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| FF-2008-000233-PHL
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Flash Flood |
Philippines |
Continuous heavy rains caused flash floods in Cagayan, Isabela and Aurora Provonces, over 146,000 affected. |
| FL-2008-000232-CRI
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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
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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
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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.
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| TC-2008-000229-VNM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Bolivia |
On 8 and 9 November, thunderstorms and hailstorms affected 1331 families in the Department of Tarija. |
| LS-2008-000223-IDN
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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
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
NDCC reports Tropical Storm QUINTA (Maysak) caused floods, kille 12 in lloilo, Surigao del Norte. |
| FL-2008-000221-IDN
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Tropical Cyclone |
Bahamas |
Jamaica and the central Bahamas should closely monitor the progress of Paloma. |
| TC-2008-000214-CUB
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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
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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
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Tropical Cyclone |
Jamaica |
Hurricane Paloma. Jamaica and the central Bahamas should closely monitor the progress of Paloma. |
| FL-2008-000213-PER
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Flood |
Peru |
Since October 1 heavy rains have caused floods and landslides in 11 departments of Peru, affecting houses, crops, roads and infrastructure. |
| EP-2008-000212-BFA
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Epidemic |
Burkina Faso |
A yellow fever outbreak is located in the district of Ouahigouya with 2 confirmed cases. |
| FF-2008-000211-VNM
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Flash Flood |
Viet Nam |
Torrential and persistent rainfall during the past 72 hours caused widespread flooding in various parts of the North and the Central provinces of Vietnam. Ten cities and provinces including Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc, Bac Giang, Ha Noi, Hoa Binh, Ninh Binh, Ha Tinh, Nghe An and Quang Binh were badly affected by this devastating flood. According to the government information, 85 dead have been reported so far. Up to 20,000 families in the capital city of Hanoi are affected by the floods while 2,000 families in rural areas along the Red River have been moved to safer areas. |
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