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TC-1999-000004-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
The tyhoon Dan (Pepang/T9920) killed 7, left 4,711 homeless, affected 37,200 and caused US$1,800,000 damage in Philippines. |
TC-1999-000003-CHN
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Tropical Cyclone |
China, People's Republic |
The typhoon Sam (T9910) killed 5, injured 12 and caused US$18,000,000 damage in China. |
TC-1999-000002-JPN
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Tropical Cyclone |
Japan |
The typhoon Bart (T9918) killed 26, injured 438, left homeless 6,900, affected 20,000 and caused US$ 5,000,000 damage in Japan. |
TC-1999-000001-USA
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Tropical Cyclone |
United States |
Hurricane Floyd made landfall as a large category 2 hurricane in eastern NC, causing 10-20 inch rains in 2 days, with severe flooding in NC and some flooding in SC, VA, MD, PA, NY, NJ, DE, RI, CT, MA, NH, and VT. NOAA reports $4.5 billion in damages. There were 57 deaths that were directly attributable to Floyd, 56 in the United States and 1 in Grand Bahama Island. The death toll by state is as follows: North Carolina 35, Pennsylvania 6, New Jersey 6, Virginia 3, Delaware 2, New York 2, Connecticut 1, and Vermont 1. Most of these deaths were due to drowning in freshwater flooding. Floyd was the deadliest hurricane in the United States since Agnes of 1972. In the United States, the Property Claims Services Division of the Insurance Services Office reports that insured losses due to Floyd totaled 1.325 billion dollars.
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ST-1998-000408-USA
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
United States |
A storm system in late May brought severe weather to the Midwest, Northeast, North and Southeast.Damage estimates exceeded $2 billion. |
CW-1998-000407-USA
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Cold Wave |
United States |
An 8-day period of severe freeze damaged fruit and vegetable crops in the Central and Southern San Joaquin Valley. |
FL-1998-000406-USA
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Flood |
United States |
A couple of heavy rain events led to severe flooding in southeast Texas in mid-October. |
FR-1998-000405-BRN
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Fire |
Brunei Darussalam |
Urban Fires. 67 Houses (single houses & terrace housing), 59 (apartment, commercials and govt ofc).
Loss : BND$9,972,808.38 |
ST-1998-000404-PHL
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Philippines |
Typhoon Faith hit Philippine on 12 Dec 1998, and caused damage in 17 provinces. 8 people have been killed, 5 people habve been injured by 15 Dec 1998. |
EQ-1998-000403-IDN
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Earthquake |
Indonesia |
Earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck on 29 November 1998 at 14:10 GMT. Some had been dead,and many houses were damaged. Tsunami worning were issued at every place. |
FL-1998-000392-IND
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Flood |
India |
A massive landslide, triggered by incessant rains, wiped out Malpa village in Pithoragarh district of Uttar Pradesh on 18 August 1998. |
EQ-1998-000384-CHN
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Earthquake |
China, People's Republic |
On 19 November, two earthquakes hit a rural area on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in southwest China.Some 312,300 people were affected, 1,543 people injured and 3 killed. More than 12,000 housing units collapsed and 16,000 were damaged. |
ST-1998-000374-VNM
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Viet Nam |
A low-pressure front in the south of the South China Sea developed into typhoon Dawn on 19 November 1998. The wind velocity reached 8 to 9 of the Beaufort scale. |
ST-1998-000373-BGD
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Bangladesh |
On 22 November, the cyclone 07B passed the southwest coastline in Bangladesh,and heavy rain had falled on 23 Nov.spread damage. |
FL-1998-000359-UKR
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Flood |
Ukraine |
Heavy rains in Western Ukraine have flooded more than 100 towns and villages affecting 400,000 people. |
EQ-1998-000353-ECU
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Earthquake |
Ecuador |
Earthquake with the magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter Scale, hit the NE Pacific coast of Ecuador, on Tuesday, 4 August 1998, at 13h59 (local time).The coastal towns of Bahia de Caraquez (40,000) and San Vicente are the most affected areas. |
ST-1998-000343-SLV
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
El Salvador |
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FL-1998-000329-BEN
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Flood |
Benin |
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DR-1998-000324-FJI
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Drought |
Fiji |
263,455 were affected by the drought. |
FL-1998-000316-VNM
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Flood |
Viet Nam |
Floods by heavy rains in mid October caused severe damage in coastal central Vietnam. On 16 Dec.typhoon Gil struck coastal central Vietnam. Typhoon Faith exercised an overwhelming in the Philippines caused more damage in Vietnam. |
WF-1998-000300-RUS
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Wild fire |
Russia |
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ST-1998-000296-PHL
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Philippines |
Massive flooding, brought about by rising waters in the lowlying areas, caused the death of 27 persons. Extensive floods triggered by back-to-back typhoons have affected a wide area on the main island of Luzon, Philippines. |
ST-1998-000295-DOM
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Dominican Republic |
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FL-1998-000272----
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Flood |
(Non-Localized) |
The southern provinces of the Republic of Korea has been suffering from torrential downpours since the end of July. On August 31, the authorities announced that 199 people had died in the disaster; another 28 were missing. More than 178,000 people were displaced and financial losses were estimated to exceed 1,129 billion Korean won (CHF 1.2 billion). |
FL-1998-000255-TUR
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Flood |
Turkey |
A major flood has occurred on 7 August 1998 due to heavy rainfall. |
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