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| FL-2005-000094-AFG
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Flood |
Afghanistan |
Floods caused by heavy rains have destroyed hundreds of homes and may have killed up to 48 people in northern Afghanistan in the past few days, a minister said on Friday. |
| HT-2005-000093-IND
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Heat Wave |
India |
Heat takes toll on life & crop.
The heat wave that scalded south Bengal yesterday and most of today has claimed 14 lives.
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| MS-2005-000092-GTM
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Mud Slide |
Guatemala |
A huge mudslide killed at least 21 people when it buried houses and cars in a Guatemalan highland town, and the government fears more may be dead.
Torrential rain pushed thousands of tonnes of mud and rocks down a hill above the town of San Antonio Senahu, northeast of the capital, on Wednesday night. |
| EQ-2005-000091-USA
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Earthquake |
United States |
A major earthquake occurred at 02:50:54 (UTC) on Wednesday, June 15, 2005. The magnitude 7.0 event has been located OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. |
| FL-2005-000090-TJK
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Flood |
Tajikistan |
Rains in Panjakent district (Sughd Oblast) resulted in torrential floods. Six villages (Shing, Dahani Ob, Bodgoh, Vagashton, Gijdavra and Panjrood) were heavily affected. 345 people left without shelter, 73 houses totally destroyed and 338 houses in four villages are partly damaged. Other figures to date indicate 8 causalities and a total affected population of 2,877. |
| FL-2005-000089-TWN
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Flood |
Taiwan (China) |
Two persons were missing in southern Taiwan after torrential rains caused flash floods in Kaohsiung and Pingtung counties yesterday. The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) urged residents in regions south of Chiayi to be on the alert for more rain and new floods. |
| EQ-2005-000088-CHL
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Earthquake |
Chile |
M7.9, 19.903S, 69.128W, A major earthquake occurred at 22:44:33 (UTC) on Monday, June 13, 2005. The magnitude 7.9 event has been located in TARAPACA, CHILE. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 111 km (69 miles).
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 shook the northern mining region of Chile late on Monday, causing power cuts and driving residents from their homes in the heavily populated city of Iquique. There were no immediate reports of casualties although authorities said the region suffered power cuts and telephone communication was down in the area. |
| EQ-2005-000087-JAM
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Earthquake |
Jamaica |
M5.1, 18.327?N, 77.346?W
A moderate earthquake was felt on Jamaica on Sunday Night June 12, 2005 at 10:58 p.m. The earthquake had a magnitude of 5.1 and an intensity of V to VI. The epicenter was located in Aenon Town Northern Clarendon and had a focal depth of 5km. |
| FF-2005-000086-CHN
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Flash Flood |
China, People's Republic |
Twenty-nine people, including 27 pupils, were confirmed dead and four others were missing after a mountain torrent hit a primary school around 2 p.m. Friday in Shalan town in Ning'an city of northeastern Heilongjiang Province. |
| VO-2005-000085-PNG
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Volcano |
Papua New Guinea |
Langila volcano, located in Papua New Guinea?s West New Britain province, 200km west of the provincial capital, Kimbe, has been erupting continuously since Thursday, 2 June 2005 and discharging heavier than normal loads of ash into the sky. Although the prevailing wind conditions pushed most of the initial ash fall out to sea, lower -level winds are now redirecting the ash back onto the island.
This has led to reports of increasing cases of respiratory and eye irritation complaints and a growing concern that it will become necessary to evacuate the local population. Approximately 10,000 people are reported to live in the
vicinity of the volcano. |
| TC-2005-000084----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
Tropical Storm ARLENE, PSTN 1500UTC 19.4N 84.1W FAIR, MOVE W 07KT, PRES 1002HPA, MXWD 35KT |
| CE-2005-000083-BOL
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Complex Emergency |
Bolivia |
The dramatic social unrest in Bolivia which has worsened in the past weeks could potentially degenerate further
declared President Carlos Mesa a day after he offered to resign from office in a television speech in which,
together with the mayor of El Alto, he called for a humanitarian truce to provide the capital city, La Paz and its
satellite, El Alto with basic food sources. |
| EQ-2005-000082-TUR
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Earthquake |
Turkey |
A strong earthquake rattled eastern Turkey on Monday, slightly injuring 37 people and causing some damage to buildings, officials said.
The quake measured 5.7 on the Richter scale and struck at 10:41 am (0741 GMT), said the Kandilli observatory in Istanbul. Its epicentre was in Karliova in Bingol province. |
| FL-2005-000081-CHN
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Flood |
China, People's Republic |
An estimated 255,300 people are reported to be homeless in China's Hunan province alone as a result of severe flooding which destroyed around 30,000 homes and damaged thousands more. So far there are a reported 68 people dead and 68 people missing because of flooding in the three provinces with 47 of the total dead and 53 missing in Hunan, 17 dead and four missing in Guizhou as well as four dead and five missing in Sichuan. |
| TO-2005-000080-BGD
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Tornadoes |
Bangladesh |
At least three women died and about 50 people were injured in a tornado that blew away or razed to the ground more than 1,500 houses in four unions of the district Tuesday night. |
| AC-2005-000079-IND
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Tech. Disaster |
India |
Eight people, including four children, were killed in a fire that broke out in a building in a congested part of Colootola Street in central Calcutta tonight. |
| FL-2005-000078-CHN
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Flood |
China, People's Republic |
Torrential rain triggered flooding in central China's Hunan Province, leaving 22 people dead and at least 35 missing on Wednesday, said the Hunan Provincial Headquarters for Flood Control and Drought Relief. |
| LS-2005-000077-IND
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Land Slide |
India |
Massive landslides in the north-east Indian state of Nagaland have left at least 10 people dead and damaged hundreds of houses. |
| FL-2005-000076-BGD
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Flood |
Bangladesh |
Floods ahead of main monsoon rains killed 10 people, washed away hundreds of houses and damaged crop in northeastern Bangladesh, officials said on Thursday. |
| FF-2005-000075-NZL
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Flash Flood |
New Zealand |
Hundreds of New Zealanders are in emergency accommodation following flash flooding in a coastal community on North Island. |
| HT-2005-000074-BGD
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Heat Wave |
Bangladesh |
A heat wave sweeping India, Bangladesh and Nepal has killed nearly 100 people over the past two weeks, officials said on Friday.
A third of the people died in northern Bangladesh, mostly women and children from dehydration, heat stroke and diarrhoea. |
| HT-2005-000074-IND
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Heat Wave |
India |
Dozens of people were feared dead in a heat wave in India, officials said on Tuesday, at the start of the harsh summer in which temperatures hit around 50 degrees Celsius. |
| HT-2005-000074-PAK
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Heat Wave |
Pakistan |
At least ten people have died and around 92 including 70 in Lahore fainted because of extreme heat, as temperatures soared over 45 degrees Celsius across Punjab on Sunday. |
| TC-2005-000073-SLV
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Tropical Cyclone |
El Salvador |
The Hurricane Center in Miami is issuing today advisories on tropical storm Adrian located about 215 miles southwest of San Salvador, El Salvador.
According to UN Resident Coordinator?s Office in San Salvador, the country has been put on orange alert of a potential major Hurricane, which is expected to reach the Salvadoran Coast with full strength mid day today. All coastal zones are subject to evacuation plans due to the nature of areas, which flood quickly under heavy rain conditions. The Government has suspended all official missions and schools have been closed for the rest of this week.
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| FF-2005-000072-TJK
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Flash Flood |
Tajikistan |
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Disasters on or after week 17
From: 2024/4/21
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FL-2024-000062-ARE
Flood,United Arab Emirates: The UAE's record-breaking rainfall on April 16 affected many office-going residents, with some stranded for as many as 12 hours on flooded roads. As the UAE braces for another bout of unstable weather on May 2 and 3, private sector workers are urging their employers to let then work from home. Earlier today, the National Emergency, Crisis, and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) recommended that remote work be allowed for all private sector and government employees.
HT-2024-000056-BGD
Heat Wave,Bangladesh: Based on the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) data source dated 21 April 2024, severe to very severe, heatwave was sweeping some districts of the country where mild-moderate heatwave was sweeping over most of the districts of the country. BDRCS forecast monitoring report indicates maximum temperatures exceeding 38 degrees Celsius, with the heat index surpassing 38 for two or
more consecutive days. global forecasts from sources such as the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the Global Forecast System (GFS) predict temperatures to remain above 38 degrees for two or more consecutive days, along with high heat indices in Dhaka starting from April 21, 2024, and like to continue till 30th April 2024.
On 24 April 2024 severe heatwave (>=40 degree Celsius) was observed in the district of Rajshahi, Pabna, Khulna, Bagerhat, Jeshore and Patuakhali. On 26 April 2024, Bangladesh set all-time heatwave record as the Meteorological Office recorded 24 days of heatwave during the month of April breaching previous 23 days of heatwave in 2019.
According to BMD dated on April 27, 2024 severe to very severe heatwave (>=40 degree Celsius) has been observed in the district of Rajshahi, Pabna, Chuadanga, Natore, Chapai Nawabganj, Kushtia, Jhenaidah, Jashore, Meherpur and Bogura. Moderate heat wave (>38- 39.9 degree Celsius) is sweeping over the district of Bagerhat, Satkhira, Barguna, Barishal, Patuakhali, Jhalokathi, Bhola, Pirojpur, Sherpur, Mymensingh, Sirajganj, Tangail, Jamalpur ,Thakurgaon, Joypurhat, Panchagarh, Lalmonirhat, Faridpur, Madaripur, Magura, Manikganj, Rajbari, Gazipur, Gopalganj, Nilphamari, Rangpur, Naogaon, Gaibandha and it may spread. According to the observed heatwave most impacted divisions are Rajshahi, Khulna, Rangpur, Dhaka and Barisal. The fluctuation of day and night temperature is visible, and the discomfort may increase due to of moisture incursion. According to the long-range forecast of ECMWF, the ongoing heatwave is likely to persist in the month of May
FL-2024-000052-NPL
Flood,Nepal: GLOF (Glacial lake outburst flood): After an avalanche fell in Birendra Lake in the Manaslu area of Gorkha, the water flowing from there took the form of a flood.
FL-2024-000053-KGZ
Flood,Kyrgyzstan: It was reported in Osh region due to mudslides, the press service of the Presidential Representation in the region reports. Such a decision was made at a meeting of the headquarters. Head of the region Elchibek Jatanov expressed concern about the situation and emphasized the need for coordinated actions of all structures.
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