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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: 8571 hits 343 Pages: 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 GLIDEnumber Event Country Comments FF-2008-000216-PSE Flash Flood Palestine (West Bank, Gaza) From the early afternoon of 27 October 2008 and the following 36 hours, torrential rains hit the Gaza Strip, causing heavy floods in huge parts of this densely populated and poor area.  AC-2008-000215-HTI Tech. Disaster Haiti On Friday 07 November 2008, around 10:00am (1500 GMT) the upper storey of La Promesse College situated in Petion Ville (Port au Prince) collapsed during morning classes, crushing all of the classrooms on the ground level leaving many students and teachers dead and some wounded under blocks of concrete.  TC-2008-000214-BHS Tropical Cyclone Bahamas Jamaica and the central Bahamas should closely monitor the progress of Paloma.  TC-2008-000214-CUB 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 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 Tropical Cyclone Jamaica Hurricane Paloma. Jamaica and the central Bahamas should closely monitor the progress of Paloma.  FL-2008-000213-PER 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 Epidemic Burkina Faso A yellow fever outbreak is located in the district of Ouahigouya with 2 confirmed cases.   FF-2008-000211-VNM 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 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 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 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 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 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 Tropical Cyclone Bangladesh A tropical storm lashed southern Bangladesh damaging thousands of homes, officials said.  FL-2008-000203-IND 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 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 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 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 Flood Belize Integrates different national floods situations in Central America, combines different GLIDE already created under 191.  FL-2008-000198-CRI Flood Costa Rica Floods caused by heavy rains affected 354 people in 25 communities, 9 shelters were opened  FL-2008-000198-GTM 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 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 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 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.  8571 hits 343 Pages: 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170	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 46 From: 2025/11/9  To: 2025/11/21 VO-2025-000206-IDN Volcano,Indonesia: GDACS - High humanitarian impact for Semeru FL-2025-000207-VNM Flood,Viet Nam: rom November 16-19, 2025, a very large-scale heavy rain event occurred in the Central region of Vietnam, leading to cascading floods. Water levels in many rivers rose rapidly, with some locations surpassing historical peaks. The key provinces affected were: Hue, Da Nang, Quang Ngai, Gia Lai, and Dak Lak. Reports from functional agencies have recorded casualties, including fatalities and missing persons, and thousands of houses were flooded or damaged across many localities. LS-2025-000205-IDN Land Slide,Indonesia: On 13 November, a landslide has occurred in Majenang district, Cilacap regency, Central Java, Indonesia, resulting in fatalities, displacement, and damage. The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), as at 16 November, reports 13 fatalities and 10 people who are missing, with search and rescue operations ongoing. TC-2025-000204-TWN Tropical Cyclone,Taiwan (China): Taiwan issued a land warning on Tuesday,11 November 2025 and evacuated more than 3,000 people ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Fung-wong which, while weakening, is expected to dump large amounts of rain on the island's mountainous east coast. Fung-wong is forecast to make landfall on Taiwan's southwestern coast around the major port city of Kaohsiung on Wednesday.