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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: 8607 hits 345 Pages: 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 GLIDEnumber Event Country Comments ST-1998-000374-VNM 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 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 Flood Ukraine Heavy rains in Western Ukraine have flooded more than 100 towns and villages affecting 400,000 people.   EQ-1998-000353-ECU 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 SEVERE LOCAL STORM El Salvador   FL-1998-000329-BEN Flood Benin   DR-1998-000324-FJI Drought Fiji 263,455 were affected by the drought.  FL-1998-000316-VNM 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 Wild fire Russia   ST-1998-000296-PHL 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 SEVERE LOCAL STORM Dominican Republic   FL-1998-000272---- 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 Flood Turkey A major flood has occurred on 7 August 1998 due to heavy rainfall.   FL-1998-000251-SDN Flood Sudan   LS-1998-000247-IRN Land Slide Iran, Islamic Republic   FL-1998-000224-SVK Flood Slovakia   FL-1998-000221-NPL Flood Nepal Recent heavy rainfalls caused flooding and landslides in Nepal. 25 districts had been affected.   TS-1998-000220-PNG Tsunami Papua New Guinea At approximately 1930 local time on Friday 17 July 1998 an earthquake of magnitude 7 on the Richter Scale occurred just off the north-west coast of Papua New Guinea some 35 km north-west of Sissano Lagoon.  FL-1998-000219-KOR Flood Korea Republic heavy floods have occurred since the end of July in the Republic of Korea  VO-1998-000218-IDN Volcano Indonesia   DR-1998-000216-CRI Drought Costa Rica limited rainfall during the last rainy season associated with an exceptionaly dry season and abnormal high temperatures, has had a negative impact on several regions of Costa Rica.  EQ-1998-000215-AZE Earthquake Azerbaijan   FL-1998-000213-KGZ Flood Kyrgyzstan   DR-1998-000210-CUB Drought Cuba 820,000 were affected.  FL-1998-000203-BGD Flood Bangladesh The damage caused by this year's unusually prolonged floods is very extensive. Currently the number of districts affected stands at 52 (out of a total of 64). The number of people affected by the floods is estimated at over 30 million, with 783 deaths reported due to drowning, snake bites and diseases.An estimated two-thirds of the country are under water.(18 SEPTEMBER 1998)   8607 hits 345 Pages: 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340	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 50 From: 2025/12/7  To: 2025/12/19 FF-2025-000222-IRQ Flash Flood,Iraq: On Tuesday, 9 December 2025, heavy rainfall across several Iraqi governorates—linked to climate change—triggered floods and torrential streams, particularly in Sulaymaniyah, Kirkuk, and Erbil. Sulaymaniyah recorded 61 mm of rain, affecting over 250 families (1,500 people), causing 2 deaths, 1 injury, and 3 missing persons, with significant property and vehicle losses. Kirkuk received 35 mm of rain, impacting 100 families (600 people) in the Laylan/Yarmja area. Erbil floods affected 6 families (36 people). EQ-2025-000220-JPN Earthquake,Japan: A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck off eastern Aomori Prefecture around 11:15 p.m. Monday, triggering a tsunami warning for coastal areas of Aomori, Iwate and Hokkaido prefectures.People in affected areas are being advised to immediately evacuate to higher ground.