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| WF-2003-000376-PRT
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Wild fire |
Portugal |
Europe baked in a heatwave that, along with forest fires fanned from the Balkans to the Atlantic, has killed at least 34 people. More than a week of fires have claimed 14 lives in Portugal and ravaged an area of forest almost two-thirds the size of Greater London. Neighboring Spain recorded its 13th death due to the soaring temperatures. In Germany, which like most of usually cooler northern Europe has not been spared, there were five heat-related deaths in one German town alone over the weekend. The heat in Britain claimed its first victims when two teenage boys drowned trying to cool off. |
| FL-2003-000368-SDN
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Flood |
Sudan |
Severe floods have hit Kassala town in North Eastern Sudan. Approximately 301,200 to 364,000 people have been affected. Four deaths have been confirmed. |
| FL-2003-000359-PAK
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Flood |
Pakistan |
The southern and southwestern parts of Pakistan have been struggling from the effects of floods due to above normal monsoon rains during the last two weeks, especially from the second round of monsoon rains that started on 22 July 2003. Sindh and Balochistan provinces are bearing the brunt of the floods. |
| LS-2003-000358-CMR
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Land Slide |
Cameroon |
A landslide occured on 20 July 2003 in the southern part of Cameroon. So far, national authorities reported 20 deaths, many injured and at least 100 people made homeless. |
| EQ-2003-000354-JPN
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Earthquake |
Japan |
"At 7.13 a.m. (2313-1 GMT) on Saturday, July 26, 2003, a strong earthquake, estimated magnitude 6.2, hit northern Japan near the city of Sendai.
The earthquake has injured 100, power supply is cut off in 100 thousand houses." |
| FL-2003-000350-MNG
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Flood |
Mongolia |
On 18 July, heavy rainfall and hail occurred in most of regions in Mongolia, causing flash floods in the capital Ulaanbaatar and several provinces. As of 24 July, 300 families were affected, 15 people were killed, and 30 families were made homeless. |
| EQ-2003-000348-CHN
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Earthquake |
China, People's Republic |
A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale and depth of 10 km hit China on July 21, 2003. |
| ST-2003-000346-PHL
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Philippines |
On 22 July 2003 Typhoon Imbudo which was centered about 360 kilometers (225 miles) southeast of Aparri town in Cagayan province, hit the Philippines with peak sustained winds of nearly 200 kilometers (nearly 120 miles) an hour, rescuers and radio reports said. Typhoon Imbudo has reportedly killed 21 people in the Philippines this week. |
| FL-2003-000341-NPL
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Flood |
Nepal |
Seven people died in landslides triggered by incessant rains from the onset of the monsoon season in Nepal. |
| FL-2003-000331-CHN
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Flood |
China, People's Republic |
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| VO-2003-000326-ECU
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Volcano |
Ecuador |
16 000 people have been aversely affected by the ongoing eruption of Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador's central Andean region. |
| FL-2003-000316-IND
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Flood |
India |
Heavy rains are hampering efforts to rescue survivors after flash floods killed at least 19 people at a construction site in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh. |
| ST-2003-000314-SLB
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Solomon Islands |
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| FL-2003-000293-TLS
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Flood |
Timor Leste |
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| ST-2003-000290-PHL
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Philippines |
Landslides and floods caused by tropical storm "Soudelor" hit central and northern Philippines and 11 people were killed, three were injured and two others remain missing. |
| FL-2003-000273-TJK
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Flood |
Tajikistan |
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| EQ-2003-000259-KAZ
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Earthquake |
Kazakhstan |
An earthquake measuring 6.5-7 on the Richter scale hit the Zhambyl Province (with epicenter at 43 degrees 00 minutes north; 72 degrees 44 minutes east) on May 23, 2003 at 01.15am. It killed three people and left over 20.000 homeless. |
| ST-2003-000258-PHL
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Philippines |
A tropical storm lashed the northern Philippines for a third day on Wednesday, raising the death toll to 10 and causing widespread flooding. |
| FL-2003-000229-LKA
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Flood |
Sri Lanka |
At least 200 people have been killed in severe flooding in southern Sri Lanka. |
| FL-2003-000227-CHN
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Flood |
China, People's Republic |
Flooding and landslides have killed at least 45 people in parts of Hunan and Guangdong provinces in southern China． |
| FL-2003-000220-NAM
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Flood |
Namibia |
The rising level of the Zambezi River is being anxiously watched. The river begins in the highlands of Angola and Zambia and flows along the eastern edge of Namibia's Caprivi Strip to the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe before flowing through Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. |
| ST-2003-000218-MDG
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Madagascar |
The tropical Cyclone Manou reached the eastern coast of Madagascar.Ten people lost their lives, two are missing, while 9,000 have been displaced. |
| FL-2003-000212-AZE
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Flood |
Azerbaijan |
Renewal of flooding started early April due to more rainy weather. Floods and landslides, continued heavy rain throughout May. |
| ST-2003-000211-BGD
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Bangladesh |
A passenger ferry sank in a river in southern Bangladesh during a tropical storm on with about 30 people still missing and at least one confirmed dead. |
| LS-2003-000208-PNG
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Land Slide |
Papua New Guinea |
On Friday 2 May 2003, heavy rainfall triggered a landslide at the rear of the western bank of the Tagali River in Papua New Guinea. |
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