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| GLIDEnumber |
Event |
Country |
Comments |
| EQ-1998-000152-AFG
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Earthquake |
Afghanistan |
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| FL-1998-000112-TZA
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Flood |
Tanzania |
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| FL-1998-000111-TJK
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Flood |
Tajikistan |
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| EQ-1998-000110-SVN
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Earthquake |
Slovenia |
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| ST-1998-000090-VUT
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Vanuatu |
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| WF-1998-000088-PHL
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Wild fire |
Philippines |
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| DR-1998-000087-FSM
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Drought |
Micronesia, Federated States |
28,800 were reported to be affected. |
| FL-1998-000085-IRN
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Flood |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
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| EQ-1998-000084-IRN
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Earthquake |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
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| FL-1998-000080-ARG
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Flood |
Argentina |
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| EQ-1998-000076-CHN
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Earthquake |
China, People's Republic |
A powerful earthquake struck Zhangjiankou Prefecture of northern Hebei Province just before noon local time (0350 GMT) on 10 January. The epicentre of the 6.2 Richter magnitude (5.8 on the body wave scale) quake was 33 kilometres (20 miles) below the earth?s surface at 41.33N and 114.71E.. |
| DR-1998-000074-GUY
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Drought |
Guyana |
607,200 were affected. |
| WF-1998-000070-BRA
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Wild fire |
Brazil |
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| FL-1998-000053-ZMB
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Flood |
Zambia |
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| ST-1998-000051-TON
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
Tonga |
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| FL-1998-000048-PAK
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Flood |
Pakistan |
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| ST-1998-000046-CHN
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SEVERE LOCAL STORM |
China, People's Republic |
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| EQ-1998-000043-IRN
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Earthquake |
Iran, Islamic Republic |
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| FL-1998-000040-URY
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Flood |
Uruguay |
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| EQ-1998-000026-AFG
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Earthquake |
Afghanistan |
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| SL-1998-000019-MOZ
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SLIDE (use LS/ AV/MS instead) |
Mozambique |
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| TC-1998-000012-HND
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Tropical Cyclone |
Honduras |
Hurricane Mitch is one the most deadly hurricane to strike the Western Hemisphere in the last two centuries. Death toll is reported as 11,000 with thousands of others missing. More than three million people were either homeless or severely affected. Estimates of the total damage from the storm are at $5 billion and rising.
In Honduras, the extreme flooding and mudslides caused by the hurricane killed over 6,500, with several thousand missing.
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| TC-1998-000012-NIC
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Tropical Cyclone |
Nicaragua |
Though Mitch never entered Nicaragua, its large circulation caused extensive rainfall. An estimated 3800 dead with perhaps as many as 7,000 others still missing. Two million people directly affected and 500,000 - 800,000 homeless. |
| TC-1998-000011-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
The typhoon Babs (Loleng/T9811) killed 201, affected 2,093,778 and caused US$77,100,000 damage in Philippines. |
| TC-1998-000010-PHL
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Tropical Cyclone |
Philippines |
The typhoon Faith (Norming/T9815) killed 25, left 51,785 homeless, affected 20,419 and caused US$2,400,000,000 damage in Philippines. |
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