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| OT-2013-000049-TCD
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Other |
Chad |
The conflict between Salamat and Missiry? in Darfur, Sudan has resulted in a massive movement of population to Chad, particularly in the area of Sila. While previous reports had indicated that up to 39, 395 people were on the move, according to several sources present there are upwards of 74,350 people(a combination of refugee and returnees) in the Sila region. The volatile situation to date has recorded up to 48 people wounded by gunfire. |
| EQ-2013-000048-AFG
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Earthquake |
Afghanistan |
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck 24 kilometers northwest of the Nangarhar provincial capital Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border on 24 Apr 2013. The quake killed 18 people, injured 141 and damaged 676 houses. |
| OT-2013-000047-BGD
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Other |
Bangladesh |
On 24 April 2003 at 0900hr, an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar, north of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. At 2100hr, a total of 102 dead bodies have been recovered from the scene, while the number of peoiple still trapped inside the rubble is unknown. Some 1,000 injured people have been safely rescued and provided with immediate basic first aid or transferred to nearby hospitals for medical attention. |
| EQ-2013-000046-CHN
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Earthquake |
China, People's Republic |
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Lushan county of Ya'an city in south China's Sichuan Province at 8:02 a.m. Beijing Time on Saturday, April 20 2013. The earthquake?s epicenter was monitored near Lushan county (30.3 degrees north latitude and 103.0 degrees east longitude) at a depth of 13 kms. Up to 29 aftershocks have been reported, with the biggest one at magnitude 5.3. As of the reporting time, at least 100 people were killed and more than 2,000 injured. Around 120,000 people are reported to be evacuated and relocated in Lushan county. |
| FL-2013-000045-AFG
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Flood |
Afghanistan |
In the first week of February 2013, heavy rain and snowfall across Afghanistan caused considerable damage, leaving 10 people dead and hundreds of houses destroyed. More than 1,200 families were displaced. Areas in the Central and Western Regions are among the worst hit. By the end of February, more than 1,600 families had been affected, 26 people had been killed, and about 425 homes had been damaged or destroyed in 15 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces. As of mid-April, over 70 weather-related incidents had been recorded. |
| EQ-2013-000044-CHN
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Earthquake |
China, People's Republic |
As of 6 p.m., at least 123,000 people have been affected by a 5.0-magnitude earthquake that jolted Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Wednesday morning, according to the prefecture government. |
| EQ-2013-000043-IRN
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Earthquake |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
An earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in south-eastern in Iran, 78 km from the border with Pakistan, on 16 Apr 2013. According to the latest media reports, 34 people were killed and some 80 people were injured in Pakistan. |
| EQ-2013-000043-PAK
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Earthquake |
Pakistan |
An earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in south-eastern in Iran, 78 km from the border with Pakistan, on 16 Apr 2013. According to the latest media reports, 34 people were killed and some 80 people were injured in Pakistan. |
| EQ-2013-000042-JPN
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Earthquake |
Japan |
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan early Saturday, causing at least 23 injuries |
| FL-2013-000041-GHA
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Flood |
Ghana |
Severe rainstorms starting from the first week of March 2013 and continued for close to two weeks, impacting the northern part of Ghana. The ensuing floods resulted in community populations displacement, loss of property and farm produce. |
| EP-2013-000040-COG
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Epidemic |
Congo, Republic |
The heavy downpour of 17 and 18 November 2012 that caused extensive damage in the city also caused the displacement of many families. This prompted the administrative authorities of the department of Pointe Noire to open two sites (Sapeurs Pompier and the trade fair grounds sites) for the relocation of the victims.
A few days later, cases of cholera-induced diarrhoea were reported in these sites and later confirmed as a cholera epidemic by the Ministry of Health, after an analysis of samples.
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| EP-2013-000039-SLB
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Epidemic |
Solomon Islands |
Since January 2013, approximately 1,970 suspected dengue cases have been reported, resulting in three deaths. More than 1,800 of the cases are in Honiara, the capital of Solomon Islands, while the others are in the provinces of Guadalcanal and Gizo.
It is currently the rainy season in Solomon Islands, increasing the breeding sites of the Aedes mosquito which transmits the disease.
The trend in the bed occupancy rate remains well over 95 per cent. Those with severe dengue requiring blood transfusion accounts for more than 20 per cent of the cases. The Solomon Islands Ministry of Health (MoH) has been working hard to respond to the outbreak since January. The MoH has enacted their emergency plans and requested the assistance of the NDMO to staff the hospital Emergency Operations Center (EOC) which is running 24/7. |
| FL-2013-000038-KEN
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Flood |
Kenya |
Heavy rainfall as part of the Long Rains season caused flooding in several parts of Kenya from the middle of March 2013 onward, especially in the Coast and Western regions. The hardest-hit areas include Tana River County, with almost 1,200 households affected, and parts of the West, where floods caused displacement and destruction of property and livelihoods. |
| EQ-2013-000037-IRN
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Earthquake |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck south of the port city of Bushehr in south-western Iran on 9 Apr 2013. Regional authorities said at least 30 people had been killed and as many as 800 injured. Some 10,000 people are thought to live in the affected area in more than 50 villages, two of which have reportedly been completely leveled. Bushehr's governor said 700 houses had been damaged and 200 families affected. |
| ST-2013-000036-LAO
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
On 22 March 2013, the strong wind hit kaisone District, Savannakhet Province, affected 597 houses, 7 government buildings, 11 Electricity poles, estimate the cost damaged around 45,725 USD. |
| ST-2013-000035-ARG
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Argentina |
Las fuertes lluvias que azotaron la Ciudad de Buenos Aires durante el día de ayer alcanzaron un record histórico para el mes de abril. El temporal provocó inundaciones en los barrios porteños de Palermo, Colegiales, Belgrano, Flores, Villa Lugano, Villa del Parque y Villa Urquiza, en los que el agua ingres? a domicilios, edificios y locales comerciales. Las empresas de electricidad informaron que persisten cortes preventivos de energ?a en las comunas 12 y 13, para evitar accidentes. |
| IN-2013-000034-MDG
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Insect Infestation |
Madagascar |
An outbreak of locusts started in the south of Madagascar in April 2012. As the situation deteriorated, the Ministry of Agriculture of Madagascar declared a national disaster on 27 Nov and requested technical and financial assistance from FAO in December. In the following months, the locust plague spread further north and was estimated to have infested half of the country by March 2013. The locusts are expected to have negatively impacted on crops and pasture land. |
| ST-2013-000033-GEO
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Georgia |
On March 24th 2013, strong wind and storms affected the Eastern and Western parts of Georgia. According to the rapid needs assessment conducted by Georgian Red Cross staff and volunteers, up to 350 houses have been damaged (roofs ripped off, broken windows, household items damaged) and the roofs of about 20 schools were ripped off by the strong wind. After the storm in Adjara, a fisherman is believed to have drowned after reportedly a large wave dragged him into the sea. River bank dikes were destroyed, while trees, electricity poles and advertisement billboards were fallen down. |
| ST-2013-000032-BGD
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Bangladesh |
A tornado ripped through more than a dozen rural villages in eastern Bangladesh in the district of Brahmanbaria on late Friday, 22 March 2013, killing at least 26 people, as per the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) assessment, battering six unions of three upazilas (sub district) severely injuring 388 and affecting 1,633 families. BDRCS Brahmanbaria Unit reported more than 1,400 houses completely destroyed and more than 100 homes partially damaged. |
| CW-2013-000031-HUN
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Cold Wave |
Hungary |
The suddenly returning
severe winter weather in March
paralysed almost half of Hungary
between 14th and 16th March 2013.
Authorities issued red alert for seven
counties, and orange alert for many
others, on 14th March due to
continuous snowfall and snowstorms.
Several. thousands of people got
stranded on the highways M1 and M7
due to the deep snow and the strong
winds that caused snowdrifts and
blockages. About 100,000 households
in 98 settlements remained without
electric power supply for several days. |
| FL-2013-000030-COL
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Flood |
Colombia |
Las fuertes lluvias que se han presentado en el departamento del Choc? desde el pasado viernes mantienen en emergencia a tres municipios. Las autoridades calculan que cerca de cuatro mil familias resultaron afectadas a causa de los desbordamientos de los r?os Taman?, H?bita, Baud? e Ingar?. |
| FF-2013-000029-SRB
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Flash Flood |
Serbia |
Due to the heavy rain during the last two days several municipalities in Kosovo have been flooded with the villages around. The affected municipalities are Klina/Klina Skenderaj/Srbica, Peja/Pec, Istog/Istok, Kamenice/Kamenica, Gjakova/Djakovica, and Mitrovica/Mitrovice. Some villages are in the rural and poorer part as well. The increased water levels in the rivers Drini I Bardhe, Klina, Bistrica, and Lushta, and have flooded the surrounding areas. |
| FL-2013-000028-NAM
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Flood |
Namibia |
The Zambezi river levels reached 6.31m on 11 March 2013 as compared to the normal levels at 4.21m.
The flooding caused damage to the homes, roads, dams, fields and destroyed livestock and livelihoods, with the majority of the houses in the flood plains inundated. The road networks have been cut off, making it difficult for the communities to access essential services such as clinics. Some of these clinics were also inundated and had to be closed. According to the findings of the rapid assessment led by the government, 4,000 families, including 4,527 children, are impacted by the floods, with up to 2,500 families already evacuated to different relocation camps as of 12 March 2013. |
| ST-2013-000027-CAF
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Central African Republic |
On Sunday 4 March 2013, neighborhoods of the 3rd, 4th and 6th subdivisions of Central African Republic, were ravaged by violent winds. The towns of Bimbo and Bouar located some 9 and 450 km respectively from Bangui also experienced heavy rains accompanied by violent winds. |
| TC-2013-000026-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
Tropical Depression Shanshan, locally known as Crising, affected about 51,000 families (260,000 people) across 8 regions of the Philippines including areas still recovering from Bopha. In central Mindanao, heavy rains triggered flooding in several areas in North Cotabato province and 2,000 families (10,000 people) were evacuated to safer areas. |
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