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Ecuador: Floods - Jun 2023

On June 3, heavy rains were recorded in the provinces of Esmeraldas, resulting in the overflow of seven rivers in five local districts. The most affected areas include the districts of Atacames, Esmeraldas, Musine, Quinindé, and Rioverde. (OCHA, 9 June 2023)

Status
Ongoing
Disaster types
  • Flash Flood
  • 2 more
Affected country
  • Ecuador

Haiti: Floods and Landslides - Jun 2023

On 3 June, heavy rainfall hit the departments of Ouest, Nippes, Sud-Est, Nord-Ouest and Centre causing floods, triggering landslides and resulting in casualties and damage. According to the Haitian Civil Protection, 15 people died, eight are missing, almost...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster types
  • Flood
  • 1 more
Affected country
  • Haiti

Related disasters

  • Haiti: Cholera Outbreak - Sep 2022
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Argentina: Floods - Jun 2023

On 29 May, the Undersecretary of Emergencies and Civil Protection of the Municipality of Quilmes formally requested support from the Argentine Red Cross to assist families affected by flash floods in the municipality of Quilmes, province of Buenos Aires,...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster types
  • Flash Flood
  • 1 more
Affected country
  • Argentina

Italy: Floods - May 2023

In a span of 6 days, from 01 May 2023 to 17 May 2023, there were two consecutive events in Emilia-Romagna that resulted in a total of 80 hours of rainfall. After the first event, managed at the regional and local levels, applying the contingency plans...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster types
  • Flood
  • 1 more
Affected country
  • Italy

Gabon: Severe Local Storm - May 2023

On Monday 15 May 2023, torrential rain accompanied by violent winds hit Franceville, the chief town of the Haut Ogooué Province in Gabon, causing extensive damage. The damage affected a large number of families, as well as public and private infrastructures,...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Severe Local Storm
Affected country
  • Gabon

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Floods - May 2023

The northwestern area of Bosnia and Herzegovina experienced extensive and intense rainfall, leading to swelling of the Una and Sana rivers, along with their tributaries, and causing widespread flooding in the region. The rainfall on 14 - 15 May exceeded...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster types
  • Flood
  • 1 more
Affected country
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sri Lanka: Dengue Outbreak - May 2023

As a result of the intensifying rainfall caused by the Southeast monsoon, Health departments have warned that the Dengue situation has the potential to become critical. According to NDCU, the ongoing inclement weather conditions will only further aggravate...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Epidemic
Affected country
  • Sri Lanka

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Tropical Cyclone Mocha - May 2023

A new tropical cyclone named MOCHA formed over the southern Bay of Bengal on 11 May and started moving north-east toward western Myanmar. On 11 May at 0.00 UTC its centre was located over the sea approximately 460 km west of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster types
  • Flood
  • 1 more
Affected countries
  • Myanmar
  • 3 more

DR Congo: Floods and Landslides - May 2023

Very heavy rainfall has been affecting the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, also known as Congo-Kinshasa), in particular the South Kivu Province (bordering with Rwanda and Burundi), over the last week, causing rivers to overflow (particularly...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster types
  • Flood
  • 1 more
Affected country
  • DR Congo

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Rwanda: Floods and Landslides - May 2023

In the past few days, particularly on 2-3 May, heavy rainfall hit the northern, western and southern provinces of Rwanda, causing floods, triggering landslides and leading to casualties and damage. According to the Government of Rwanda, at least 127 people...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster types
  • Flood
  • 1 more
Affected country
  • Rwanda

Colombia: Nevado del Ruiz Volcano - Apr 2023

According to the Colombian Geological Service (SGC), the alert level of the Nevado del Ruiz Volcano changed from Yellow level (I) to Orange level (II) on 30 March 2023, which represents a probable eruption in matter of days or weeks, prompting local...

Status
Alert
Disaster type
  • Volcano
Affected country
  • Colombia

Yemen: Floods - Apr 2023

Areas in southern, central and western Yemen have been affected by torrential rainfall in early April, causing floods and resulting in casualties and damage. This is the second time in a month that Yemen is hit by floods, affecting the already vulnerable...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Flood
Affected country
  • Yemen

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Tanzania: Floods - Apr 2023

On the night of 1st April 2023, the villages around the Ruvuma River experienced severe floods as a result of heavy downpours from the ongoing monsoon rains. So far, this flood has affected the village of Kivava, especially in the suburbs of Sokoni and...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Flood
Affected country
  • Tanzania

Kenya: Floods - Mar 2023

Heavy rainfall has been affecting several parts of Kenya and Ethiopia over the last week, causing floods and severe weather-related incidents that resulted in casualties and widespread damage [...] According to media reports, in Kenya, at least 12 people...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster types
  • Flash Flood
  • 1 more
Affected country
  • Kenya

Related disasters

  • Kenya: Cholera Outbreak - Oct 2022
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Cameroon: Floods - Mar 2023

On 18 March 2023, torrential rains in Buea town in the South-West region, led to flash floods and mudslides from Mount Cameroon affecting some communities at the foot of the mountain, and causing several casualties among residents of Buea. The following day...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster types
  • Flash Flood
  • 2 more
Affected country
  • Cameroon

Related disasters

  • Cameroon: Cholera Outbreak - Jul 2018

Türkiye: Floods - Mar 2023

On 14-15 March heavy rainfall affected the Provinces of Adiyaman and Sanliurfa (southern Türkiye) causing floods and resulting in casualties and damage. According to media, 14 people have died, of which 12 in Sanliurfa (hit by 111 mm of rain in 24 hours) and...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Flood
Affected country
  • Türkiye

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Somalia: Floods - Mar 2023

Several areas of Somalia received moderate rains in the week starting 12 March, with the heaviest rainfall recorded in Gedo and Bay regions, particularly in Baardheere, Wanle Wayne, Luuq and Doolow districts. According to the latest rainfall outlook for the...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster types
  • Flash Flood
  • 1 more
Affected country
  • Somalia

Related disasters

  • Horn of Africa: Polio Outbreak - Aug 2018
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Peru: Floods and Landslides - Mar 2023

Piura Region (northern Peru) is currently affected by the effects of the Cyclone Yaku as well as heavy rains. Overflowing rivers have left four dead people and severe damage on 2,077 homes, 13 educational centres, 35 health establishments, 2,700 means of...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster types
  • Flood
  • 2 more
Affected country
  • Peru

Bangladesh: Cox’s Bazar Camp Settlement Fire - Mar 2023

In the afternoon of 5 March 2023, a massive and devastating fire broke out in Kutupalong Balukhali refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Flames blazed for some three hours in Camp 11, which is managed by IOM, until the Rohingya refugee Safety Unit...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Fire
Affected country
  • Bangladesh

Vanuatu: Earthquake - Mar 2023

Vanuatu has been affected by two destructive cyclones and a 6.6 M earthquake between 1-4 March 2023. On 7 March, Vanuatu requested assistance from the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) for aerial capacities and vessels in support of possible evacuation,...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Earthquake
Affected country
  • Vanuatu

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Ethiopia: Floods - Mar 2023

Since the start of March, heavy rainfall has been affecting several regions of Ethiopia (particularly the Somali Region), causing widespread floods, the overflow of rivers and leading to casualties and damage. According to UN OCHA, at least 29 people have...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Flood
Affected country
  • Ethiopia

Related disasters

  • Ethiopia: Cholera Outbreak - Sep 2022
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Tropical Cyclone Freddy - Feb 2023

Intense Tropical Cyclone FREDDY, a particularly powerful and compact tropical system, will likely pass just north of La Rèunion on 20 February, and is forecasted to make landfall in Madagascar on 21 February. FREDDY represents a significant flood risk for...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Tropical Cyclone
Affected countries
  • Madagascar
  • 5 more

Related disasters

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Mozambique: Floods - Feb 2023

Between 7-10 February, heavy rains reaching up to 100 mm in 24 hours hit the southern region of the country, causing widespread flooding in Maputo city and Maputo province. According to the National Institute for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction (INGD),...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Flood
Affected country
  • Mozambique

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Zambia: Cholera Outbreak - Jan 2023

Ministry of Health declared the Cholera outbreak in Zambia in a Press conference on 26 January. The epidemic count of 21 cases registered from 21st to 30 January 2023 in the Vubwi district. On 27 January, there were 13 suspected cases, 6 confirmed, 12...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Epidemic
Affected country
  • Zambia

Nigeria: Lassa Fever Outbreak - Jan 2023

From week 1 through week 3, 2023, a total of 244 new confirmed cases of Lassa fever, including 37 deaths with a case fatality ratio of 15.2%, have been reported in 16 states. The highest number of cases was reported in Ondo (90) and Edo (89) states, followed...

Status
Alert
Disaster type
  • Epidemic
Affected country
  • Nigeria

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Burundi: Cholera Outbreak - Jan 2023

Burundi Cholera Ungraded 1-Jan-23 6-Jan-23 42 0 0.0% An outbreak of cholera has been confirmed in Burundi on 1 January 2023. As of 6 January, 42 suspected cases have been reported with no deaths. Four districts have reported one or several cases: Budjumbura...

Status
Alert
Disaster type
  • Epidemic
Affected country
  • Burundi

South Sudan: Measles - Dec 2022

The Ministry of Health of the Republic of South Sudan declared a measles outbreak on the 10th of Dec 2022. This is the second declaration of a measles outbreak last year after the first one on 23 February 2022. South Sudan started reporting measles cases in...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Epidemic
Affected country
  • South Sudan

Related disasters

  • South Sudan: Floods 2021-2022

Lebanon: Cholera Outbreak - Oct 2022

Following a cholera outbreak in Syria on 10 September 2022, the disease quickly spread, with Lebanon reporting its first case of cholera on 6 October 2022 and reaching 29 confirmed cases by 13 October in Akkar and Baalbek governorates. Cholera, a virulent...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Epidemic
Affected country
  • Lebanon

Syria: Cholera Outbreak - Aug 2022

On 10 September, the Syrian Ministry of Health (MoH) declared an outbreak of cholera in Aleppo Governorate following 15 confirmed laboratory cases, including one death. Between 25 August and 10 September, the surveillance data showed that a total of 936...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Epidemic
Affected country
  • Syria

Related disasters

  • Syria: Drought - 2021-2022

Chad: Floods - Jul 2022

Following heavy rains on 26 and 30 of July 2022, thirteen villages, located in the sous-préfectures of Leré and Guegou (département of Lac Léré, province of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest) were flooded. A total of 384 households (2,112 individuals) were affected by the...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Flood
Affected countries
  • Chad
  • 1 more

Pakistan: Floods - Jul 2022

Heavy rainfall has been affecting southern and north-western Pakistan over the past few days, causing floods, and flash floods that resulted in casualties and damage. According to media reports, in Balochistan Province (southern Pakistan) at least 25 people...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster types
  • Flash Flood
  • 1 more
Affected country
  • Pakistan

Sudan: Floods - Jun 2022

On 10 July, flash floods triggered by torrential rains in areas south-east of Kassala town have affected an estimated 750 people in the Ashwaei area located in southern parts of Fatu, Al-Aitma and Al-Shuhada neighborhoods. At least five tukuls (huts) in the...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster types
  • Flash Flood
  • 1 more
Affected country
  • Sudan

Niger: Drought - May 2022

In Niger, over four million households are facing the devastating effects of food insecurity caused by consecutive failed rainy seasons and decades of increasing desertification of the Sahel. The severe food insecurity situation is confirmed by the Cadre...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Drought
Affected country
  • Niger

Djibouti: Drought - Mar 2022

The ongoing drought and compounding regional and international shocks resulting in high price volatility are affecting the food security and nutrition situation in Djibouti. Rural populations in Ali Sabieh, Arta, Obock, Tadjourah and Dikhil are particularly...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Drought
Affected country
  • Djibouti

Malawi: Cholera Outbreak - Mar 2022

Malawi is currently experiencing one of the worst cholera outbreaks in years. The first case was registered in Machinga district in the Southern region of Malawi on 02 March 2022. The Malawi Ministry of Health declared the cholera outbreak on 03 March 2022...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Epidemic
Affected country
  • Malawi

Afghanistan: Drought - 2021-2023

Afghanistan has been experiencing below-normal rainfall since October 2020. Such conditions are expected to continue through the first half of 2021 in the country according to forecasters. The conditions have affected the winter season snow accumulation,...

Status
Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Drought
Affected country
  • Afghanistan

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Ecuador: Floods - Jun 2023

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  • 2 more
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  • Ecuador

Haiti: Floods and Landslides - Jun 2023

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  • Flood
  • 1 more
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  • Haiti

Argentina: Floods - Jun 2023

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  • Argentina

Italy: Floods - May 2023

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  • Flood
  • 1 more
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  • Italy

Gabon: Severe Local Storm - May 2023

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  • Severe Local Storm
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  • Gabon

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Floods - May 2023

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  • Flood
  • 1 more
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  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sri Lanka: Dengue Outbreak - May 2023

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  • Epidemic
Affected country
  • Sri Lanka

Tropical Cyclone Mocha - May 2023

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  • Flood
  • 1 more
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  • Myanmar
  • 3 more

DR Congo: Floods and Landslides - May 2023

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  • Flood
  • 1 more
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  • DR Congo

Rwanda: Floods and Landslides - May 2023

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  • Flood
  • 1 more
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  • Rwanda

Colombia: Nevado del Ruiz Volcano - Apr 2023

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Disaster type
  • Volcano
Affected country
  • Colombia

Yemen: Floods - Apr 2023

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Ongoing
Disaster type
  • Flood
Affected country
  • Yemen

Tanzania: Floods - Apr 2023

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Disaster type
  • Flood
Affected country
  • Tanzania

Kenya: Floods - Mar 2023

Status
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Disaster types
  • Flash Flood
  • 1 more
Affected country
  • Kenya

Tajikistan: Earthquake - Mar 2023

Status
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Disaster type
  • Earthquake
Affected country
  • Tajikistan

Cameroon: Floods - Mar 2023

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Disaster types
  • Flash Flood
  • 2 more
Affected country
  • Cameroon

Ecuador/Peru: Earthquake - Mar 2023

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  • Earthquake
Affected countries
  • Ecuador
  • 1 more

Tanzania: Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak - Mar 2023

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  • Epidemic
Affected country
  • Tanzania

Türkiye: Floods - Mar 2023

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  • Flood
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  • Türkiye

Somalia: Floods - Mar 2023

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  • Flash Flood
  • 1 more
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  • Somalia

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