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Event |
Country |
Comments |
| FL-2007-000018-MWI
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Flood |
Malawi |
Malawi affected heavy rains from 1st January 2007 causing flooding in the Lower Shire region affecting the districts of Chikwana and Nsanje. |
| FL-2007-000017-BDI
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Flood |
Burundi |
Part of the river bordering DR of Congo changed its
path and deviated to inhabited area - Batumba (16
km from Bujumbura). Around 1,500 houses have
been destroyed and more than 10,000 persons
affected now lying in very bad conditions in churches
schools and other provisional and not adequate
shelter. |
| FL-2007-000016-MYS
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Flood |
Malaysia |
The new floods come as many were returning home from shelters following the first round of flooding in December that killed at least 17 people. |
| LS-2007-000015-IDN
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Land Slide |
Indonesia |
A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed 16 people on a remote Indonesian island and a further 10 were missing, a health department official said on January 12th. |
| CW-2007-000014-IND
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Cold Wave |
India |
Cold weather across northern and eastern India has killed at least 80 people in the past week, forcing authorities to close schools and colleges and deliver firewood to the homeless, officials said on January 2nd. |
| EQ-2007-000013-IDN
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Earthquake |
Indonesia |
A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.3 shook buildings in this provincial capital in Indonesia's northern Sulawesi island on Sunday and sent residents fleeing from their homes. The U.S. Geological Survey Web site put the quake's magnitude at 7.3 while Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency gave its strength as 6.5 on the Richter scale and said it could pose a tsunami risk. |
| FL-2007-000012-BOL
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Flood |
Bolivia |
Heavy rains in almost all of the Bolivian territory
have caused the overflowing of major rivers, landslides and road obstructions isolating some rural communities. Heavy are predicyed to continue over the next month. |
| FL-2007-000011-ZMB
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Flood |
Zambia |
Zambia has been experiencing heavy rainfall since the second week of December 2007, especially in the northern parts of the country. Mpulungu and Solwezi districts are the most affected parts of this region. Torrential rains have destroyed houses and rendered hundreds of people homeless. The rains have also affected the water and sanitation (WatSan) facilities in the two districts. |
| VO-2007-000010-COM
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Volcano |
Comoros |
Karthala volcano started to erupt in the night of 13 January 2007. The authorities have triggered a red alert due to the violent earth tremors in Moroni (the capital of Comoros) and the South-West of Grand-Comoros. |
| FL-2007-000009-PER
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Flood |
Peru |
Since 26 December 2006, heavy rains have been affecting the Departments of San Martin
and Huanuco in the North East of Peru, triggering the overflow of the Huallaga River and causing flooding and several landslides. 8,543 people have been
affected in Huanuco and 25,319 in San Martin. |
| FF-2007-000008-LKA
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Flash Flood |
Sri Lanka |
At least 13 persons were killed and more than 100,000 persons were displaced due to flash floods and earth slides triggered by heavy rains in central and southern Sri Lanka. The deaths were caused by landslides in the Walapane area, 180 kilometres east of the capital where more than 450 houses were damaged or destroyed. |
| VO-2007-000007-MSR
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Volcano |
Montserrat |
The current volcanic alert level is 4 according to Governor?s Office reports. The onset of explosive activity from Montserrat's Soufriere Hills volcano has led declaration of mandatory evacuation on 8 January 2007. Residents in the Salem area witnessed pyroclastic flows from the dome enter Gages Valley and Tyers Ghaut. This eruptive activity generated an ash cloud up to approximately 30,000 feet. |
| TC-2007-000006-MDG
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Tropical Cyclone |
Madagascar |
Tropical Cyclone struck around Nosy Varika, east of Madagascar at 9:00 UTC on 3 Jan 2007. Heavy rain and winds caused severe damage, leaving several thousands of people affected in the areas of Nosy Varika, Mananjary and Mahanoro, where 160,000 people live. Nosy Varika is currently isolated, without water, electricity, communications. Very many buildings and houses were destroyed and rice fields were flooded. |
| FL-2007-000004-BRA
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Flood |
Brazil |
During the past month the South East of Brazil, especially Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais states have been affected by severe rains.Floods and lanslides provoked by the rains have affected the residents in these areas.
The Brazilian Red Cross is participating in the
relief effort, alongside the Brazilian Civil Defense. |
| MS-2007-000004-BRA
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Mud Slide |
Brazil |
Southeast Brazil, mostly in Rio de Janeiro state and Minas Gerais state, have been struck by mud slide, claiming around 50 people, leaving 16,000 homeless. State of emergency has already declared in many districts. |
| FL-2007-000003-PHL
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Flood |
Philippines |
A total of 11365 families or 58390 persons were affected and evacuated in Northern Samar, and Southern Leyte, and Leyte Province.
609 houses were damaged in Catarman and Northern Samar.
16 casualties reported including 9 dead, 6 injured and 1 missing. |
| LS-2007-000003-PHL
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Land Slide |
Philippines |
A landslide occurred in Burgy Diit de Suba, Silvino Lobos, Nothern Samar which buried a house.
Five were confirmed dead, 3 injured and 1 missing. |
| CW-2007-000002-NPL
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Cold Wave |
Nepal |
The cold weather front which for four days has affected the southern Nepalese plains region known as the Terai had by Tuesday resulted in the deaths of eight people, many of them elderly and poor locals who were unable to deal with colder than normal conditions brought on by thick fog. According to independent Kantipur FM, eight more deaths were reported overnight from Bara, Dhanusha and Rautahat districts
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| CW-2007-000001-BGD
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Cold Wave |
Bangladesh |
At least 15 people have died in cold wave in northern Bangladesh since the first day of this year. The cold wave has been spreading diseases such as pneumonia, cough, asthma, diarrhea and fever among northern Pachagarh, Kurigram and Gaibandha districts. Only few blankets have been distributed to the poor.
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| DR-2006-000231-KEN
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Drought |
Kenya |
The Government of Kenya declared the current drought a national disaster at the beginning of 2006. The drought
continues to deteriorate from bad to worse, as the number of people affected increased dramatically from 2.5 million in 22 districts in mid-December 2005, to 3.5 million in 37 districts by mid-January 2006. |
| OT-2006-000230-KEN
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Other |
Kenya |
According to the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), a total of 116,220 people (approximately 19,370 families) have been affected as a result of land clashes in Mt. Elgon1, along the Kenya-Uganda border, that erupted in December 2006. The fighting between the parties in conflict has intensified, creating insecurity and population movement. Out of these, 15,870 have been displaced internally with another 2,000 and 1,500 in Bungoma and Trans-Nzoia districts respectively. A total of 253 lives have been lost -- 184 people died from bullet wounds and machete cuts. Another 69 people, mostly children, have died of malnutrition and other diseases such as pneumonia, malaria, and upper respiratory infections attributed to the cold weather. A number of people continue to nurse bullet wounds, cuts and burns in Bungoma and Mt. Elgon hospitals. Other reports say that some people have fled to neighbouring countries such as Uganda. |
| DR-2006-000229-ETH
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Drought |
Ethiopia |
Food insecurity in Ethiopia has left 2.6 million people in need of emergency assistance. Many of those in need are pastoralists or agro-pastoralists in the country's southern and south-eastern Oromiya and Somali regions whose livelihoods depend on the fertility of the land and the health of their livestock, both of which have been seriously compromised. |
| ST-2006-000228-USA
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
United States |
The spring tornado season produced a record number of significant outbreaks throughout the plains and southern states. March saw two major storm systems that produced damaging hail, wind and tornadoes that left more than 10 people dead and several other injured. |
| DR-2006-000227-USA
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Drought |
United States |
Severe drought affected much of the Great Plains region and portions of the south throughout the spring and summer months causing significant crop damage. |
| WF-2006-000226-USA
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Wild fire |
United States |
Numerous wildfires burned across much of the country throughout the year, predominately in the western half of the country. Nearly ten million acres were recorded to have burned. |
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