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| TC-2007-000103-JPN
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Tropical Cyclone |
Japan |
The typhoon Man-yi killed three people, injured 73, and left one missing and thousands affected by blackout and water outage. It approached Okinawa on 12 July and moved across Kyushu, Shikoku, and Honshu thoughout 4 days until 15 July. Damages were observed dozens of prefectures. |
| EQ-2007-000102-JPN
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Earthquake |
Japan |
A powerful earthquake hit Niigata and Nagno Prefecure in Central Japan at 10:13AM, July 16,2007. There are reports of leaving 9 people dead, at least 900 injuries and houses fallen, some of them on fire. The Meteorological Agency says the focus of the quake, with an estimated magnitude of 6.8, was about 17 kilometers under the sea floor off Niigata.
The Agency immediately issued a tsunami tidal wave warning for parts of Niigata and Sado Island off the prefecture, but lifted it about one hour later. |
| LS-2007-000101-NPL
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Land Slide |
Nepal |
At least 21 people, including several women and children, were killed on Friday by a landslide triggered by heavy rains in a village in western Nepal, police said. The landslide swept away six houses in the Gwalichour village in Baglung district, about 250 km (155 miles) west of Kathmandu. |
| FF-2007-000100-MLI
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Flash Flood |
Mali |
A heavy downpour brought floods in the Malian town of Bandiagara. The strong precipitations caused extensive damage in the town of 12,000 inhabitants; up to 93 compounds collapsed, 150 households were severely affected and some 1,200 people were left without shelter, with all their belongings either carried away by floodwaters or buried under mud. |
| EP-2007-000099-KHM
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Epidemic |
Cambodia |
Cambodia is in the grip of a dengue fever outbreak with almost 39,851 cases and 407 deaths reported.
Many of the cases are children throughout country. |
| LS-2007-000098-PAK
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Land Slide |
Pakistan |
Landslide triggered by heavy overnight rain killed 22 villagers and destroyed houses in a remote mountainous part of northwest Pakistan on 8 July. |
| FL-2007-000097-CHN
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Flood |
China, People's Republic |
Complex disaster with floods, landslides, and others triggered by heavy rain has killed 88, affected 14.2 million residents, completely destroyed 91.800 hectares of crops, forced 350.000 people to evacuate, and destroyed 32.300 houses. While six provinces ravaged by the disasters, Sichuan province is seemed to be the worst-hit area with 28 deaths and 12 missing. Unlike Shaanxi, Henen, Anhui, and Jiangsu, which have been suffered by the disaster with a few numbers of casualties for several days, it hit Hubei province since June27 and claimed at least 30 lives. |
| FL-2007-000096-IND
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Flood |
India |
Flooded water triggered by heavy rains has insistently continued to suffer people in India, especially in the state of West Bengal. Several thousands of people remained in harsh condition where people cannot get clean drinking water and even sewage seeped into their lives. Kolkata, the capital city of the state with over 8 million people, also have sunk in knee-deep water. Although health workers traveled in boats to distribute medicine to the affected, civic authorities have been completely overwhelmed with relief works. The long lasting heavy rain has claimed approximately 700 lives in the past two weeks in the southern Asia region. |
| VO-2007-000095-IDN
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Volcano |
Indonesia |
Over 4000 people have left their homes since 9 July as the Mt. Gamkonora in eastern part of Indonesia erupted. |
| FL-2007-000094-JPN
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Flood |
Japan |
Torrential rain since 6 July has been affecting people at Misato city, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. Water supply for approximately 1200 families has been cut since the 7th, and the Self Defense Force is implementing relief activities for the affected. More than 100 people has been evacuating as dozens of houses in the city were destroyed or exposed to water by the flooded water. |
| FL-2007-000093-SDN
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Flood |
Sudan |
The Council of Ministers, chaired by President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, instructed carrying out urgent measures for the relief of the people who are affected by the torrential rains and floods in a number of states. The official Spokesman of the Council of Ministers, Omer Mohammed Salih, said in a statement to the press that the situations are under control and there is no need for exceptional procedures. As for the situations, Salih explained that some 4682 houses were destroyed in the states of the country. He explained that many areas in the country witnessed high levels of rains and that high levels of rains and floods are still expected in the coming weeks. |
| FL-2007-000092-PAN
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Flood |
Panama |
Heavy rains on Friday, June 29 gave a result of 26 houses and 91 people affected due to floods and detachment of ceilings in the provinces of Panama and Darien. Communities affected in Darien are Loma del r?o, San L?zaro, Zapateiro, Setegant? y Quint?n. In several of these areas there were losses of cultivations, animal and domestic household goods, but no injured, disappeared or fatal victims. |
| FF-2007-000091-AFG
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Flash Flood |
Afghanistan |
Unusual flash floods caused the death of 63 civilians in several provinces of Afghanistan. |
| CW-2007-000090-PER
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Cold Wave |
Peru |
In the high Andean regions of central and southern Peru, the winter season started in June with an abrupt change of temperature which has fallen up to -25?C. The Peruvian government has declared a state of emergency for a period of 60 days in 13 departments in the country. The National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (SENAMHI) has announced that the cold front will continue until September. |
| FL-2007-000088-ECU
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Flood |
Ecuador |
A rain storm in the South Andean zone of Ecuador has produced floods(Yanuncay River) and landsides. Population of zones of risk evacuated. The emergency was declared. |
| FL-2007-000086-PAN
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Flood |
Panama |
Heavy rains on Tuesday caused floods in the sector of West Panama, specifically in La Chorrera, in at least 18 communities, resulting affected 328 people. The water level was 4 feet of height, causing material lost in many houses. |
| TC-2007-000085-PAK
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Tropical Cyclone |
Pakistan |
At least 42 people died and more than 150 were injured when heavy rains caused buildings in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, to collapse, according to provincial health and police officials.
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| TC-2007-000084-IND
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Tropical Cyclone |
India |
A ferocious storm in India's southern Andhra Pradesh state has killed at least 45 people and displaced tens of thousands, officials said on June 23, sparking a major relief operation. |
| TC-2007-000084-PAK
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Tropical Cyclone |
Pakistan |
Tropical cyclone Yemyin has resulted in torrential rain in areas of the southern Pakistan province of Baluchistan, particularly near the coast. A total of 15 out of 29 districts across Baluchistan
have been affected while five districts in Sindh have
been affected. Infrastructure has been severely
undermined with roads and bridges damaged or
destroyed and telecommunications out in many areas
since 26 June. |
| FF-2007-000083-IND
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Flash Flood |
India |
Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods inundated hundreds of villages, displacing nearly 150, 000 people. |
| FF-2007-000082-PAK
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Flash Flood |
Pakistan |
Pre-monsoon rains caused flash floods, killing 17 people and affecting approximately 500 families (one family comprises of 7 individuals) in Swat district. Pakistan Red Crescent distributed food and non-food items in the affected areas. |
| FF-2007-000081-NPL
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Flash Flood |
Nepal |
400 people were displaced after heavy monsoon rains triggered flash floods in southern Nepal. The worst-affected district was Mahottarai, about 130 kilometres south-east of the capital Kathmandu. |
| FF-2007-000080-BGD
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Flash Flood |
Bangladesh |
The early monsoon rain caused havoc in different parts of Bangladesh |
| FL-2007-000080-BGD
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Flood |
Bangladesh |
The early monsoon rain falling since 8th of June has caused havoc in different parts of Bangladesh causing floods and landslides. A landslide on 11 June affected 1.5 million people, killed around 130, and injured 100. Many districts in the country are flooded, affecting approximately 71,000 people altogether. Tornadoes were also observed and caused damage. |
| HT-2007-000079-PAK
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Heat Wave |
Pakistan |
More than 100 died from the effects of record-breaking heat wave. Thousands of people from the plains of Punjab headed towards the northern mountain regions to find relief. |
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