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| FL-2013-000013-BWA
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Flood |
Botswana |
Flooding due to extremely heavy rains has affected the North-East and Central districts of Botswana since mid-January 2013. In Dukwi Refugee Camp, around 120 shelters housing 325 refugees were damaged by high waters. Sewage systems in the camp were also affected. |
| FL-2013-000012-SYC
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Flood |
Seychelles |
Seychelles, hit by a series of rare floods and landslides, declared a state of emergency on 28 Jan 2013 and appealed for international aid through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN Resident Coordinator's Office. Although only three districts on the main island of Mahe have been affected, with 106 people displaced to temporary shelters and 50 houses destroyed, response capacity is very limited. |
| FL-2013-000011-ZWE
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Flood |
Zimbabwe |
Heavy rains starting on 7 Jan 2013 have affected an estimated 4,475 people across Zimbabwe whose houses have either been submerged in water or destroyed. The heavy downpours have also caused major damage to agricultural lands, destroying maize crops (the main staple), as well as disrupting public services such as road transportation and education. The main provinces requiring humanitarian response are in Matebeleland South, Matebeleland North, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Masvingo and Midlands. |
| CW-2013-000010-BLR
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Cold Wave |
Belarus |
Freezing weather has already killed 4 persons in Belarus over the past few days and temperatures are set to drop even further according to weather forecasts. |
| EP-2013-000009-GHA
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Epidemic |
Ghana |
21 January 2013, the Ghana health service declared a cholera outbreak in the Ashanti region. The most affected area in the region included the Obuasi Municipality in the Obuasi District and Ejura Municipality in the Ejura/Sekyedumase District.
As of 21 January, 18 persons have died and over 250 persons are currently being cared for at the hospitals. 310 cases are currently registered. The majority of the infected persons are women (200 persons) and a high number of children (53 persons) have been infected. |
| FL-2013-000008-MOZ
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Flood |
Mozambique |
On 12 Jan 2013, the Mozambique authorities declared an orange alert due to heavy rains that lasted for more than a week. Small-scale flooding resulted in nine deaths and affected a total of 18,699 people
throughout the country. 1,889 houses were destroyed, 985 damaged and 679 inundated. Nine temporary accommodations centers were set up around Maputo city to provide shelter to about 5,492 people. |
| FR-2013-000007-BEN
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Fire |
Benin |
On the 6th of January, a fire outbreak in the village of Alloya resulted in that almost 3,000 persons were displaced, with the families currently being in a very vulnerable situation without any shelter. |
| FL-2013-000006-IDN
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Flood |
Indonesia |
Floodwaters have inundated 52 subdistricts in Jakarta since Tuesday, claiming one life and displacing some 6,000 residents |
| CW-2013-000005-JPN
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Cold Wave |
Japan |
Heavy snowfall in eastern Japan has brought disruption to road, rail and air transport and caused injuries to nearly 900 people. |
| FL-2013-000004-KEN
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Flood |
Kenya |
The enhanced rains started in December 2012 and as per the current KMET forecasts the situation will continue till mid-January 2013. In Rift Valley the affected areas of Keiyo South and Pokot South districts are on the slopes with little vegetation cover. Nyando District within Nyanza province is located in the low lying Kano plains which receive flood water from the highlands of Rift Valley. The level of resilience of the residents in these affected locations has been weakened by the recent enhanced volume of precipitation within the country.
A total of 2,156 households were affected with 939 households in Nyanza and 1,217 Households in Rift Valley. A total of 13 people have so far died, 765 displaced and 5 people still missing as a result of the disaster.
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| FR-2013-000003-SLE
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Fire |
Sierra Leone |
Sierra Leone is experiencing the Harmatten wind, (December to March) which is a dry dusty wind blowing across the Sahara desert right through costal West African countries, causing bush fires which leads to the burning of huge farmlands, villages and other environmental entities.
Bompilia village in Bonthe district and Dandabu village in Pujehun district lost all 45 houses in the two communities excluding a mosque and 10 fishing bands. Other subsistence resources like fishing nets and accessories were all burnt. This has rendered the residents in the two communities homeless and deprived of basic leaving standards.
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| FL-2013-000002-PSE
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Flood |
Palestine (West Bank, Gaza) |
The announced intensive rain and snow storms that started on January 7th and are still striking large parts of the OPT have generated floods in several parts of the country. Until now, two persons were killed by the floods and some 130 families have been evacuated from their houses. The rains were the largest in decades, according to meteorologists. |
| CW-2013-000001-BGD
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Cold Wave |
Bangladesh |
Cold wave has strucked the northern districts of the sub-Himalayan regions of Bangladesh claiming more than 72 lives as per the assessment data of BDRCS and local administration, mostly children due to hypothermia. According to Disaster Management Information Centre on 26 December 2012, around 22 districts have been affected by the cold wave, notably the districts of Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, Nilphamary, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Bogra, Joypurhat, Naogaon, Nawabganj, Rajshahi, Natore, Sirajganj, Pabna, Mymensing in the north, Moulvibazar in the east and certain districts in the south namely Kushtia, Jessore, Faridpur and Madaripur. |
| ST-2012-000220-USA
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
United States |
Severe storms over the southern plains, midwest and northeastern states brought 27 confirmed tornadoes along with straight-line winds and hail causing more than $2 billion worth of damage. |
| ST-2012-000219-USA
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
United States |
Severe storms brought hail, wind and flood damage to several states in the rockies and southwest region of the United States. |
| ST-2012-000218-USA
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
United States |
A strong derecho event over the central, eastern and northeastern states caused high winds and damaging thunderstorms. |
| ST-2012-000217-USA
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
United States |
Severe weather hit the Midwest and Ohio Valley with 38 confirmed tornadoes and substantial hail damage. |
| TO-2012-000216-USA
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Tornadoes |
United States |
An outbreak of severe weather hit Northern Texas, especially the Dallas/Ft. Worth area with a confirmed 22 tornadoes. |
| DR-2012-000215-USA
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Drought |
United States |
Moderate to extreme drought conditions affected over half the U.S. and caused substantial damage to crops especially to the central agricultural states. |
| TO-2012-000214-USA
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Tornadoes |
United States |
An outbreak of tornadoes and severe weather hit the Midwest on April 13th and lasted a couple of days. There was one deadly tornado that hit Woodward, Oklahoma killing six people. |
| TO-2012-000213-USA
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Tornadoes |
United States |
An outbreak of tornadoes and severe weather impacted the Southeastern United States and Ohio Valley. There were 75 confirmed tornadoes causing over $3 billion worth of damage and killing more than 40 people. |
| EP-2012-000212-PER
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Epidemic |
Peru |
By 26 November 2012, Peruvian health authorities reported 20,106 cases of dengue in the country as of week 45, most of these having occurred in the eastern region of Peru, with Ucayali being the most affected department with 3,010 cases and eleven deaths reported in October and November. |
| EP-2012-000211-PAK
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Epidemic |
Pakistan |
Low measles vaccination coverage continues to threaten the lives of thousands of children in Pakistan, especially in Punjab and Sindh provinces, where 54 per cent of 8,844 children assessed between January 2012 and mid-May 2013 were not vaccinated against the disease. Only 8 per cent of the children received the recommended two doses of the measles vaccine. Many of the unvaccinated children assessed by humanitarian partners developed post-measles complications, leading to 25,859 cases and 570 deaths attributed to measles between January 2012 and mid-May 2013. The number of measles cases and deaths so far reported in 2013 are much higher compared to the same period in previous years. |
| FL-2012-000210-MWI
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Flood |
Malawi |
From mid December 2012, Malawi has been receiving heavy rains associated with heavy storms in many parts of the country which has led to, flash floods, and destruction of infrastructure like roads, houses, school blocks and gardens. The Southern Region of Malawi is the most affected but Districts of Mangochi, Phalombe and Nsanje are the worst hit.
The total number of households affected throughout Malawi is 12,877, according to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs. 4 deaths have been recorded. |
| CW-2012-000209-KGZ
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Cold Wave |
Kyrgyzstan |
On December 18, 2012 a status of emergency situation was claimed in Bishkek city. Since December 2012 due to the extreme winter conditions 16 people were died and 50 were injured. |
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