Due to torrential rain resulting from the North-East monsoon, some districts of the eastern, northern Sabaragamuwa Western and Uva parts of Sri Lanka have been experiencing flood situation since 12th March 2008. The most effected districts are Badulla, Mannar, Trincomalee, Ampara, Monaragala, Ratnapura, Gampaha, and Puttalam.
Floods have caused immense damage to affected areas, interrupting all economic and social activities. It is also reported that there are tremendous damages to infrastructure facilities in the areas. Around families 14,010 consisting of 54,323 have been affected. The victims are suffering untold hardships, as their settlement were destroyed by washed out flood water.
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has struck in Xinjiang province in north-west China. Due to the earthquake, 44,365 people were affected in Xinjiang. Also 210 houses were collapsed and 5,277 houses were damaged.
A landslide that occurred on 9 April covered Gera village of Chimbu Province which affected 75 houses, 4 churches and 3 water sources. Because of this around 2 000 persons were evacuated.
A DC-9 airplane that was chartered by the Congolese ?Hewa Bora? Airline crashed into a highly populated neighborhood in Goma (Birere) during take-off on Tuesday, 15 April 2008 at 12h40 (14h40 local time).
Tropical cyclone NEOGURI is forecasted to affected the Paracel Islands and some islands of Hainan province of China on 18 April 2008 with hurricane strength wind speeds (over 85mph or 38m/s). Affected ports are Cape Bastion (China). Up to 0.12 million people can be affected by wind speeds of hurricane strength or above. In addition, 7.59 thousand people are living in coastal areas below 5m and can therefore be affected by storm surge. Neary cities are Duntou, Baocheng, Huangliu, Yacheng, Yulin, Jinjiang, Jiaji, Wancheng and Lingcheng. [Information generated automatically by GDACS]
An eruptive process of the Nevado del Huila Volcano, located along the Andean mountain range in the departments of Cauca, Huila and Tolima, began on April 14 at 11:08 p.m. In consequence, Ingeominas declared a Red Alert Level I (imminent or ongoing eruption).
Torrential rain in northern Brazil has led to flooding and caused extensive damage. Up to 15 people were killed over the weekend and thousands of people have been driven from their homes.state, which is north of Rio, is taking the brunt of the floods, with 15 000 people evacuated and several people drowned. In nearby Piaui state, the floods drove about 19 000 people from their homes. About 30 cities and towns were isolated by washed-out roads. Several thousand people were also displaced in Maranhao, Pernambuco and Ceara states.
Heavy rainfall occurred in Nkolbisson, a neighbourhood located on the outskirts of Yaound?, the capital of Cameroon, causing flooding that culminated in serious human and material damages. Reports indicated 3 people were killed and 228 families (1,866 persons) were made homeless as their houses were flooded and partially or completely destroyed. A total of 150 houses were flooded, and 50 of them were partially or totally destroyed.
The south-eastern pastoral areas of Ethiopia, including Somali Region and the lowlands of Oromiya, have experienced poor rains in the last two seasons. Water and pasture, the key pastoral resources, are in short supply, and livestock body conditions and production have deteriorated significantly.
The Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) has announced that 952,053 people require urgent humanitarian assistance, while another estimated 8 million people chronically affected by food insecurity are being assisted through the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP).
In Somalia, food security in most of central and southern regions is precarious as a result of a combination of factors including two successive poor rains, civil insecurity, high‐inflation, and trade and market disruptions. The number of people in need across the country has increased from about 1.5 million in mid‐2007 to 2 million through to July 2008.
About 55,000 rural people and 25,000 urban people currently rely on emergency food aid, and food deficits are as high as 30 to 40 percent among the worst‐affected groups
Most of the 300,000 people displaced during the crisis are likely to continue living in camps for the next few months due to the lag in the implementation of the deal to resolve underlying ethnic problems. The majority of the displaced are from the productive breadbasket areas in the western part, and the crisis has already resulted in the loss of about 300,000 tonnes of the 2007 crop harvests, which will reduce overall food availability both locally and nationally in 2008. In addition, those displaced and confined in the camps may not fully cultivate their farms during the 2008 long‐rain cultivation season. Land preparation for the 2008 planting season has been significantly delayed with a significant reduction in prepared land due to tensions, insecurity and high input costs. This is expected to reduce the 2008 harvest of maize, the national staple food, meaning likely food shortages even in 2009.
As of 26 March, 2008 the state of Rio de Janeiro is experiencing a dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever epidemic. To date, 43,523 cases have been reported, with 54 deaths confirmed, 20 of which were from dengue hemorrhagic fever, 10 from dengue shock, and 24 from classical dengue.
The most affected municipalities are: Rio de Janeiro (28,233), Angra do Reis (3,141 people), Campos dos Goytacazes (2,144), Nova Iguacu (2,643), and Duque de Caxias (1,075).
Initial rapid assessments carried out by UNDP shows that 25,680 households from 642 villages have been affected and are under severe food crisis due to bamboo flowering.
Since 9 March, 2008 constant rain and the subsequent overflow of the Bermejo, Pilcomayo and Carapari rivers have been causing severe floods in the departments of Rivadavia, San Martin and Oran in the province of Salta. Several bridges are severely damaged and main roads are obstructed; their current inaccessibility is isolating several communities. Some 17,000 families have been affected by the floods and at least 11,600 persons are isolated, especially in the areas of Rivadavia, Banda Norte, Sur and Santa Victoria Este located north of the province of Salta.
Massive explosions near the Albanian capital of Tirana on 15 March 2008, have badly affected three villages. According to information received from the local authorities a number of buildings, including homes, have been totally destroyed and 90 per cent of the population living in those villages have been evacuated and accommodated with relatives who live in the nearby area. Explosions continued for many hours until 14:00 on 16 March close to the village of Gerdec, 16 kilometres from Tirana. The government has declared a state of emergency for this area and emergency commissions have been set up at central and local level.
The executive power issued a decree (11.919) on 12 March 2008, declaring the state of emergency for a period of 90 days in Alto Paraguay, affected by continuous rains and floodings.
Authorities in Mozambique have issued a red alert in several coastal districts as tropical cyclone Jokwe moves south through the Mozambique Channel after killing at least four people and injuring several others in the north.
On 20 February 2008 in the South Kazakhstan oblast floods started due to the warm air temperatures and heavy rains causing melting snow. As of 25.02.08 24 localities are flooded (259 houses are destroyed and 2345 flooded; 12744 people are displaced, one person died).
16 people were killed, left 24 missing and destroyed highways and homes since January, the government declared a state of emergency in 4 districts in the interior and on Peru's northern coast.
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