece: GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact in Greece.