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Event |
Country |
Comments |
| FL-2003-000331-CHN
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Flood |
China, People's Republic |
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| VO-2003-000326-ECU
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Volcano |
Ecuador |
16 000 people have been aversely affected by the ongoing eruption of Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador's central Andean region. |
| FL-2003-000316-IND
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Flood |
India |
Heavy rains are hampering efforts to rescue survivors after flash floods killed at least 19 people at a construction site in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh. |
| ST-2003-000314-SLB
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Solomon Islands |
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| FL-2003-000293-TLS
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Flood |
Timor Leste |
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| ST-2003-000290-PHL
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Philippines |
Landslides and floods caused by tropical storm "Soudelor" hit central and northern Philippines and 11 people were killed, three were injured and two others remain missing. |
| FL-2003-000273-TJK
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Flood |
Tajikistan |
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| EQ-2003-000259-KAZ
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Earthquake |
Kazakhstan |
An earthquake measuring 6.5-7 on the Richter scale hit the Zhambyl Province (with epicenter at 43 degrees 00 minutes north; 72 degrees 44 minutes east) on May 23, 2003 at 01.15am. It killed three people and left over 20.000 homeless. |
| ST-2003-000258-PHL
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Philippines |
A tropical storm lashed the northern Philippines for a third day on Wednesday, raising the death toll to 10 and causing widespread flooding. |
| FL-2003-000229-LKA
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Flood |
Sri Lanka |
At least 200 people have been killed in severe flooding in southern Sri Lanka. |
| FL-2003-000227-CHN
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Flood |
China, People's Republic |
Flooding and landslides have killed at least 45 people in parts of Hunan and Guangdong provinces in southern China． |
| FL-2003-000220-NAM
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Flood |
Namibia |
The rising level of the Zambezi River is being anxiously watched. The river begins in the highlands of Angola and Zambia and flows along the eastern edge of Namibia's Caprivi Strip to the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe before flowing through Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. |
| ST-2003-000218-MDG
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Madagascar |
The tropical Cyclone Manou reached the eastern coast of Madagascar.Ten people lost their lives, two are missing, while 9,000 have been displaced. |
| FL-2003-000212-AZE
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Flood |
Azerbaijan |
Renewal of flooding started early April due to more rainy weather. Floods and landslides, continued heavy rain throughout May. |
| ST-2003-000211-BGD
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Bangladesh |
A passenger ferry sank in a river in southern Bangladesh during a tropical storm on with about 30 people still missing and at least one confirmed dead. |
| LS-2003-000208-PNG
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Land Slide |
Papua New Guinea |
On Friday 2 May 2003, heavy rainfall triggered a landslide at the rear of the western bank of the Tagali River in Papua New Guinea. |
| FL-2003-000204-KEN
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Flood |
Kenya |
Floods have killed at least 28 people in Kenya in the last two weeks and forced thousands to flee their submerged homes. |
| EQ-2003-000197-TUR
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Earthquake |
Turkey |
An earthquake of 6.4 on the Richter scale hits south-eastern Turkey, killing over 170 people, and injuring another 521. |
| FL-2003-000196-ARG
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Flood |
Argentina |
More than 1,700 people are missing following disastrous floods in Santa Fe province of north-eastern Argentina. Twenty-three people are now confirmed dead after Santa Fe province received 1.5 metres of rainfall in just two days - twice the annual average rainfall. |
| LS-2003-000191-GTM
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Land Slide |
Guatemala |
An eroded mountainside crashed down onto a hamlet in western Guatemala in a mile-long landslide that killed at least 10 people. |
| LS-2003-000177-KGZ
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Land Slide |
Kyrgyzstan |
A massive landslide swept through the village of Sogot in the Uzgen region in southern Kyrgyzstan, killing 34 people. |
| LS-2003-000155-IDN
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Land Slide |
Indonesia |
Landslides triggered by flash floods in eastern Indonesia, Flores island, killed at least 27 people and left five others missing. |
| LS-2003-000153-BOL
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Land Slide |
Bolivia |
A landslide roared in Bolivia's tropical lowlands early, killing three people, injuring four others and burying dozens of homes |
| LS-2003-000115-TJK
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Land Slide |
Tajikistan |
The hillside above the village of Ghorvodor in Khatlon province began to slide into the village.181 people and 33 househoulds affected. |
| LS-2003-000114-BOL
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Land Slide |
Bolivia |
Landslide |
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