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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: 8766 hits 351 Pages: 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 GLIDEnumber Event Country Comments 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.  FL-2008-000126-CMR Flood Cameroon Pelting rains have been falling in almost all the regions of Cameroon since July 2008. As a result, serious flooding and material damages occurred, especially in 27 neighbourhoods of Garoua I and Garoua II (Cameroon).  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.