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Event |
Country |
Comments |
| DR-1998-000216-CRI
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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
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Earthquake |
Azerbaijan |
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| FL-1998-000213-KGZ
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Flood |
Kyrgyzstan |
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| DR-1998-000210-CUB
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Drought |
Cuba |
820,000 were affected. |
| FL-1998-000203-BGD
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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) |
| EQ-1998-000201-TUR
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Earthquake |
Turkey |
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| FL-1998-000193-ROM
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Flood |
Romania |
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| ST-1998-000183-IND
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
India |
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| FL-1998-000179-RUS
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Flood |
Russia |
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| EQ-1998-000169-BOL
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Earthquake |
Bolivia |
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| FL-1998-000165-CHN
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Flood |
China, People's Republic |
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| ST-1998-000164-BGD
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Bangladesh |
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| DR-1998-000160-VNM
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Drought |
Viet Nam |
3 million people were affected by the drought. |
| EQ-1998-000152-AFG
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Earthquake |
Afghanistan |
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| FL-1998-000112-TZA
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Flood |
Tanzania |
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| FL-1998-000111-TJK
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Flood |
Tajikistan |
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| EQ-1998-000110-SVN
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Earthquake |
Slovenia |
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| ST-1998-000090-VUT
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Vanuatu |
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| WF-1998-000088-PHL
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Wild fire |
Philippines |
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| DR-1998-000087-FSM
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Drought |
Micronesia, Federated States |
28,800 were reported to be affected. |
| FL-1998-000085-IRN
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Flood |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
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| EQ-1998-000084-IRN
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Earthquake |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
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| FL-1998-000080-ARG
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Flood |
Argentina |
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| EQ-1998-000076-CHN
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Earthquake |
China, People's Republic |
A powerful earthquake struck Zhangjiankou Prefecture of northern Hebei Province just before noon local time (0350 GMT) on 10 January. The epicentre of the 6.2 Richter magnitude (5.8 on the body wave scale) quake was 33 kilometres (20 miles) below the earth?s surface at 41.33N and 114.71E.. |
| DR-1998-000074-GUY
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Drought |
Guyana |
607,200 were affected. |
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