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Disaster TO - Tornadoes TC - Tropical Cyclone TS - Tsunami VW - Violent Wind VO - Volcano WV - Wave/Surge(use TS/SS instead) WF - Wild fire Use Ctrl-Click and/or Shift-Click for multiple selections. If NO selections are made, ALL items will be selected Type keywords:      Looking for: All Words Any Word Search between these dates: (yyyy-mm-dd) From: To: Hits per page: 10 25 50 100 200      Sorted by: GLIDE Country, Event, Date Country, Date, Event Event, Country, Date Event, Date, Country Date, Country, Event Date, Event, Country Showing approximate location of disasters Search Results: 8311 hits 333 Pages: 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 GLIDEnumber Event Country Comments DR-2022-000391-USA Drought United States Severe drought conditions impacted many Western and Central states. Large reservoirs across the West including Lake Mead, Lake Powell, Lake Oroville, and Shasta Lake, among others continue to be depleted. Lake Mead, the Nation's largest reservoir, is nearing dead pool status and is at the lowest level since it was filled in the 1930s. The Great Salt Lake is also near record-low levels. The impacts of the drought affected crop production across many states and sharply increased feeding costs for livestock. Many segments of the Mississippi River also experienced low water levels causing delays and reductions in river commerce. Extreme heat also developed for many days across Western and Central states. These excess heat conditions caused more than one hundred heat-related fatalities across Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon, and Texas. The 2022 drought was one of the costlier droughts on record, with a diverse array of direct impacts across different regions and industries. $22.9b  DR-2022-000390-BLZ Drought Belize GDACS - Medium impact for agricultural drought in 208608 km2 over Central America-2022   DR-2022-000389-ESP Drought Spain GDACS - Medium impact for agricultural drought in 188684 km2 over Iberian Peninsula-2022   EP-2022-000388-STP Epidemic Sao Tome et Principe On 13 May 2022, the Ministry of Public Health of Sao Tome-and-Principe reported the first outbreak of Dengue fever in Sao Tome-and-Principe to the WHO. The suspected cases started ending March 2022, with recorded cases suffering from severe fever and clinical characteristics of Dengue fever. On 11 April 2022, the laboratory of the central hospital reported a suspected case of dengue fever to clinical officials, triggering such implementation of epidemiological and entomological surveillance protocols. On the same day, the Ayres Central Hospital in Menezes reported a positive case of dengue fever to officials at the Epidemiological Surveillance Department (DVE in Portuguese). The reported case was a 27-year-old Sao Tomean, whose place of residence is Portugal and who works on the island of Guadeloupe. He reportedly arrived on leave with his family on 26 March 2022. He started having symptoms (fever, headaches, and joint pain) on 4 April 2022. Initially treated at the Mezochi (Trindade) health centre, he was referred to the main central hospital because of persistent fever. The spread of the disease quickly get to all the country districts and as of 26th August 2022, 980 cases of dengue fever were already reported. Ahead of the rainy season, there was a high probability to see a pick on the caseload and given the health capacity, a risk of the outbreak getting out of hand without stronger early actions and preventive measures. Part of the MoH partners, the Cruz Vermelha de Sao Tome e Principe launched a DREF for anticipatory action ahead of the flooding season.  FL-2022-000387-PHL Flood Philippines GDACS - Medium in Philippines   DR-2022-000386-DZA Drought Algeria GDACS - Medium impact for agricultural drought in 262464 km2 over Northern Africa-2022   FL-2022-000385-PHL Flood Philippines The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) in the Philippines reported the combined effects of a Shear Line storm and a trough of low pressure caused widespread damages including floods and landslides from around 23 December 2022.  FR-2022-000384-CHL Fire Chile In the afternoon of 22 December, a fire started in native forest areas in the upper part of the city of Viña del Mar (Valparaíso Region), 120 km from Santiago, Chile. The fires quickly reached high sectors of the ravines and hills where there are lighthouses and solid constructions which were affected and, due to their material, caused the fire to spread rapidly. 2 people are reported dead, 330 affected homes and 948 affected population.  FR-2022-000383-SLE Fire Sierra Leone A large fire incident occurred on December 25, 2022 (Christmas Day) in one of the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society program communities - England Ville Community, Funkia, Goderich in the Western Rural district. According to the community-based volunteers, the incident began around 12:30 pm with a lady who was preparing her Christmas meal in a makeshift house. Immediate household members were unable to put out the fire and the National Fire Force could not get there on time to extinguish the blaze as the fire truck was involved in a fatal accident on its way to the fire scene. However, the entire community population came together to put out the fire. Fire could be extinguished but several houses were already completly burnt with most of the Funkia community households displaced. Total of 211 households have lost their home and essential HH items. Displaced persons have no place to stay, and the neighborhood cannot contain the population displaced. The majority of the victims sleep in the open, few have moved to nearby public buildings such as markets and schools, and others stay on the unsafe beaches in and around Goderich Village. Small shops and others places use for income generation such as Warehouses and stalls burnt down, fish drying houses constructed and managed mostly by women destroyed, resident women petty traders and hawkers lost their livelihoods to the fire. On December 29th 2022, The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) through its Directorate of Relief and Response presented an Assessment Report on the Funkia Market Fire Incident to Sierra Leone Red Cross and other key partners during a Coordination Meeting to solicit support for the affected population. Needs are urge and communities exposed to multiple risks.  FL-2022-000382-ZAF Flood South Africa Parts of Gauteng Province and North West Province were negatively affected by recent floods that hit parts of Soweto, Erkhuleni, Johannesburg, Vereeniging, Brakpan (Gauteng Province), and Rustenburg, Bojanala (North West Province) on 10-11 December 2022.   ST-2022-000381-USA SEVERE LOCAL STORM United States The death toll from a pre-Christmas blizzard in much of the United States has risen to 48, with the number in western New York alone hitting 27, marking the blizzard as the region's deadliest in at least 50 years. Roads remain impassable and almost 10,000 people are still without power 4 days after as the unrelenting storm is forecast to drop as much as a foot of additional snow, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz said during a Monday afternoon news conference. Rescuers are struggling to free people trapped in their cars, while people stuck in shelters and nursing homes are running out of food. The dead have been found in their cars and homes, and in snowbanks, and some perished while shovelling snow. Rescue and recovery efforts from the days-long storm continued Monday. On Friday and Saturday, in one of the worst-hit regions in the country, the blizzard roared through western New York, stranding motorists, knocking out power and preventing emergency crews from reaching residents in frigid homes and stuck cars.  OT-2022-000380-LKA Other Sri Lanka According to the news broadcasted on 20 Dec Sri Lanka's navy has rescued 104 Myanmar nationals adrift off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka. It was suspected that the boat was heading to Indonesia when it ran into engine trouble in rough seas. The boat was first detected by the Sri Lanka navy when it was 3.5 nautical miles (6.5km) from the shore. Sri Lanka Navy launched a search and rescue operation and eventually towed the vessel to Trincomalee harbour on Sunday night according to navy sources. The migrants have been handed over to the police who will present them before a magistrate to decide on next steps.According to the latest information, there are 49 children with 21 girls and 28 boys. 80-year-old man, 1 mother and her 2 children were admitted to hospital suffering from minor sickness. Exact information on the gender and age composition of the migrants are still not clear. Language barrier may have been an obstacle in communicating with the migrants. After the legal proceedings, the Myanmar nationals were transferred to Jaffna Prison in the north. According to Sri Lanka immigration officials, the migrants will be transferred to an immigration detention camp in the suburbs of Colombo on 22 December 2022.   FL-2022-000379-MYS Flood Malaysia On 3 November, the Malaysian Metereological Office declared that the Northeast Monsoon Season in Malaysia will begin earlier than expected, from 7 November 2022 to continue until March 2023. It was forecast that between 4 to 6 episodes of heavy rain will occur within this duration. Continuous rain over several days would lead to floods in areas of low-lying land as well as areas with close proximity to rivers. Heavy rains caused flash floods in 3 states on the 9th of December. However, from 17 to 20 December, heavy rain has been reported in many areas across multiple states. As of the 21st of December morning, a total of 71,503 people evacuated in 439 temporary shelters that are currently active in five states (Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Johor, and Perak), and five people reported death. Kelantan and Terengganu are the most affected states at present time with total 71,180 people evacuated.   FL-2022-000378-BIH Flood Bosnia-Herzegovina   DR-2022-000377-BOL Drought Bolivia GDACS - Medium impact for agricultural drought in 273334 km2 over Peru - West Bolivia-2022   FL-2022-000376-COD Flood Congo Democratic Republic Flooding caused by heavy rains has caused loss of life and extensive property damages and the destruction of critical infrastructure in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on the night of 12 to 13 December. According to the Congolese authorities, at least 130 people died, nearly 14,000 households were flooded and at least 519 houses were destroyed, leaving many families homeless. The heavy rains also provoked landslides which destroyed a section of the road linking Kinshasa to the neighbouring province of Kongo Central. The Congolese authorities immediately began work to reopen the road, which is a major supply road for food and other essential goods, to prevent a rise in food prices in Kinshasa.  CE-2022-000375-ETH Complex Emergency Ethiopia There has been lack of humanitarian access to Tigray region and communication have been shut down for nearly two years, which has resulted in limited information on the scale of the needs within Tigray region. The Ethiopian RC has had sporadic contact with its Branches in Tigray during the two-year conflict, but with the signing of the peace agreement information flow has improved and reports on humanitarian needs are coming in and they have already initiated preliminary assessments. According to the OCHA Situation report for Tigray on December 6th, the entire region is hard to reach with population's access to humanitarian assistance and services being highly restricted. The security situation in the area is still volatile. The Ethiopian RC with its regional, zonal and branches are well positioned to distribute immediate life-saving assistance to difficult to reach areas and to conduct rapid and comprehensive multi-sectoral assessment with support from the National Office, the IFRC, PNSs and ICRC. While access constraints have previously limited detailed assessments, current information indicates that approximately 5.4 million people in Tigray are in need of humanitarian assistance. According to WFP Emergency Food Security Assessment in August 2022, Food insecurity in Tigray increased by six percentage points between November 2021 and June 2022. 89 percent of the surveyed households are classified as food insecure and 47 % are severely food insecure. Furthermore, over 75 % of the households reported that they do not have access to markets and 85 percent reported that they do not use markets due to lack of cash to purchase food, the report states.   FL-2022-000374-TTO Flood Trinidad & Tobago In the morning of 26 November, Trinidad began experiencing rainfall which was concentrated in the northern and central parts of the island. Compounding weeks of constant rainfall have caused ground level saturation and many major watercourses were already filled. Several communities along the east-west corridor experienced street and flash flooding. In the afternoon of 26 November, the Caroni River began to burst its banks in some areas causing riverine flooding in Bamboo #2, Valsayn South, Real Spring Gardens, Kelly Village, Madras Road and El Carmen, St. Helena.  VO-2022-000373-IDN Volcano Indonesia GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact for Semeru   CW-2022-000372-MNG Cold Wave Mongolia Considering the historical data, the peak of livestock mortality occurred in March and April but December - February are the coldest months of the year where the livestock losses most of its fat and gets malnourished therefore the most impact is inflicted in those months. According to the National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring, In the central and eastern provinces are expected have precipitation and snowstorms during November 24-25, 2022, meanwhile the southern provinces with low precipitation are expected to have strong dust storm. /Update from December 2nd, in Uvs and Khovd provinces, 216 livestock from 12 households have perished, 2 gers have been completely destroyed, 4 people went missing and 4 found, 2 of them are being hospitalized. The main roads in Arkhust, Bayandelger, Erdene, Bayanjargalan counties of Tuv province are blocked by the snow and local authorities are cleaning the snow. The extreme cold has been anticipated in the recent future starting from November 28th to December 2nd, Darkhad valley, Khentii mountains, near Khurenbelchir, in the head of Zavkhan river. The NAMEM has issued an official letter to the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and the Light industries on the phenomenon mentioned above could bring serious disruption upon the normal performance of the energy, heating and transportation, agriculture and education sectors. Regarding the weather phenomenon, Capital Governor and Ulaanbaatar City Governor, based on consultation with Minister of Education and Science issued an order on some measures to be taken to reduce the potential risk of weather phenomenon and manage traffic jams and delays   EQ-2022-000371-IRN Earthquake Iran, Islamic Republic GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact, magnitude 5.7M  EP-2022-000370-IDN Epidemic Indonesia On 19th November 2022, the Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed the re-emergence of polio (vaccine-derived poliovirus-VDPV) in Indonesia and declared a national polio outbreak, in accordance with international health regulations. The declaration followed a confirmed a Vaccine Derived Poliovirus Type 2 (VDPV2) case identified in Mane Village in Pidie District in Aceh Province. Following the declaration Polio Outbreak on 19th November 2022 in Pidie District, Aceh Province, the Ministry of Health declared 2 more confirmed cases on 22 November 2022, giving in a total of 3 cases detected and confirmed. The cases were found in Pidie District as well.   EP-2022-000369-CMR Epidemic Cameroon Cameroon has been subject to multiple epidemics for several months. This is coupled with increased flooding and conflicts in some regions. These different elements create an area conducive to the development of epidemics and disasters. The cholera and monkeypox epidemics are particularly alarming, with major concerns in the concern in the Far North, South West and North West regions, the Littoral. Cholera has been rife in the regions for several months and has spread this year to all regions of the country. As at 17 November 2022, the report shows that there are 4 active regions and 20 active districts. A total of 13730 cases have been notified with 295 deaths recorded. Since October 2022, the cholera epidemic has hit the Far North region of Cameroon, precisely in the Departments of Mayo SAVA and Mayo Tsanaga with more than 305 cases were recorded, including 45 in Fotokol and 94 in Mora (Mayo Sava), 118 in Mokolo (Mayo Tsanaga)where the Minawao refugee camp was severely affected. has been declared in several regions of the country by the health authorities. On 10 October 2022 the regional delegate of the South West region declared confirmed cases of Monkeypox. Despite the rapid implementation of the surveillance system, the epidemic rapidly spread to 6 regions. As of 17 November 2022, 5 regions are active, including 10 health districts with 92 notified cases and 03 deaths with a case fatality rate of 0.5%. deaths with a case fatality rate of 3.2%. According to the Sitrep curve, there has been a drastic increase in new cases between week 40 and week cases between week 40 and week 45. That is to say 16 confirmed cases and 2 deaths distributed as follows: 9 confirmed cases in the 9 confirmed cases in the South-West for 1 death, 2 in the North-West for 1 death, 4 in the Centre, and 1 case respectively in the South, the Littoral and the Extreme North. This situation clearly shows the progression of the epidemic and the need for rapid containment to avoid a larger scale spread. It should be noted that Note that in 2022, the number of monkeypox cases reported to WHO exceeded the total number of cases reported in the last 60 years combined. in the last 60 years combined (since 1958). On 23 July 2022, the Director-General of WHO declared the escalation of the monkeypox epidemic as a public health emergency of international concern due to the due to the unusually high number of cases and the wide geographical spread of the virus. The disease is mainly in West and Central Africa, and Cameroon is an endemic country that has experienced several several epizootic outbreaks with 2 human cases between 2019 and 2020 and 6 in 2021.  EP-2022-000368-NPL Epidemic Nepal The country is experiencing a surge in cases that started from the week commencing 8 August to 26 August. Between January to 28 September 2022, a total of 28,109 confirmed and suspected dengue cases including 38 confirmed deaths have been recorded from all seven provinces of Nepal. Bagmati province, which is the second-most populous province, has reported the highest number of cases (78.2%) and deaths (68.4%). Dengue cases have increased since July, coinciding with the rainy season, with majority of the cases reported during September. (WHO, 10 Oct 2022)  EP-2022-000367-KEN Epidemic Kenya On 19 October 2022, the Kenya Ministry of health issued a communication to all County Directors of Health on a multicounty cholera outbreak following the isolation of Vibrio cholerae-01 Ogawa serotype at The National Public Health Microbiology Laboratory.  8311 hits 333 Pages: 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30	GLIDEnumber: About Glide How to Join Participating Institutions GLIDE-enabled sites Help Topics Disclaimer Get results as: Statistics Charts Tabular Reports Report a Missing Disaster:   If you know about a disaster that is not registered in GLIDEnumber.net: Create/Edit missing disaster report Please note you need to be a registered user to report missing disasters Latest Events: Disasters on or after week 47 From: 2024/11/17  To: 2024/11/25 TC-2024-000211-BLZ Tropical Cyclone,Belize: Following its influence across north-eastern Central America, the IFRC Disaster Response and Preparedness reports three missing people and 20,000 affected in Honduras, 123,276 affected people in Belize, and almost 8,000 affected people in Guatemala. 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