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| TC-2007-000178----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
Typhoon Lekima (T0714) |
| TC-2007-000178-CHN
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Tropical Cyclone |
China, People's Republic |
Typhoon Lekima made landfall late Tuesday in south China's island province of Hainan, and around 100,000 people in Hainan were evacuated. |
| TC-2007-000178-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
Tropical storm Lekima (Hanna) killed nine people and left another missing in the Philippines after unleashing landslides, floods and big waves, rescuers said Sunday. |
| TC-2007-000178-VNM
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Tropical Cyclone |
Viet Nam |
Vietnam is evacuating up to 500,000 people from central coastal areas ahead of Tropical Storm Lekima, which is forecast to make landfall Wednesday night. |
| FL-2007-000177-SLE
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Flood |
Sierra Leone |
According to OCHA spokesperson, in West Africa, some 609,000 persons had been affected by flooding in Burkina Faso, C?te d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. |
| FL-2007-000176-CRI
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Flood |
Costa Rica |
Nonstop rains have occurred for the last 48 hours causing several rivers to overflow and severely damaging the towns of Santa Cecilia, Guayabal, El Guabo, Barrio Lim?n, Bernabela, Las Camisitas - amongst others in the Northern Pacific region. According to the latest confirmed information there are more than 2,500 families affected. Four shelters have been opened housing more than 600 people. |
| DR-2007-000175-MDA
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Drought |
Moldova |
Severe drought has drastically reduced crop yields in Moldova, driving up food prices and reducing access to food for poor households, according to a joint report issued today FAO and WFP.
Cereal production is down by 63 percent compared to last year, and is about 70 percent lower than the average of the past five years.
"Moldova?s 2007 drought has been the most severe in living memory and represents the extreme manifestation of a trend towards drier weather conditions in the country," said Henri Josserand, Chief of FAO?s Global Information and Early Warning System.
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| FL-2007-000174-CAF
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Flood |
Central African Republic |
Heavy rains have caused flooding in various localities, causing serious material damages. Houses have been partially or fully destroyed and many people have been made homeless. The displaced people are exposed to diseases and there is a lack of clean and safe drinking water. Additionally, water wells have been contaminated by floodwater and sewage from destroyed latrines. |
| TC-2007-000170----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
Tyhoon Toraji (T0703) |
| TC-2007-000169----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
Typhoon Yutu (T0702) |
| TC-2007-000168----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
Typhoon Kong-Rey (T0701) |
| EP-2007-000167-COD
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Epidemic |
Congo Democratic Republic |
The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) officially declared an epidemic of Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever (EHF) in the country |
| EQ-2007-000166-HND
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Earthquake |
Honduras |
3,121 persons are affected by earthquake in department of Yoro and department of Francisco Moraz?n.
The medical bodies and of aid offer the necessary cares the affected ones, mainly to the minor ones that with the retorts they enter fear and its psychic state can be complicated, reason why the specialistic doctors in Recovery Post Desastres offer the required attention them. COPECO calls to the calm to the population since the members of the National System of Management of Irrigations do the necessary thing to return to the affected ones to their habitual activities. |
| FL-2007-000165-BEN
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Flood |
Benin |
Floods have devastated vast areas of sub-Saharan Africa and displaced at least 1 million people across the continent, according to the OCHA. In West Africa, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, and Togo are among the worst hit countries.
OCHA says heavy rains are likely to continue across West Africa until 24 September. The rainy season usually runs from around July until October. At least 50 villages in Benin have been destroyed by floods. |
| TC-2007-000163----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
Typhoon NARI (T0711) |
| TC-2007-000163-JPN
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Tropical Cyclone |
Japan |
Tropical cyclone NARI category 4 passed over Okinawa, Japan and made landfall in the Republic of Korea as category 1. |
| TC-2007-000163-KOR
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Tropical Cyclone |
Korea Republic |
An official from the KMA said Nari brought winds of up to 30 to 50 m per second and heavy rains of 50 to 100 mm per hour to Jeju Island and southern Korea.
Eleven were dead or missing after the typhoon thrashed Jeju Island and southern parts of the peninsula, causing extensive damage including flooding, power outages and structural damage.
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| TC-2007-000162----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
Typhoon WIPHA (T0712) |
| TC-2007-000162-CHN
|
Tropical Cyclone |
China, People's Republic |
Tropical cyclone WIPHA category 4 has passed over Ishigaki (Japan) and is heading for Taiwan and China. Shangai (35 million people) is currently in the forecasted track. |
| FL-2007-000161-UGA
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Flood |
Uganda |
Used to group floods in different East Africa countries. |
| FL-2007-000159-RWA
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Flood |
Rwanda |
Torrential rainfall in northwestern Rwandan has left at least 15 people dead and damaged homes in three villages, leaving hundreds of people homeless, local leaders said. At least 562 houses were destroyed by flash floods, most of them in the villages of Bigogwe and Mukamira in Nyabihu district. Health officials, meanwhile, warned of the risk of disease outbreaks because of stagnant pools of water following the heavy downpour. (IRIN)
The worst-hit regions are in the northern hills of Rwanda. Officials said that a total of 562 families from the villages of Mukamira and Bigogwe have so far been displaced by the flooding and given temporary accomodation by the authorities. Heavy rains and floods have killed dozens and displaced hundreds of thousands in several regions of the African continent in recent weeks. (AFP) |
| FL-2007-000158-TGO
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Flood |
Togo |
An assessment completed on 6 September by the Togolese Ministry of Territorial Administration revealed that floods made 20,389 victims including 14,260 displaced, 20 deaths and 24 injured. They have also destroyed a great number of hectares of crop, 18,250 houses, 68 bridges and seven dams. |
| EQ-2007-000157-IDN
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Earthquake |
Indonesia |
On 9/12/2007 11:10:24 AM, an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 and depth 15.6km occurred in Indonesia. This earthquake potentially affected 40000 people. There are tsunami warnings. See GDACS for live news, maps and tsunami propagation reports. |
| WF-2007-000156-PRY
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Wild fire |
Paraguay |
Fires spread over 100,000 ha of forests, crops and grazing pasture. The Government declared a state of emergency in the provinces of San Pedro, Concepcion and Amambay. |
| FL-2007-000155-ROM
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Flood |
Romania |
While the southern regions of Romania are still recovering from last year?s Danube floods, the region has again been hit by a fatal combination of torrential rains and strong winds causing massive flooding and extensive damages over a large area in the Province of Moldavia, eastern Romania. Dozens of villages in the eastern counties of Bacau, Vrancea, Galati and Vaslui were isolated as the floods blocked roads and cut off electricity. Around 4,000 people were evacuated from their homes as about 1.000 houses were flooded. |
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