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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: 8498 hits 340 Pages: 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 GLIDEnumber Event Country Comments 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.  TC-2008-000118-TWN Tropical Cyclone Taiwan (China) Taiwan issued a land warning for Typhoon Fung-Wong (Phoenix) early Sunday morning. Fung-Wong comes on the heels of Typhoon Kalmaegi which hit Taiwan on July 18, leaving at least 18 dead and causing severe agricultural damage.  FL-2008-000117-ROM Flood Romania More than 300 people were evacuated in northeastern Romania after heavy rains caused massive flooding that swept away homes, cut off electricity and damaged roads, officials said on Friday.  EQ-2008-000115-JPN Earthquake Japan The 6.8 magnitude earthquake that jolted northern Japan early on 24th July injured at least 99 people.  EQ-2008-000113-PER Earthquake Peru Eight earthquakes, starting 06/30/2008 in Pasco and Huanuco department, have affected 289 people.  FL-2008-000112-LBR Flood Liberia Intense and heavy rainfall in the Liberian capital Monrovia on 20 July caused the worst floods ever seen in Monrovia and forced nearly 1,000 people out of their houses, Liberian authorities told IRIN.  TC-2008-000111-MEX Tropical Cyclone Mexico Over 1,000 people were evacuated early Monday from the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico as Tropical Storm Dolly entered the Gulf of Mexico. Sustained winds were close to 85 kilometres per hour. "Strengthening is forecast. And Dolly could become a hurricane by tomorrow (Tuesday)," the NHC said.   TC-2008-000111-USA Tropical Cyclone United States Hurricane Dolly made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in South Padre Island, Texas after weakening from a Category 2 hurricane when it left the Gulf of Mexico. The storm caused wind and flood damage to parts of Texas and New Mexico before dissipating at the end of the month.   LS-2008-000110-GTM Land Slide Guatemala Twenty-one people were confirmed killed Sunday in landslides triggered by heavy rains in a rural community in eastern Guatemala, local media reported. According to information reaching here from Guatemala City, landslides brought down tons of mud and rocks on a village near La Union city in Zacapa province, burying at least 21 people.   TC-2008-000109-PHL Tropical Cyclone Philippines (T0807)Typhoon Kalmaegi (Helen) has caused 2 deaths killed and 31,129 people affected in the Philippnes as of 18 July 2008.   8498 hits 340 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 33 From: 2025/8/10  To: 2025/8/21 EQ-2025-000138-IDN Earthquake,Indonesia: GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact, magnitude 5.8M WF-2025-000141-ESP Wild fire,Spain: GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact in Spain. FL-2025-000139-PAK Flood,Pakistan: GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact in for Pakistan.Heavy monsoon rainfall in mid-August 2025 caused severe flooding in areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Five people died after a helicopter carrying relief supplies to affected areas of Bajaur crashed due to bad weather. Lightning strikes also caused fatalities and damage during this period. The provincial disaster agency also reported flooding as a result of melting snow. WF-2025-000135-ESP Wild fire,Spain: GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact in Spain. HT-2025-000132-SYR Heat Wave,Syrian Arab Rep: According to the Syrian General Directorate of Meteorology, a severe heatwave is forecast from 8 to 13 August 2025, with peak temperatures of 43-45°C (109-113°F) in multiple governorates. Night temperatures are expected to remain high (27-31°C), preventing nighttime cooling and exacerbating cumulative heat stress. WF-2025-000133-GRC Wild fire,Greece: GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact in Greece. MS-2025-000131-TKM Mud Slide,Turkmenistan: A mudflow swept through the village of Nokhur in the Akhal velayat on August 11. The week had been dry, and the mountain stream grew in a matter of hours. The settlement is located in the west of the Kopetdag Range, where the water came from.