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| EQ-2005-000033-ZAF
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Earthquake |
South Africa |
On Wednesday 9 March 2005 around midday, an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale occurred at 2.4
km below the surface at a mining area in Stilfontein, and the neighbouring Klerksdorp and Orkney towns.
Residents of four nearby apartment blocks, two schools and an old age home have been evacuated from the
damaged buildings. |
| TC-2005-000032----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE Ingrid, Category 5, with central pressure 930 hPa, was centred near latitude 13.9 south longitude 147.2 east, which is about 270 km northeast of Cooktown and 300 kilometres east of Cape Melville. The cyclone was moving west at 8 km/h.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Ingrid continues to move west and poses a serious threat to the far north Queensland coast. Ingrid has a very destructive core with wind
gusts to 290 km/hr. |
| TC-2005-000031----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
TROPICAL CYCLONE RAE [995hPa] CENTRE WAS LOCATED NEAR 23.0S 162.7W AT 060600 UTC. POSITION POOR BASED ON 060556Z SSMI DATA AND GOES9/10 IR IMAGERY WITH ANIMATION. CYCLONE MOVING SOUTHSOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 KNOTS AND EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECELERATE. CYCLONE WEAKENING. MAXIMUM 10-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS ESTIMATED AT 35 KNOTS CLOSE TO THE CENTRE. EXPECT WINDS OVER 33 KNOTS WITHIN 120 MILES OF CENTRE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMICIRCLE AND WITHIN 40 MILES OF CENTRE ELSEWHERE. |
| ST-2005-000030-ALB
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Albania |
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| TC-2005-000029----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
TROPICAL CYCLONE PERCY CENTRE [940 hPa] WAS LOCATED NEAR 10.5S 170.8W AT 261800 UTC. POSITION FAIR BASED ON GOES 9 & 10 EIR IMAGERY WITH ANIMATION. CYCLONE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 KNOTS. 10-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS ESTIMATED AT 90 KNOTS CLOSE TO THE CENTRE, INCREASING TO 95 KNOTS IN THE NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS. EXPECT WINDS OVER 63 KNOTS WITHIN 20 MILES OF CENTRE, OVER 47 KNOTS WITHIN 40 MILES OF CENTRE AND OVER 33 KNOTS WITHIN 100 MILES OF CENTRE. |
| AV-2005-000028-IND
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Snow Avalanche |
India |
As per the reports received from the State Government, 230 persons were killed and more than 20 persons are missing due to snowfall and avalanches. 308 persons have been rescued so far including 40 foreigners. Anantnag and Poonch are the worst affected districts. |
| EP-2005-000027-COD
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Epidemic |
Congo Democratic Republic |
As of 15 February 2005, WHO has received reports of 61 deaths of pneumonic plague in Ituri district, Oriental province in the northern part of the country (see map below). The total number of cases is still not known. Preliminary results from rapid diagnostic tests in the area confirm pneumonic plague, and the cases had clinical features compatible with this disease. Forty samples have been taken and will be tested by culture and serology at the Institut de la Recherche Biomedicale, Kinshasa. No cases of bubonic plague have been reported to date.
The cases have occurred in workers in a diamond mine in Zobia where c. 7000 people work. The mine was re-opened on 16 December 2004 and the first case occurred on 20 December. |
| EQ-2005-000026-IRN
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Earthquake |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
A strong earthquake occurred at 02:25:26 (UTC) on Tuesday, February 22, 2005. The magnitude 6.4 event has been located in CENTRAL IRAN. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 42 km (26 miles). |
| LS-2005-000025-IDN
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Land Slide |
Indonesia |
At least 19 people have been killed and more than 100 are missing following a landslide in Indonesia. |
| ST-2005-000023-BGD
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Bangladesh |
A ferry boat with 260 people on board capsized overnight when it was hit by a tornado near the Bangladesh capital, drowning at least 83 people, local officials said.
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| TC-2005-000022----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
TROPICAL CYCLONE OLAF CENTRE [920HPA] WAS LOCATED NEAR 14.5S 168.7W AT 161800 UTC. POSITION FAIR BASED ON GOES9 EIR IMAGERY WITH ANIMATION. CYCLONE MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 KNOTS. 10-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS NEAR THE CENTRE ESTIMATED AT 115 KNOTS, DECREASING TO 100 KNOTS WITHIN 12 TO 24 HOURS. EXPECT WINDS ABOVE 63 KNOTS WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE CENTRE, WINDS ABOVE 47 KNOTS WITHIN 60 MILES OF THE CENTRE, WINDS ABOVE 33 KNOTS WITHIN 150 MILES OF THE CENTRE IN THE EASTERN SEMICIRCLE AND WITHIN 120 MILES OF THE CENTRE ELSEWHERE. |
| TC-2005-000021----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
TROPICAL CYCLONE NANCY CENTRE [985hPa] WAS LOCATED NEAR 24.4S 161.8W
AT 161800 UTC MOVING SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 15 KNOTS AND EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY CURVE WEST. CYCLONE WEAKENING. POSITION FAIR BASED ON GOES9
EIR/VIS IMAGERY WITH ANIMATION. 10-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS ESTIMATED AT
50 KNOTS CLOSE TO CENTRE, DECREASING TO 40 KNOTS IN THE NEXT 12 TO 24
HOURS. EXPECT WINDS OVER 47 KNOTS WITHIN 60 MILES OF CENTRE, ABOVE 33
KNOTS WITHIN 200 MILES OF CENTRE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMICIRCLE AND
WITHIN 100 MILES OF CENTRE ELSEWHERE. |
| FL-2005-000020-COL
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Flood |
Colombia |
Flooding and landslides in the northeastern Departments of Santander and Norte de Santander. Also affected, though to a minor extent, is the Department of Tolima. |
| CW-2005-000019-AFG
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Cold Wave |
Afghanistan |
1. Severe winter weather has affected much of the country during the past one month. There have been at least 100 deaths reported so far due to extreme cold temperature and cold related illness. However the death toll is expected to rise as more information becomes available. |
| ST-2005-000018-PAK
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Pakistan |
Heavy snowfall and rains over the past two weeks has caused substantive damages in Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP), Balochistan and parts of Punjab Province. |
| FL-2005-000017-VEN
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Flood |
Venezuela |
Affected States are: Vargas, Carabobo, Yaracuy, Falcon, Aragua, Miranda, and the Metropolitan District of Caracas |
| VO-2005-000016-PNG
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Volcano |
Papua New Guinea |
Manam volcano, located on Manam Island, 15 kilometres off the coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG), began
erupting with new intensity on January 28. The Rabaul Volcanologic al Observatory (RVO) reported that a large
volcano eruption took place between 1 to 2 am (local time) on January 28. The ash cloud produced by the eruption reached an altitude of more than 18 kilometres and drifted westward across West Papua, the eastern-most province of Indonesia. PNG?s National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) has reported that the flow of scoria and lava on the south-eastern part of the island has swept away a number of houses. One person is missing, presumed dead. |
| TC-2005-000015----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
Tropical Cyclone GERARD, PSTN 05/02/2005 0000UTC 30.9S 60E, MOVE SSE 23KT, PRES 973HPA, MXWD 60KT |
| AV-2005-000014-TJK
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Snow Avalanche |
Tajikistan |
An avalanche occurred in the afternoon of 3 February 2005 in Degdonak village of Mujikharf Jamoat, Nurobod District, Rasht Valley. Nine people died, three are seriously injured and 15 houses of the village were buried under snow. |
| TC-2005-000013----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
Tropical Cyclone KULAP, PSTN 15/01/2005 0000UTC 7.5N 146.2E, MOVE N, PRES 998HPA, MXWD 30KT
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| TC-2005-000012----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
TROPICAL CYCLONE MEENA, PSTN 04/02/2005 0400UTC 14S 167.5W, MOVE E 5KT, PRES 980HPA, MXWD 55KT
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| TC-2005-000011----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
Tropical Cyclone FELAPI, PSTN 28/01/2005 0000UTC 22.1S 42E, MOVE E 5KT, PRES 996HPA, MXWD 35KT
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| ST-2005-000010-SWZ
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Swaziland |
Swaziland experienced a devastating storm on 23 January following heavy rains. The storm hit part of the Manzini in the central part of the country and Shiselweni in the southeast. A total of ten communities in Manzini and nine in Shiselweni were affected. |
| EQ-2005-000009-TUR
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Earthquake |
Turkey |
Several moderate earthquakes hit eastern city of Van and south-eastern cities of Adana and Hakkari on Tuesday, 25 January 2005. Officials at Bosphorous University Kandilli Observatory and Seismology Institute said that a moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale hit Van at 05.24 p.m. (local time) and another quake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Adana at 06.05 p.m. |
| MS-2005-000007-USA
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Mud Slide |
United States |
At least two people were killed, ten hurt and up to a dozen were missing on Monday after a hillside saturated by five days of rain collapsed onto a coastal Southern California neighborhood. |
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FL-2024-000052-NPL
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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.
FL-2024-000051-CHN
Flood,China, People's Republic: Four people were killed and 10 others remain missing after continuous heavy rainfall hit many parts of Guangdong Province in south China since 18 April 2024, local authorities said on 22 April 2024. The recent heavy rainfall has affected many cities including Shaoguan, Guangzhou, Heyuan, Zhaoqing, Qingyuan, Meizhou and Huizhou, resulting in damaged houses, blocked roads and landslides. Guangdong has so far relocated some 110,000 residents.
VO-2024-000046-IDN
Volcano,Indonesia: Ruang volcano, located on Ruang Island (part of Sangihe Islands, North Sulawesi Province), increased its volcanic activity on 16-17 April with explosions and emission of volcanic ash and lava. The worst hit areas are Pumpente Village and Pathology Village in Tagulandang District (Sitaro Islands Regency, North Sulawesi Province).
According to the National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB), 828 people have been displaced, of whom 45 are in one evacuation centre and 783 are in the homes of relatives.
National and local authorities are providing assistance for those affected and established an Emergency Response Status for 14 days starting from April 16.
The level of the volcano has been raised from II to III, people cannot enter in the area radius of 4 km from the centre of the active crater.
FF-2024-000049-AFG
Flash Flood,Afghanistan: Since early April 2024, Afghanistan has been experiencing heavy rainfall which has caused flash floods in at least eight provinces: Badghis, Helmand, Herat, Kabul, Nangarhar, Nuristan, Parwan, and Urozgan. According to reports from Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) branches, the flooding has led to the loss of at least 24 lives, left dozens of people injured, damaged more than 1,000 houses, washed away over 25,000 acres of crops and agricultural land, and killed at least 220 livestock.
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