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| ST-2004-000032-GMB
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Gambia |
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| FL-2004-000031-CHN
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Flood |
China, People's Republic |
The Red Cross Society of China has received reports of some 46 flood related deaths and over 4,000 people
injured, following heavy storms across China during the month of May. Forty two thousand people have been left homeless in Chongqing following intense rains that pounded the area during the period 26-30 May and destroyed some ten thousand homes throughout 319 towns. |
| EQ-2004-000030-IRN
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Earthquake |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
Today, at 17:08:43 local time, an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale (as reported by OCHA Tehran according to the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology) struck northern Iran in Baladeh and Yush villages, in Mazanderan Province. According to Iranian Officials, the epicenter was in the village of Baladeh, close to the Caspian Sea and 69 kilometers north of Tehran. The earthquake also shook Tehran, Golestan, Guilan, Qazvin and Semnan provinces. State television reported the earthquake was felt from the Caspian Sea provinces to the central city of Isfahan, the northwest city of Ardebil as well as in southern Turkey. As much as 15 aftershocks, including one measuring 4.4, were felt. |
| FL-2004-000028-DOM
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Flood |
Dominican Republic |
Two weeks of heavy rain in the Dominican Republic resulted in sudden serious flooding affecting most of the country. The areas reporting the worst damage include the northeast, southeast, west and eastern valley of Ciboa, with the area of Jimani, near the border with Haiti, being the worst hit (the Jimani River burst its banks on Monday at dawn). As a result, water hurtled through the homes in the nearby valley flooding hundreds of homes, and sweeping away whole families. |
| FL-2004-000028-HTI
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Flood |
Haiti |
More than 50 people were killed in the town of Fonds Verettes (north-west of Port-au-Prince) and the surrounding countryside because of floods. In Port-au-Prince, flood waters have inundated some streets and seriously damaged houses in the outskirts of the capital. |
| TC-2004-000027----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
CYCLONIC STORM are located on CENTRAL AND ADJOINING NORTH BAY OF BENGAL |
| TC-2004-000027-MMR
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Tropical Cyclone |
Myanmar |
On 19 May, a storm that formed over the Bay of Bengal crossed the southwest coast in Myanmar near the border with Bangladesh. The storm with winds of over 160 km per hour caused tidal surges and flooding in the four towns of Pauktaw, Myebon, Sittway and Kyaukpyu in Rakhine State. Latest data on the impact is as follows: - 140 dead, out of which 139 dead in Myebon - 7 missing - 3,700 families (approximately 18,000 people) affected and made temporarily homeless - Over 1,000 houses destroyed, 960 damaged. Property damage was most acute in Pauktaw.
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| TC-2004-000026----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
Typhoon OMAIS (T0403) |
| TC-2004-000025----
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Tropical Cyclone |
(Non-Localized) |
Typhoon NIDA (T0402), Dindo(Philippine name) |
| TC-2004-000025-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
31 killed, 14 injured, 700 left homeless and caused US$1,000,000 damage by the typhoon Nida (Dindo/04W/T0402), and it also caused landslides in Philippines. |
| FL-2004-000024-CHN
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Flood |
China, People's Republic |
Seven people have been reported dead in the floods caused by continuous heavy rain in east China's Jiangxi Province |
| FL-2004-000023-CRI
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Flood |
Costa Rica |
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| TO-2004-000022-CHN
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Tornadoes |
China, People's Republic |
The tornado hit the town of Qishi in southern China's Guangdong province, killed at least two people, and injured 85 people. |
| FL-2004-000021-COL
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Flood |
Colombia |
Floods in Colombia |
| FL-2004-000020-KEN
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Flood |
Kenya |
Kenya: Floods May 2004 |
| FL-2004-000018-AGO
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Flood |
Angola |
flood in Huambo |
| AC-2004-000017-CAN
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Tech. Disaster |
Canada |
plane crash in Erie Lake |
| AC-2004-000016-SPI
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Tech. Disaster |
Canary Islands |
shipwreck with illegal immigrants |
| AC-2004-000015-UZB
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Tech. Disaster |
Uzbekistan |
Air accident near Tachkent |
| AC-2004-000014-ITA
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Tech. Disaster |
Italy |
shipwreck with illegal immigrants |
| AC-2004-000013-PHL
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Tech. Disaster |
Philippines |
Fire in a shantytown of Manilla |
| FL-2004-000012-IRN
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Flood |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
flood in South Iran |
| EQ-2004-000011-DZA
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Earthquake |
Algeria |
Earthquake in Boumer? region |
| ET-2004-000010-TUR
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Extreme temperature(use CW/HW instead) |
Turkey |
cold wave and snow |
| AC-2004-000009-PAK
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Tech. Disaster |
Pakistan |
bus accident near Bhakkar |
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