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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: 8311 hits 333 Pages: 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 GLIDEnumber Event Country Comments LS-2007-000026-IDN Land Slide Indonesia At least 13 people buried alive in two landslides in the Central Java hill town of Magelang and in the West Java regency of Sukabumi. Search operation were hampered by heavy rain and a lack of equipment. Seven bodies were pulled out of earth, and three of the 10 people buried in the landslide had yet to be recovered while 20 people were hospitalized for injuries.  FL-2007-000025-FJI Flood Fiji In two separate flooding incidents, both the islands of Vanua Levu and the western part of Viti Levu were affected, on the 3rd and 10th of February respectively. In Vanua Levu, heavy rains caused flooding in many areas including the town of Labasa. Poor drainage systems, heavy silting in rivers and uncontrolled logging contributed to the flooding. There was damage to housing, schools and crops, and one casualty. About 900 people were evacuated to 11 shelters where they received assistance from the Government and the Fiji Red Cross. On Viti Levu, the town of Nadi was flooded as well as villages along the Sigatoka valley. The flood waters have since subsided, but a landslide severed access to seven villages with 1000 people in the Sigatoka valley. Government assessments and relief efforts are on-going, and there has been no request for international assistance.  TO-2007-000024-USA Tornadoes United States Four Florida counties received a federal disaster declaration for Friday's deadly tornadoes. The tornadoes killed at least 20 people and damaged or destroyed more than 2,000 homes.   FL-2007-000023-IDN Flood Indonesia At least five people have been killed in severe floods in Indonesia's capital and surrounding areas with more than 100,000 people left homeless after days of torrential rain. Three of those who died are from East Jakarta, and rests of two are from Bekasi. Flood water engulfed assets around the capital area, causing major power blackouts and cut down of telephone lines. The governor of Jakarta declared the highest alert for Angke in North Jakarta, and soldiers have been sent to the affected areas for relief activities.  FL-2007-000022-ARG Flood Argentina In Argentina, heavy rains and storms have been registered in the north of the country in the Provinces of Tucuman, Santiago del Estero and Salta. In two days, 200 mm of rain were registered, the average for the entire month of January. The ground has been saturated and river levels have increased rapidly causing riverside flooding. The heavy rains have caused five fatalities, the evacuation of 5,000 people (of which 200 remain evacuated) and 60,000 people have been affected.  EP-2007-000021-PRY Epidemic Paraguay In January Paraguay has faced an epidemiological emergency due to the presence of the Aedes Aegiptys mosquito ? which carries the virus that causes dengue - across the country. By the end of December 2006, the total number of confirmed cases in the country was 366. Throughout January, the number of cases of people with dengue increased to 1,000 - as confirmed by the Ministry of Public Health on 25 January - indicating that the situation had progressed to an epidemiological emergency. The capital city of Asunci?n still has the highest number of cases (78 percent of the total); however half of the country?s health sector regions are now affected. The Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare declared an epidemiological alert, following the confirmation of 140 cases of dengue during the first weeks of January 2007 and the possibility of an epidemic outbreak of the fatal hemorrhagic strain of the virus. The Ministry declared an epidemiological alert in light of three factors: the rapid circulation of the serotype of the dengue virus, the existence of a large number of people susceptible to contracting the disease for a second time and large numbers of the transmitter mosquito.  FF-2007-000020-AGO Flash Flood Angola A rain victims emergency aid plan substantiated in providing shelter for people left homeless as a result of the downpour hitting Luanda since Monday was announced Wednesday here by local governor, Job Castelo Capapinha. Under the emergency plan that will cover the nine districts of Angolan capital city, people left homeless will be accommodated in provisional camps, where tents will be installed and basic need goods supplied. The aid will include the supply of foodstuffs, kitchen utensils, clothes, construction materials, drinking water and medical assistance.  FL-2007-000018-MWI Flood Malawi Malawi affected heavy rains from 1st January 2007 causing flooding in the Lower Shire region affecting the districts of Chikwana and Nsanje.  FL-2007-000017-BDI Flood Burundi Part of the river bordering DR of Congo changed its path and deviated to inhabited area - Batumba (16 km from Bujumbura). Around 1,500 houses have been destroyed and more than 10,000 persons affected now lying in very bad conditions in churches schools and other provisional and not adequate shelter.  FL-2007-000016-MYS Flood Malaysia The new floods come as many were returning home from shelters following the first round of flooding in December that killed at least 17 people.  LS-2007-000015-IDN Land Slide Indonesia A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed 16 people on a remote Indonesian island and a further 10 were missing, a health department official said on January 12th.  CW-2007-000014-IND Cold Wave India Cold weather across northern and eastern India has killed at least 80 people in the past week, forcing authorities to close schools and colleges and deliver firewood to the homeless, officials said on January 2nd.  EQ-2007-000013-IDN Earthquake Indonesia A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.3 shook buildings in this provincial capital in Indonesia's northern Sulawesi island on Sunday and sent residents fleeing from their homes. The U.S. Geological Survey Web site put the quake's magnitude at 7.3 while Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency gave its strength as 6.5 on the Richter scale and said it could pose a tsunami risk.  FL-2007-000012-BOL Flood Bolivia Heavy rains in almost all of the Bolivian territory have caused the overflowing of major rivers, landslides and road obstructions isolating some rural communities. Heavy are predicyed to continue over the next month.  FL-2007-000011-ZMB Flood Zambia Zambia has been experiencing heavy rainfall since the second week of December 2007, especially in the northern parts of the country. Mpulungu and Solwezi districts are the most affected parts of this region. Torrential rains have destroyed houses and rendered hundreds of people homeless. The rains have also affected the water and sanitation (WatSan) facilities in the two districts.  VO-2007-000010-COM Volcano Comoros Karthala volcano started to erupt in the night of 13 January 2007. The authorities have triggered a red alert due to the violent earth tremors in Moroni (the capital of Comoros) and the South-West of Grand-Comoros.  FL-2007-000009-PER Flood Peru Since 26 December 2006, heavy rains have been affecting the Departments of San Martin and Huanuco in the North East of Peru, triggering the overflow of the Huallaga River and causing flooding and several landslides. 8,543 people have been affected in Huanuco and 25,319 in San Martin.  FF-2007-000008-LKA Flash Flood Sri Lanka At least 13 persons were killed and more than 100,000 persons were displaced due to flash floods and earth slides triggered by heavy rains in central and southern Sri Lanka. The deaths were caused by landslides in the Walapane area, 180 kilometres east of the capital where more than 450 houses were damaged or destroyed.   VO-2007-000007-MSR Volcano Montserrat The current volcanic alert level is 4 according to Governor?s Office reports. The onset of explosive activity from Montserrat's Soufriere Hills volcano has led declaration of mandatory evacuation on 8 January 2007. Residents in the Salem area witnessed pyroclastic flows from the dome enter Gages Valley and Tyers Ghaut. This eruptive activity generated an ash cloud up to approximately 30,000 feet.  TC-2007-000006-MDG Tropical Cyclone Madagascar Tropical Cyclone struck around Nosy Varika, east of Madagascar at 9:00 UTC on 3 Jan 2007. Heavy rain and winds caused severe damage, leaving several thousands of people affected in the areas of Nosy Varika, Mananjary and Mahanoro, where 160,000 people live. Nosy Varika is currently isolated, without water, electricity, communications. Very many buildings and houses were destroyed and rice fields were flooded.  FL-2007-000004-BRA Flood Brazil During the past month the South East of Brazil, especially Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais states have been affected by severe rains.Floods and lanslides provoked by the rains have affected the residents in these areas. The Brazilian Red Cross is participating in the relief effort, alongside the Brazilian Civil Defense.  MS-2007-000004-BRA Mud Slide Brazil Southeast Brazil, mostly in Rio de Janeiro state and Minas Gerais state, have been struck by mud slide, claiming around 50 people, leaving 16,000 homeless. State of emergency has already declared in many districts.   FL-2007-000003-PHL Flood Philippines A total of 11365 families or 58390 persons were affected and evacuated in Northern Samar, and Southern Leyte, and Leyte Province. 609 houses were damaged in Catarman and Northern Samar. 16 casualties reported including 9 dead, 6 injured and 1 missing.  LS-2007-000003-PHL Land Slide Philippines A landslide occurred in Burgy Diit de Suba, Silvino Lobos, Nothern Samar which buried a house. Five were confirmed dead, 3 injured and 1 missing.  CW-2007-000002-NPL Cold Wave Nepal The cold weather front which for four days has affected the southern Nepalese plains region known as the Terai had by Tuesday resulted in the deaths of eight people, many of them elderly and poor locals who were unable to deal with colder than normal conditions brought on by thick fog. According to independent Kantipur FM, eight more deaths were reported overnight from Bara, Dhanusha and Rautahat districts   8311 hits 333 Pages: 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180	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 47 From: 2024/11/17  To: 2024/11/26 TC-2024-000211-BLZ Tropical Cyclone,Belize: Following its influence across north-eastern Central America, the IFRC Disaster Response and Preparedness reports three missing people and 20,000 affected in Honduras, 123,276 affected people in Belize, and almost 8,000 affected people in Guatemala. 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