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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: 8749 hits 350 Pages: 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 GLIDEnumber Event Country Comments FL-2008-000154-MEX Flood Mexico Government declared emergency for 10 municipalities in the State of Durango, after heavy rains occurred between 14th of August and 4th of September 2008.  LS-2008-000153-EGY Land Slide Egypt Up to 200 people are feared to have been buried in their homes after rockslides crushed a shantytown in the eastern Duwayqa area on 6 September 2008. Reports said that at least eight boulders - each estimated to weigh about 70 tonnes - fell from the towering cliffs overlooking the district at about 0900 local time (0700 GMT). Thirty people have been declared dead, 49 injured. 50 homes have been destroyed in the impoverished and densely populated Manshiyet Nasr neighbourhood. Some people are believed to be still trapped in the rubble and police have cordoned off the area. The toll is expected to drastically raise, considering the number of missing, the hit, the dust and the difficulty of the search and rescue operation (difficult access for heavy equipment, high tensions between local population and governmental authorities).  LS-2008-000152-PHL Land Slide Philippines Two landslides occurred at Poblacion Masara, Municipality of Maco, Compostela Valley Province due to heavy rains. 9 persons reported dead, 24 injured and 14 still missing.   TC-2008-000151-BHS Tropical Cyclone Bahamas Tropical Cyclone Ike. Early warning for the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Expected to hit on early Sunday. Force of the Hurricane is yet to be seen  TC-2008-000151-CYM Tropical Cyclone Cayman Islands Hurricane Ike. The Tropical Storm Watch remains in effect for the Cayman Islands.  TC-2008-000151-USA Tropical Cyclone United States A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM OCEAN REEF SOUTHWARD TO THE DRY TORTUGAS...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  FL-2008-000150-CAF Flood Central African Republic Heavy rains fell in the Mambere Kadei Prefecture in August, 2008 resulting in floods and landslide in Berberati, an area located 600 km North West of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), along the border with Cameroon. The landslide left three male children death, affected 51 families and left 225 people homeless. About 114 houses were also destroyed, some partially and others completely  EP-2008-000149-BEN Epidemic Benin According to the epidemiological surveillance department of the Ministry of Health (MoH), as of 29 August 2008 over 350 cholera cases have been recorded in eastern parts of the city of Akpakpa. No deaths have been reported so far. The Red Cross of Benin has deployed its team of volunteers to Enagnon, Dedokpo and Segbeya communities in Cotonou and Porto Novo, the capital city, to provide humanitarian assistance such as first aid and hygiene education to the families and those affected. Further cases are expected to be recorded in the coming days primarily because of the ongoing rains. The National Society and its volunteers will be providing assistance by furnishing cholera kits, and carrying out education and sensitization activities in the communities. The action is aimed at reducing the suffering those affected, their families and the communities at large.   EP-2008-000148-GNB Epidemic Guinea Bissau Cholera outbreak claimed the live of vulnerable people in Guinea Bissau since July 2008 with a total number of 2992 cases and 63 deaths reported at the end of week 34. The situation is getting worse with increasing numbers of case per week and now spread to 9 districts. The capital Bissau is the most affected area with more than 1600 cases.  TC-2008-000147-BHS Tropical Cyclone Bahamas Hanna will hit Bahamas in the next hours  TC-2008-000147-CRI Tropical Cyclone Costa Rica Hurricane Hanna. In response to the effects of Tropical Storm Hanna, the U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an initial $40,000 to the U.S. Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica for air support to transport relief commodities and personnel to affected communities.  TC-2008-000147-TCA Tropical Cyclone Turks & Caicos Regarding Tropical Storm Hanna, the government of the Bahamas has issued a tropical storm warning for all of the Turks and Caicos Islands.  EQ-2008-000146-CHN Earthquake China, People's Republic 22 were killed and more than a hundred were injured after an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck southwest China on Saturday 30 Aug.  FL-2008-000145-IND Flood India The state of Bihar is facing one of the worst flooding in 50 years, as the River Kosi in Nepal has discharged huge levels of water, running down to the bordering districts of Bihar and inundating them. The worst fear is that a 2 km long breach in the mud embankment has lead to the change in the course of the River Kosi and thus affecting those districts which have not been affected by floods in past 50 years.   EQ-2008-000144-CHN Earthquake China, People's Republic About 2,000 people were safely evacuated from their homes after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region late on Monday.   TC-2008-000143-CUB Tropical Cyclone Cuba More than 60 percent of the Cuban territory was directly affected by the hurricane. Mainland province Pinar del Rio suffered the biggest impact of the storm; in particular the municipalities of Los Palacios, La Palma, Bah?a Honda, San Crist?bal, Vi?ales, Consolaci?n del Sur and Candelaria were severely affected. The Isla de Juventud was also gravely affected by hurricane winds and flooding caused by the storm.   TC-2008-000143-DOM Tropical Cyclone Dominican Republic Regarding Tropical Storm Gustav, the government of the Dominican Republic has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the south coast of the Dominican Republic from Santo Domingo westward to the southern border of Haiti.  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.  8749 hits 350 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 27 From: 2026/6/28  To: 2026/7/11 TC-2026-000099-CHN Tropical Cyclone,China, People's Republic: Super Typhoon Bavi is forecast to batter southeastern China over the weekend, bringing torrential rain to parts of eastern, central and northern China from Thursday, according to Chinese meteorologists. LS-2026-000108-CHN Land Slide,China, People's Republic: A landslide left 21 people dead that occurred at 6:56 am on Tuesday at a local forestry farm in Renzang village, Nanhe township, in Tanchang county, Longnan, Gansu province. TC-2026-000098-CHN Tropical Cyclone,China, People's Republic: Tropical Storm Maysak killed two people in Nanning, in China's southern Guangxi province. The storm affected about 55,000 people, including 48,000 who were evacuated, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. OT-2026-000103-KGZ Other,Kyrgyzstan: According to the author, the mudflow completely clogged the riverbed and a whole lake has already formed there. "The flow is still going on, a new wave is descending from above with noise and rumble," says an eyewitness. LS-2026-000104-KGZ Land Slide,Kyrgyzstan: Traffic on the Balykchy-Jalal-Abad highway, which is part of the alternative North-South highway, was opened in one direction after the mudflow. This was reported by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. According to the agency, on July 4, due to rainy weather, mudflows descended on certain sections of the North-South alternative road. After that, the highway was temporarily closed. WF-2026-000102-FRA Wild fire,France: GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact in France. TC-2026-000098-VNM Tropical Cyclone,Viet Nam: Typhoon No. 1 of 2026 (Maysak) has just formed in the sea northwest of the Hoang Sa special administrative region and is forecast to head towards the coastal areas of Quang Ninh and Hai Phong, causing widespread heavy rain in Northern Vietnam.