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Event |
Country |
Comments |
| TO-2005-000049-BGD
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Tornadoes |
Bangladesh |
At least 35 people were killed and 500 injured in a violent tropical storm that whipped through northern Bangladesh on Sunday night. |
| FL-2005-000048-AFG
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Flood |
Afghanistan |
More than 200 people are now known to have been killed by severe flooding in Afghanistan, after torrential rain and melting snow caused rivers to overflow. |
| EQ-2005-000047-JPN
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Earthquake |
Japan |
A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu on Sunday, killing an elderly woman, injuring 400, and forcing hundreds to flee their homes, officials and media reports said. |
| LS-2005-000046-TUR
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Land Slide |
Turkey |
Seventeen people were missing on Thursday after a landslide engulfed part of a village in central Turkey. |
| EP-2005-000045-MOZ
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Epidemic |
Mozambique |
Since January 2005, Manica and Sofala provinces in Mozambique have been affected bya cholera epidemic: 295 cholera cases and 8 deaths were registered, a mortality rate of 2.7%. Marromeu reported 8 new cholera cases and 2 deathsi n the second week of March. There is concern that cholera wills pread to other provinces such as Maputo, Gaza, Nampula, Zambezia and Cabo Delgado.
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| FL-2005-000038-MDG
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Flood |
Madagascar |
Heavy rains have poured on northern Madagascar during the first week of March, which have resulted in flooding. The CNS reports that more than 32,500 hectares of agricultural land have been flooded, which may partially affect the agricultural production. |
| TC-2005-000037----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
Typhoon ROKE (T0502), PSTN 150300UTC 11.6N 136.6E FAIR, MOVE WNW 15KT, PRES 996HPA, MXWD 35KT, 30KT 60NM |
| TC-2005-000037-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
The tropical storm Roke (Auring/02W/T0502) killed 18 and affected 11 people in Philippines. |
| EQ-2005-000036-TUR
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Earthquake |
Turkey |
A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale hit Karliova town of Bingol at 09.36 a.m. on Saturday, 12 March 2005. On 14 March 2005, a series of tremors hit the area, the strongest measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale. |
| EQ-2005-000035-IRN
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Earthquake |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
A relatively strong earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck southeastern parts of Iran on 13 March
2005. According to the seismological base of Tehran University?s Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at
07:01 am local time, with the epicenter being on the outskirts of Saravan. The Saravan region in Sistan-
Baluchestan province, in the far southeast of the country, is close to the border with Pakistan, and has a population
of around 240,000. Other neighbouring cities including Zahedan, Khoush, Iranshahr and Sarbaz were also shaken
by the quake. |
| TC-2005-000034----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
Severe Tropical Cyclone Willy with central pressure 970 hPa located at 2200UTC to within 30 nautical miles of Latitude [15.9S] Longitude [113.9E] and moving southwest at 9 knots. |
| 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. |
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