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Country |
Comments |
| TC-2008-000214-BHS
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Tropical Cyclone |
Bahamas |
Jamaica and the central Bahamas should closely monitor the progress of Paloma. |
| TC-2008-000214-CUB
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Tropical Cyclone |
Cuba |
According to the National Hurricane Centre (NHC), tropical storm Paloma became a category one hurricane on 7 November 2008 and it is expected to become a category two or possibly a category three hurricane by Saturday, 8 November. A hurricane warning has been issued for the Cayman Islands and a hurricane watch was issued by the Cuban government in several provinces including Sancti Spiritus, Ciego de Avila, Camaguey, Las Tunas and Granma. |
| TC-2008-000214-CYM
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Tropical Cyclone |
Cayman Islands |
Hurricane Paloma. According to the National Hurricane Centre (NHC), tropical storm Paloma became a category one hurricane on 7 November 2008 and it is expected to become a category two or possibly a category three hurricane by Saturday, 8 November. A hurricane warning has been issued for the Cayman Islands and a hurricane watch was issued by the Cuban government in several provinces. |
| TC-2008-000214-JAM
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Tropical Cyclone |
Jamaica |
Hurricane Paloma. Jamaica and the central Bahamas should closely monitor the progress of Paloma. |
| FL-2008-000213-PER
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Flood |
Peru |
Since October 1 heavy rains have caused floods and landslides in 11 departments of Peru, affecting houses, crops, roads and infrastructure. |
| EP-2008-000212-BFA
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Epidemic |
Burkina Faso |
A yellow fever outbreak is located in the district of Ouahigouya with 2 confirmed cases. |
| FF-2008-000211-VNM
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Flash Flood |
Viet Nam |
Torrential and persistent rainfall during the past 72 hours caused widespread flooding in various parts of the North and the Central provinces of Vietnam. Ten cities and provinces including Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc, Bac Giang, Ha Noi, Hoa Binh, Ninh Binh, Ha Tinh, Nghe An and Quang Binh were badly affected by this devastating flood. According to the government information, 85 dead have been reported so far. Up to 20,000 families in the capital city of Hanoi are affected by the floods while 2,000 families in rural areas along the Red River have been moved to safer areas. |
| LS-2008-000210-CHN
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Land Slide |
China, People's Republic |
Landslides and mud-rock flows had left at least 22 dead and 45 missing in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said Monday. Initial investigations showed that more than 1,000 homes collapsed and some 2,300 others were damaged in the disaster. More than 25,000 people in Chuxiong had been evacuated to safe places and five disaster relief teams were trying to help the affected people. |
| DR-2008-000208-BOL
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Drought |
Bolivia |
The government of Evo Morales said Friday, Supreme Decree 29770, state of national emergency to municipalities in four provinces in the departments of Santa Cruz, Tarija and Chuquisaca affected by the prolonged drought that affected. The municipalities of Chaco tarije?o, chuquisaque?o and cruce?o suffer from water shortages for at least four months. Some municipal councils have already issued the ordinance declares that area emergency and disaster to their respective jurisdictions. |
| FL-2008-000207-SDN
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Flood |
Sudan |
Director of special programs and disaster management in the GoSS Ministry of presidential affairs Mr. Goi Jooyul Yol has confirmed to Miraya FM that thirty one (31) persons are reported to have lost their lives in recent floods in Maban County, Upper Nile state.In an interview with Miraya FM, Mr. Goi Jooyul Yol said that about 7,500 households are affected by floods in the same area and that the devastating floods have caused serious lack of food and other items in the county. |
| EQ-2008-000206-PAK
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Earthquake |
Pakistan |
At least 80 people were killed when a powerful earthquake struck southwest Pakistan.
The U.S. Geological Survey said a 6.4 magnitude quake hit 60 km (40 miles) northeast of the city of Quetta before dawn. The Pakistan Meteorological Department put the magnitude at 6.5 and said the quake struck at 5.10 a.m. (2310 GMT). |
| FL-2008-000205-IDN
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Flood |
Indonesia |
At least 11,000 people have fled home as the floods continue in Gorontalo province, the Indonesian health ministry said on Monday. |
| TC-2008-000204-BGD
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Tropical Cyclone |
Bangladesh |
A tropical storm lashed southern Bangladesh damaging thousands of homes, officials said. |
| FL-2008-000203-IND
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Flood |
India |
Since October 15th 2008, there has been heavy rain across the state of Tamil Nadu, India. ACT member the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India (UELCI) reports that water levels in reservoirs are near to overflowing, roads are flooded, livestock killed and crops destroyed. As per the e-news of Hindu until now 398 houses have been damaged. |
| FF-2008-000202-MAR
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Flash Flood |
Morocco |
Flash floods from heavy rains in northern Morocco killed 13 people overnight and inundated 170 manufacturing plants, the Interior Ministry and government rescue service said on Friday. |
| FL-2008-000201-YEM
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Flood |
Yemen |
At least 20 people died and dozens were missing after floods from heavy rains hit two provinces in south-eastern Yemen, officials said on Friday. |
| FF-2008-000199-LKA
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Flash Flood |
Sri Lanka |
Up to 1,000 families have been displaced and more than 49,000 affected by the floods. At least four deaths were reported. |
| FL-2008-000198-BLZ
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Flood |
Belize |
Integrates different national floods situations in Central America, combines different GLIDE already created under 191. |
| FL-2008-000198-CRI
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Flood |
Costa Rica |
Floods caused by heavy rains affected 354 people in 25 communities, 9 shelters were opened |
| FL-2008-000198-GTM
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Flood |
Guatemala |
Since October 11 continued rains affected the territory flooding livelihoods and damaging crops. CONRED declared Orange Alert in 12 provinces and 549 persons are already in shelters. |
| FL-2008-000198-HND
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Flood |
Honduras |
The government has declared a state of yellow alert in the departments of Choluteca and Valle and requested the support of the Honduran Red Cross in providing 1,000 families affected by the floods with emergency food and non food assistance. |
| FL-2008-000198-NIC
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Flood |
Nicaragua |
In Nicaragua, the government has declared yellow and red alert levels in a number of departments of the North, North Atlantic and Pacific regions. |
| FL-2008-000198-SLV
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Flood |
El Salvador |
Tropical depression number 16 slowly crossed over Central America causing torrential rain. Several creeks near the capital city of San Salvador have started to overflow causing floods in some communities. Landslides have taken place in many communities. Several hydroelectric dams report having high levels of water forcing them to release the water, which in turn has caused streets to flood in several communities. The civil protection evacuated nine families from several communities. To date, there are 19 families housed in different shelters in the country. |
| FL-2008-000197-COL
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Flood |
Colombia |
The second rainy season in Colombia began on September 15th and runs through mid-December. Thus far, the impact has reached alarming levels for the humanitarian community, since the rainy season already arrived following a dry season which was reduced to only a few days. Events have left 5 dead, 19 injured, and 2 missing, as well as 214,982 affected, belonging to 42,991 families. |
| OT-2008-000196-DJI
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Other |
Djibouti |
Current estimates suggest that large areas of Horn of Africa are in a state of humanitarian emergency as a result of a complex combination of factors including rapid food price rises, drought and insecurity |
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