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EQ-1999-000268-TUR
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Earthquake |
Turkey |
The 1999 İzmit earthquake was an approximately 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northwestern Turkey on August 17, 1999. The event lasted for 37 seconds, killing up to 45,000 people and leaving approximately half a million people homeless. |
DR-1999-000267-DJI
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Drought |
Djibouti |
Nearly 100,000 were affected. |
FL-1999-000265-TCD
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Flood |
Chad |
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FL-1999-000259-KHM
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Flood |
Cambodia |
The flash floods, triggered by torrential rains during the first week of August, caused significant damage in the provinces of Sihanoukville, Koh Kong and Kam Pot. As of 10 August, four people were killed, some 8,000 people were left homeless, and 200 meters of railroads were washed away. More than 12,000 hectares of rice paddies were flooded in Kam Pot province alone. |
FL-1999-000253-PHL
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Flood |
Philippines |
The heavy rainfall have been pouring down for a week. It have provoked lethal floods and landslides in the Metropolitan Manila and nearly provinces. Most severely affected is the Rizal Province. Other provinces, such as Pangasinan, Pampanga or Bulacan have also been inundated. Heavy monsoon rains left 177 people dead and 1.3 billion pesos (33 million dollars) in damage. |
FL-1999-000247-KOR
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Flood |
Korea Republic |
From July 31 to Aug. 4, as typhoon Olga swept through the Korean peninsula, torrential rains caused extensive property damage and human casualties |
FL-1999-000244-VNM
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Flood |
Viet Nam |
Continued heavy rain in Vietnam caused flooding. |
FL-1999-000240-SRB
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Flood |
Serbia |
Heavy and continuous precipitation between 9 and 14 July has led to extensive flooding in central parts of Serbia. Daily recorded precipitation in the Morava and Kolubara river water basins was the highest since 1925. Flood waters have caused extensive damage to private homes, communal and industrial property, power lines, roads, bridges, crops and agricultural land. |
FL-1999-000235-IRN
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Flood |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
Heavy rains caused flooding in the cities of Sari (Provincial capital), Behshahr and Neka, and in 42 villages in Mayandaran Province in northern Iran on 25 July. 37 people have lost their lives with 17 persons missing, 250 persons have been injured, with 4,010 houses damaged. Rain stopped on 26 July. |
FL-1999-000233-SVK
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Flood |
Slovakia |
At the end of June 1999 severe floods occurred in the North and Middle Slovakia due to heavy rains. Shortly after the June floods, a third flood wave occurred at the beginning of July. |
FL-1999-000229-TJK
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Flood |
Tajikistan |
As a result of torrential rains on 7-8 July 1999, three districts in Tajikistan have experienced severe flooding and landslides. The districts are: Ashd and Aini in the Leninabad region, and Jirgatal in the Karategin Valley. Of the three, Ashd is the most severely affected with at least two villages reportedly destroyed. |
FL-1999-000213-IND
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Flood |
India |
The current monsoon is causing significant damage in the States of Assam, Bihar, Kerala, Tripura and West Bengal. 3,212 villages in 35 districts have been affected and 15,058 houses have suffered damage. The death toll by torrential monsoon rains in India rose to 367. (The death toll from flooding in the eastern Indian state of Bihar has reached 250.) |
EQ-1999-000208-MEX
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Earthquake |
Mexico |
An earthquake measured 6.5 on the Richter scale hit Mexico on 15 June 1999 at 15:42 hrs local time. The epicentre of the quake was about 200 kilometres southeast of Mexico City. |
EQ-1999-000196-AZE
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Earthquake |
Azerbaijan |
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WF-1999-000195-AFG
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Wild fire |
Afghanistan |
A massive fire broke out in the forest of the Sholake valley, Kunar province. The fire started on 12 June, and it is continuing in all directions, and have burned over 5 hectares, devastated settlements. |
FL-1999-000194-MDA
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Flood |
Moldova |
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ST-1999-000178-PAK
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Pakistan |
On the evening of 20 May 1999 the coastal areas of Sindh province were hit by the Tropical Cyclone "2A" devastating several towns and fishermen communities in Thatta, Badin and Tharparkar districts. |
FL-1999-000161-LKA
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Flood |
Sri Lanka |
A torrential rains caused flood in Sri Lanka. Six People are killed by landslide and thunderstroke. 200,000 people were left homeless following torrential rains continuing since 19 April in the Western and Southern administrative districts. |
FL-1999-000160-PER
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Flood |
Peru |
Unofficial estimates show approximately 100,000 people affected, with some 35,000 now living in severe conditions.Damage caused to approximately 10,000 houses, schools and sanitary centres and to cultivated land. |
EQ-1999-000150-IRN
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Earthquake |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
A series of tremors occurred in Iran early morning at May 7. the strongest earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit the province of Fars in southern Iran at 03:31 a.m. local time (23:01 GMT); aftershock tremors are still impacting the area. At least 26 people were killed and 100 injured. |
DR-1999-000148-ETH
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Drought |
Ethiopia |
Ethiopia was affected by a serious drought that affected about 640,000 people. |
FL-1999-000132-BLR
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Flood |
Belarus |
An unusual period of warm weather during the first week of March 1999 has provoked excessive spring snow melting, resulting in flooding in several regions of the Republic of Belarus. Floods now affecting many parts of Belarus contaminated by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion, may pollute rivers flowing into the Baltic and Black seas. |
EQ-1999-000115-BGD
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Earthquake |
Bangladesh |
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EQ-1999-000099-IND
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Earthquake |
India |
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter scale occurred on 28 March at 00:35 local time (19:05 GMT). The earthquake hit the state of Utter Pradesh, approximately 190 km northeast of New Delhi. 100 people have reportedly been killed, some 250 injured and 156 houses damaged. Mild tremors continued to rock the area. |
DR-1999-000086-KIR
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Drought |
Kiribati |
84,000 were affected. |
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