Uganda: Uganda: Marburg Fever Outbreak - Oct 2012
GLIDE number: EP-2012-000182-UGA Disaster type: Epidemic Affected countries: UgandaOn 19 Oct 2012, the Uganda Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever. As of 29 Oct, a...
View ArticleColombia: Colombia: Floods and Landslides - Oct 2012
GLIDE number: FL-2012-000183-COL Disaster type: Flood, Land Slide Affected countries: ColombiaIn October 2012, about 2,000 families were affected by floods, landslides, avalanches in Colombia in the...
View ArticleBenin: Benin: Cholera Epidemic - Oct 2012
GLIDE number: EP-2012-000186-BEN Disaster type: Epidemic Affected countries: BeninOn 23 Oct 2012, the municipality of Comé (Department of Mono) in the south west of Benin reported the first confirmed...
View ArticleCuba: Hurricane Sandy - Oct 2012
GLIDE number: TC-2012-000180-HTI Disaster type: Flood, Tropical Cyclone Affected countries: Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, United States of AmericaThe eye of Hurricane Sandy...
View ArticlePhilippines: Typhoon Son-Tinh - Oct 2012
GLIDE number: TC-2012-000181-VNM Disaster type: Flood, Land Slide, Tropical Cyclone Affected countries: China, Philippines, Viet NamSon-Tinh (Ofel) made landfall as a tropical storm in the Philippines...
View ArticleSudan: Sudan: Yellow Fever Outbreak - Oct 2012
GLIDE number: EP-2012-000184-SDN Disaster type: Epidemic Affected countries: SudanOn 29 October 2012, Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) notified WHO of a possible yellow fever outbreak in 17...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lanka: Drought - Nov 2012
GLIDE number: DR-2012-000177-LKA Disaster type: Drought Affected countries: Sri LankaBy the end of October 2012, drought had affected an estimated 1.8 million people in Sri Lanka according. Since...
View ArticleGuatemala: Guatemala: Earthquake - Nov 2012
GLIDE number: EQ-2012-000188-GTM Disaster type: Earthquake Affected countries: GuatemalaA 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Guatemala on 07 Nov 2012, killing 44 people and...
View ArticleHaiti: Haiti: Floods - Nov 2012
GLIDE number: FL-2012-000191-HTI Disaster type: Flood Affected countries: HaitiHeavy rains during the night of 8-9 Nov 2012 in the Nord, Nord-est, Nord-ouest and Nippes departments of Haiti resulted in...
View ArticleMyanmar: Myanmar: Earthquake - Nov 2012
GLIDE number: EQ-2012-000190-MMR Disaster type: Earthquake Affected countries: MyanmarOn 11 Nov 2012, an earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale struck 50 kilometers north of Shwebo Township in...
View ArticleCongo: Congo: Floods - Nov 2012
GLIDE number: FF-2012-000196-COG Disaster type: Flash Flood, Flood Affected countries: CongoOn the night of 17-18 Nov 2012, heavy rains hit Pointe Noire, the second largest city in the Republic of...
View ArticlePanama: Panama: Floods and Landslides - Nov 2012
GLIDE number: FL-2012-000198-PAN Disaster type: Flood, Land Slide Affected countries: PanamaHeavy precipitation at the end of November 2012 in Panama caused floods, landslides and damage to livelihoods...
View ArticleMoldova: Moldova: Drought - Nov 2012
GLIDE number: DR-2012-000199-MDA Disaster type: Drought Affected countries: MoldovaIn 2012, Moldova suffered the combined impacts of poor rainfall and extremely high temperatures, which resulted in...
View ArticlePhilippines: Typhoon Bopha - Dec 2012
GLIDE number: TC-2012-000197-PHL Disaster type: Flash Flood, Flood, Land Slide, Tropical Cyclone Affected countries: Palau, PhilippinesTyphoon Bopha passed to the south of the larger islands in the...
View ArticleSamoa: Tropical Cyclone Evan - Dec 2012
GLIDE number: TC-2012-000201-WSM Disaster type: Tropical Cyclone Affected countries: Fiji, Samoa, Wallis and Futuna (France)Tropical Cyclone Evan (TD04F) passed over Samoa as a Category 2 tropical...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lanka: Floods and Landslides - Dec 2012
GLIDE number: FL-2012-000205-LKA Disaster type: Flash Flood, Flood, Land Slide Affected countries: Sri LankaHeavy rains have battered Sri Lanka since the middle of December 2012, causing floods and...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan: Cold Wave - Dec 2012
GLIDE number: CW-2012-000209-KGZ Disaster type: Cold Wave Affected countries: KyrgyzstanSince December 2012, Kyrgyzstan has been experiencing unusually cold weather with heavy snowfall. The...
View ArticlePhilippines: Tropical Storm Wukong - Dec 2012
GLIDE number: TC-2012-000206-PHL Disaster type: Flash Flood, Flood, Land Slide, Tropical Cyclone Affected countries: PhilippinesTropical Storm Wukong (Quinta) made landfall over Leyte in the Eastern...
View ArticleBangladesh: Bangladesh: Cold Wave - Dec 2012
GLIDE number: CW-2013-000001-BGD Disaster type: Cold Wave Affected countries: BangladeshA cold wave struck the northern districts of the sub-Himalayan regions of Bangladesh, claiming more than 72 lives...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Kazakhstan: Cold Wave - Dec 2012
GLIDE number: CW-2012-000204-KAZ Disaster type: Cold Wave Affected countries: KazakhstanFreezing temperatures reaching minus 40-46 degrees Centigrade hit Kazakhstan in December 2012: a cold spell...
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