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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: 8692 hits 348 Pages: 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 GLIDEnumber Event Country Comments EP-2008-000149-BEN Epidemic Benin According to the epidemiological surveillance department of the Ministry of Health (MoH), as of 29 August 2008 over 350 cholera cases have been recorded in eastern parts of the city of Akpakpa. No deaths have been reported so far. The Red Cross of Benin has deployed its team of volunteers to Enagnon, Dedokpo and Segbeya communities in Cotonou and Porto Novo, the capital city, to provide humanitarian assistance such as first aid and hygiene education to the families and those affected. Further cases are expected to be recorded in the coming days primarily because of the ongoing rains. The National Society and its volunteers will be providing assistance by furnishing cholera kits, and carrying out education and sensitization activities in the communities. The action is aimed at reducing the suffering those affected, their families and the communities at large.   EP-2008-000148-GNB Epidemic Guinea Bissau Cholera outbreak claimed the live of vulnerable people in Guinea Bissau since July 2008 with a total number of 2992 cases and 63 deaths reported at the end of week 34. The situation is getting worse with increasing numbers of case per week and now spread to 9 districts. The capital Bissau is the most affected area with more than 1600 cases.  TC-2008-000147-BHS Tropical Cyclone Bahamas Hanna will hit Bahamas in the next hours  TC-2008-000147-CRI Tropical Cyclone Costa Rica Hurricane Hanna. In response to the effects of Tropical Storm Hanna, the U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an initial $40,000 to the U.S. Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica for air support to transport relief commodities and personnel to affected communities.  TC-2008-000147-TCA Tropical Cyclone Turks & Caicos Regarding Tropical Storm Hanna, the government of the Bahamas has issued a tropical storm warning for all of the Turks and Caicos Islands.  EQ-2008-000146-CHN Earthquake China, People's Republic 22 were killed and more than a hundred were injured after an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck southwest China on Saturday 30 Aug.  FL-2008-000145-IND Flood India The state of Bihar is facing one of the worst flooding in 50 years, as the River Kosi in Nepal has discharged huge levels of water, running down to the bordering districts of Bihar and inundating them. The worst fear is that a 2 km long breach in the mud embankment has lead to the change in the course of the River Kosi and thus affecting those districts which have not been affected by floods in past 50 years.   EQ-2008-000144-CHN Earthquake China, People's Republic About 2,000 people were safely evacuated from their homes after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region late on Monday.   TC-2008-000143-CUB Tropical Cyclone Cuba More than 60 percent of the Cuban territory was directly affected by the hurricane. Mainland province Pinar del Rio suffered the biggest impact of the storm; in particular the municipalities of Los Palacios, La Palma, Bah?a Honda, San Crist?bal, Vi?ales, Consolaci?n del Sur and Candelaria were severely affected. The Isla de Juventud was also gravely affected by hurricane winds and flooding caused by the storm.   TC-2008-000143-DOM Tropical Cyclone Dominican Republic Regarding Tropical Storm Gustav, the government of the Dominican Republic has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the south coast of the Dominican Republic from Santo Domingo westward to the southern border of Haiti.  TC-2008-000143-HTI Tropical Cyclone Haiti On 25 August 2008, a tropical depression in the Caribbean strengthened into tropical storm Gustav; on 26 August it rapidly became a category one hurricane on the saffir-simpson scale causing heavy rain in the southeastern part of Haiti. The eye of hurricane Gustav made landfall on the southwest peninsula of Haiti, approximately 10 miles west of Jacmel, on 26 August shortly after 13:00. Airports, sea ports and public offices have been closed and evacuation activities have begun. The government has opened some 76 emergency shelters in the southern part of the country (Nippes: 20 emergency shelters have been opened) and has maintained a red alert in the departments of south east, south, Nippes, west, Grand-Anse, Artibonite and Centre. Coordination between local authorities (local civil defence) and local Red Cross branches have been active. Regular information bulletins were provided by the government officials.  TC-2008-000143-USA Tropical Cyclone United States Hurricane Gustav left Cuba and made it's way across the Gulf of Mexico late on August 31 and made landfall early September 1 in Louisiana. It was a Category 2 hurricane when it made landfall and caused significant storm surge, flooding and wind damage to Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas and Florida.   TC-2008-000142-MEX Tropical Cyclone Mexico Regarding Tropical Storm Julio, the government of Mexico has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the Baja California Peninsula.   FF-2008-000141-ETH Flash Flood Ethiopia Two rivers in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia have burst their banks following torrential rains that fell in the area for three consecutive days, government officials in the area said. "We have not yet finalised our assessment, however, an estimated 10,000 to 11,000 people have been displaced," Akway Abala, team leader for the Disaster Prevention and Food Security Department of Gambella region  EQ-2008-000138-CHN Earthquake China, People's Republic A 5.9-magnitude quake struck on 21 August 2008 in Yunnan Province, southwest China killed three and injured about 100.   OT-2008-000137-DZA Other Algeria Three bomb blasts have affected the cities of Issers (province of Boumerd?s) and Bouira, killing 55 people and leaving hundred of injured people  FL-2008-000136-BGD Flood Bangladesh Heavy monsoon rains have triggered floods in Bangladesh, at least 14 people were killed, a dozen injured and 10 others feared trapped under the rubble of collapsed houses in landslides in Chittagong and Cox's Bazar on 18 August 2008, officials said.  FL-2008-000136-IND Flood India Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains left some 50,000 people homeless in India's remote northeast.  ST-2008-000135-PRY SEVERE LOCAL STORM Paraguay On 7 August 2008, the northern part of Paraguay was deeply affected by a series of storms together with 40 km to 80 km gust winds in some areas and reaching up to 200 km in other areas.   TC-2008-000134-PHL Tropical Cyclone Philippines GDACS red alert on 19 Aug 2008 Xinhua reporting that Tropical storm Nuri gained strength as it moved closer to northern Philippines and is expected to bring downpours.  FL-2008-000133-THA Flood Thailand More than 100,000 people in Nakhon Phanom affected and over 200 residences, 500 roads, and 7 dams have been damaged by the flood. The water level of Mekong River aer reported to stay at 12.58 meters which is higher than the critical point of 12.45 meters, resulting in inundation in many areas in the province.   TC-2008-000132-DOM Tropical Cyclone Dominican Republic Tropical storm Fay dumped heavy rains on the Dominican Republic and Haiti. At least 2 were killed and 4 missing, over 2,000 were evacuated to shelters, hundreds of houses were damaged and power to more than 15,000 homes was knocked out   FL-2008-000131-LAO Flood Lao People's Democratic Republic Mekong River water level has exceeded the city's flood danger line. Water level on Thursday, August 14 at 7:00 am is 13.63m, a level of well over alarm level 11.5m and flood level 12.5 m.  TC-2008-000130-CHN Tropical Cyclone China, People's Republic Tropical storm Kammuri produced heavy rain on the Leizhou Peninsula in southwestern Guangdong, after an evening landfall from Xitou Town, Yangxi County in the province, on 06/08/2008. About 686,500 people in Guangxi were affected by Kammuri, including 42,100 who were forced to evacuate.  FF-2008-000128-VNM Flash Flood Viet Nam More than 100 people were dead or missing in flash floods and landslides as heavy rains brought by tropical storm Kammuri pounded mountainous northern Vietnam, officials said 09/08/2008. At least 72 people have died and 37 are missing since the storm hit the poor and widely deforested region on 08/08/2008, said central and provincial emergency services.  8692 hits 348 Pages: 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180	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 16 From: 2026/4/12  To: 2026/4/24 WF-2026-000060-JPN Wild fire,Japan: Wildfires broke out Wednesday at two sites in the same town in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, prompting local authorities to urge over 1,000 residents to evacuate, while requesting assistance from the Self-Defense Forces to fight the flames. EQ-2026-000057-JPN Earthquake,Japan: GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact, magnitude 7.4M tsunami generates 1.01m FL-2026-000059-NZL Flood,New Zealand: Wellington flooding: Thousands ordered to evacuate homes in New Zealand capital after worst rainfall ever recorded. Wellington declared a state of emergency on Monday after torrential rainfall battered New Zealand's capital city overnight. ST-2026-000061-THA SEVERE LOCAL STORM,Thailand: Very strong winds, thunderstorms and hailstorms affected south-eastern Thailand (mainly the Nakhon Phanom, Ubon Ratchathani, Buriram and Sisaket provinces) and several provinces in the north-west of the country over 14-16 April, causing a number of severe weather-related incidents that have resulted in casualties and damage. FL-2026-000056-CAN Flood,Canada: Thousands of Canadians across the country spent the weekend in a desperate struggle with rising floodwaters caused by unusually persistent rainfall. Nearly 1,900 homes have been flooded in 126 municipalities in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. On Sunday, Montreal became the latest city in Quebec to declare a state of emergency after three dikes gave way in the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough, in the north end of the city by the Rivieres des Prairies. Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said homes have been evacuated in that borough as well as on two nearby islands. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said that the military response to flooding in Quebec is likely to balloon. "At the moment, since yesterday, there are 450 Canadian forces personnel on the ground in various locations across Quebec," Goodale told CTV's "Question Period" on Sunday. "We have over 100 firemen who are working 24 hours a day, visiting door to door and making some evacuations," he said. West of Montreal, the small town of Rigaud issued a mandatory evacuation order Sunday and a state of emergency has been in place for several days. In Gatineau, Que., near the border with Ontario, 380 residences were evacuated and officials want to evacuate another 900 homes Sunday. The situation in Ontario seems to be "generally stabilizing," although there are many unstable local circumstances, he said. In Atlantic Canada, some parts of New Brunswick recorded more than 150 millimetres of rain after a nearly 36 hour non-stop downpour. A weather station northeast of Saint John, N.B., measured 155 millimetres of precipitation from late Friday to early Sunday, Environment Canada meteorologist Stephen Fougere said Sunday, adding that surrounding areas had up to 125 millimetres. While the deluge has tapered off in the province, New Brunswick's St. John River is spilling its banks, prompting several road closures. TC-2026-000051-PNG Tropical Cyclone,Papua New Guinea: Over 10-11 April, tropical cyclone MAILA continued moving very slowly over the Solomon Sea, with maximum sustained winds up to 130 km/h, further weakening into a tropical storm and dissipating. Its passage over the Solomon Sea caused very heavy rainfall, strong winds and consequent floods, landslides and severe weather-related incidents across eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.