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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: 8766 hits 351 Pages: 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 GLIDEnumber Event Country Comments OT-2008-000196-SOM Other Somalia 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   FF-2008-000194-VNM Flash Flood Viet Nam Flash floods caused by heavy rains killed at least 11 people and damaged thousands of homes in central Viet Nam  TC-2008-000192-ATG Tropical Cyclone Antigua & Barbuda As the hurricane OMAR moved through the northern and central Lesser Antilles, between 15 -16 October, heavy rains affected the two main islands of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, which has an approximate total population of 70,000 inhabitants. Three hours six inches of rain fell in the Antigua and Barbuda, causing the closure of the V.C. Bird International Airport for one day. The islands suffered loss of electric power for two days. Also, business and schools had to close for one and two days respectively.  TC-2008-000192-PRI Tropical Cyclone Puerto Rico According to Tropical Storm Omar Public Advisory No.6, a hurricane watch and a Tropical storm warning have been issued for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.   TC-2008-000192-VIR Tropical Cyclone Virgin Islands (US) Tropical storm warining issued for U.S. Virgin Islands.  FF-2008-000190-KEN Flash Flood Kenya At least 1,262 households affected by rainstorms and floods in Turkana District are in need of humanitarian aid.  EQ-2008-000189-RUS Earthquake Russia An earthquake in the Caucasus mountains killed at least 13 people in Russia's Chechnya on Saturday and left hundreds of locals sheltering in tents.  TC-2008-000188-MEX Tropical Cyclone Mexico Hurricane Norbert regained strength Friday to a category two storm as it approached Mexico's northwest Baja California peninsula, according to Mexican weather services. It was due to hit land Saturday afternoon at Magdalena Bay, from where around a hundred people were evacuated, according to the National Water Commission.  FL-2008-000187-BDI Flood Burundi Heavy rains fell over Burundi from 20th September 2008 and subsequent flooding affected several areas of the country. The worst affected were Bujumbura Rural, Cibitoke et Ngozi provinces where an estimated 554 families had houses damaged and crops ruined by flood waters.  FF-2008-000186-COD Flash Flood Congo Democratic Republic Sudden heavy rains on Maniema in the night of 1 to 2 october left 1325 households homeless.  FL-2008-000185-SOM Flood Somalia Torrential rains and strong winds have hit a string of settlements for hundreds of thousands of internally displaced Somalis between Mogadishu and Afgooye, destroying makeshift shelters and leaving many homeless once again. Ten hours of heavy rain fell overnight Sunday, flooding many shelters and forcing many people to return to their homes in war-torn Mogadishu, despite the dangers.  TC-2008-000184-MEX Tropical Cyclone Mexico Regarding Tropical Storm Marco, the government of Mexico has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the Gulf Coast of Mexico from Tuxpan southward to Punta el Lagarto.   EQ-2008-000183-CHN Earthquake China, People's Republic A 6.6-magnitude earthquake killed at least 30 people in Tibet on 06/10/2008.  FL-2008-000182-RWA Flood Rwanda Torrential rains have caused extensive flooding, destroying homes and crops in Rwanda's western and northern regions, according to officials.  EQ-2008-000181-KGZ Earthquake Kyrgyzstan An earthquake in southern Kyrgyzstan has killed 58 people and destroyed dozens of houses in the Central Asian nation, the emergencies ministry said on Monday. The earthquake measuring 6.3 according to the U.S. Geological Survey was felt throughout Central Asia late on 5th Oct, mainly in Kyrgyzstan.  FL-2008-000180-NIC Flood Nicaragua Green alert has been declared for the national territory, following floods and landslides that affected 3,525 people.  TC-2008-000179-PHL Tropical Cyclone Philippines NDCC reporting that Tropical Storm Higos made a landfall over Eastern Samar in Philippines on 30 Sep, 2008.  FF-2008-000178-DZA Flash Flood Algeria Floods have killed at least 13 people in the Algerian oasis town of Ghardaia in the Sahara. Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni, in remarks to the official APS state news agency, said that between 300 and 600 homes had been inundated since heavy rains began on Tuesday around the town on the northern edge of the Sahara desert.  TC-2008-000177-THA Tropical Cyclone Thailand Si Sa Ket distributed survival bags and dried foods to help over 1,600 floods' victims today after Mekhla stock wreaked havoc to the area.   TC-2008-000177-VNM Tropical Cyclone Viet Nam Typhoon Mekkhala forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. Over 6,000 homes were damaged and 38 fishing trawlers were sunk. The total value of the damage was estimated at 6.6 million dollars.   DR-2008-000176-TJK Drought Tajikistan Due to an acute shortage of drinking water, people are beginning to leave the small town of Taboshar in the northern Tajik province of Soghd. Over 5,000 people are without any water at all.  FL-2008-000175-UGA Flood Uganda According to the assessment conducted by the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) branch in Pallisa District, the rains have caused flooding in parishes including Akwamor, Okunguro, Cherekura and some parts of Morokume B and houses of about 400 people are getting dump. The assessment indicates that the affected parishes have a population of about 700 people.  DR-2008-000174-SYR Drought Syrian Arab Rep CAP for drought due to extensive drought affecting crops and overall food security situation  FF-2008-000173-VNM Flash Flood Viet Nam In the early hours of 25 September, heavy rains triggered by tropical cyclone Hagupit caused flash floods and landslides in six provinces in northern Viet Nam, namely Lang Son, Son La, Bac Giang, Lao Cai, Quang Ninh, and Vinh Phuc. According to available information collated from local Viet Nam Red Cross Society chapters and the government to date, the floods left a total of 32 dead, five missing and 36 injured. Furthermore, 897 houses have collapsed and another 8,326 houses have been damaged or swept away by the floods.   TC-2008-000172-TWN Tropical Cyclone Taiwan (China) Taiwan issued land and sea warning on Saturday as Typhoon Jangmi headed towards the south coast - Reuters(27/09/2008). GDACS issued red alert(27/09/2008).  8766 hits 351 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 29 From: 2026/7/12  To: 2026/7/23 FF-2026-000120-AFG Flash Flood,Afghanistan: At least 20 people have been killed after monsoon-driven flash floods struck Afghanistan's eastern Nuristan province. Disaster officials and the governor's office reported that the floods hit on Monday, destroying houses and shops in the province's main city, Parun. FL-2026-000121-IND Flood,India: At least 25 people have been killed as floods and landslides have hit across north and northeastern India, local officials reported. Several incidents were reported over the weekend in Indian-administered Kashmir and the northeastern state of Nagaland, following days of torrential monsoon rain, officials said on Monday. WF-2026-000119-CAN Wild fire,Canada: Thick, choking plumes of smoke from wildfires in Canada are pouring into major cities across the Midwest, Northeast and mid-Atlantic, bringing dangerous air quality to more than 100 million people. LS-2026-000118-CHN Land Slide,China, People's Republic: Eight people were killed ​and 34 others are still missing after a landslide in a ‌county in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on 17 July 2026. VO-2026-000115-PHL Volcano,Philippines: GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact for Mayon WF-2026-000116-KAZ Wild fire,Kazakhstan: In the Akmola region, emergency crews are continuing to battle dry vegetation fires in several districts. Over the past 24 hours, eight fires have been extinguished, while firefighting operations remain underway in Yereymentau, Akkol, Shortandy, Bulandy, and Stepnogorsk. The fires were triggered by lightning strikes on July 14 near the village of Bogenbai, about 40 km from Stepnogorsk. FL-2026-000114-KGZ Flood,Kyrgyzstan: In the Nooken district, the consequences of the mudflow are being eliminated: 417 yards were flooded.