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Flood Disasters Claimed More Than 50 Lives in 2007
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Country
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Date
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Outline
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Damage
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Map
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Notes
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| India |
01 Jul. 07
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11 Jul. 07 |
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-Affected area:
Orissa - Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Keonjhar, and
Mayurbhanj districts. Jagatsinghpur, Naugaon, Balikuda.
Chhattisgarh - Raipur,
Bilaspur, Mahasamund and Durg districts. Raipur and Bastar divisions.
Maharashtra - Amrawati District. Mumbai area. Konkan region. Pune
Gujarat - Saurashtra region: Bhavnagar, Surendranagar,
Rajkot, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli. south Gujarat: Bharuch, Narmada and Surat.
Junagarh. Patan, Mehsana, Gandhinagar, Sabarkantha. Kutch region. Ahmedabad,
Vadodara, Panchmahal, Anand. Dascroi and Dholka. Valsad and
Kheda
Rajasthan - districts: Jodhpur, Pali, Barmer, Jalore, Jhalawar. Bilara, Luni and
Jodhpur. Pichyak.
Madhya Pradesh - Hoshangabad, Harda, Rajgarh, Khandwa, Betul, Indore and
Jhabua
West Bengal - Kolkata (Calcutta). districts: East and
West Midnapore, Sabang. North and South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hoogly, Bankura,
Burdwan, Purulia, Darjeeling.. Ghatal, Sabang, Pingla, Datan and Jhargram. Cooch
Behar.
Jharkhand
- Jamshedpur and Chatra districts
Bihar - Bhagalpur, Sitamarhi,
Madhubani, Saharsa, Supaul, Muzaffarpur, Sheohar, East and West Champaran,
Patna, Darbhanga, Gopalganj.
Uttar
Pradesh - Hamirpur, Jhansi, Mahoba, Banda,
Chitrakoot, Orai and Lalitpur. Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Barabanki, Lakhimpur
Kheri, Siddharthnagar, Faizabad, Ballia, Bahraich, Kushinagar, Balrampur and
Gonda.
Assam State - Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Cachar, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Darrang, Morigaon, Sonitpur and Barpeta. Nalbari, Kamrup and Dibrugarh. Jorhat. Kamrup, Morigaon.
Arunachal
Pradesh - Lakhimpur, Chamuah Gaon, Nowboicha,
Bharaluwa Gaon
Meghalaya - West Garo Hills district -
Tura area. Rishipara area
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India |
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| Afghanistan |
24 Jun. 07
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03 Jul. 07 |
Almost a week after floods ravaged eight provinces |
According to a preliminary
report by the UN Children’s
Agency (UNICEF), flash floods
killed 113 people in six
provinces, including six victims
in Kabul. |
Afghanistan |
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| Pakistan |
23 Jun. 07
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08 Jul. 07
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Torrential rain and
gale force winds devastated
coastal city of
Karachi in
southern Pakistan. |
-Affected area:
Karachi
Gadab
Town
Baluchistan province
Ormara, Pasni,
Gwadar,
Bela,
Turbat,
Mara.
Sind
Province
Thatta,
Badin
districts
Keti
Bandar,
Shah
Bandar,
Jati
-Human damage:
Dead : 213
Displaced :
Most deaths caused by
collapsing homes.
Thousands stranded on
rooftops and tree branches.
Most of Gwadar city
evacuated. Bridges destroyed
and damage to main coastal
highway. |
Pakistan |
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| India |
22 Jun. 07
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04 Jul. 07 |
The storm and
heavy monsoon
rain caused flash
floods and land
slide in southern
India. |
-Affected area:
Andhra Pradesh
Districts: Kurnool,
Mahabubnagar,
Guntur, Prakasam,
East Godavari,
West Godavari,
Anantapur and Kadpa.
Telangana.
Towns: Macherla, Nandyal,
Ongole
Kerala
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Mumbai,
Pune.
-Human damage:
Dead : 126
Displaced : 200,000 |
India |
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| Bangladesh |
11 Jun. 07
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24 Jun. 07 |
Heaviest monsoon
rains in years
cause mudslides
and floods. |
-Affected area:
Chittagong area.
Sylhet.
Districts: Comilla,
Netrokona,
Sunamgonj,
Habigonj,
Bogra, Kurigram,
Chandpur
Feni.
Zakiganj,
Maulvibazar.
-Human damage:
Dead : 126
Displaced : 80,000 |
Bangladesh |
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| China |
6 Jun. 07
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27 Jun. 07 |
More than a week
of heavy rain
cause flash
flooding and
landslides. |
-Affected area:
Guangdong - Meizhou area,
Liuhuang. Huangjin,
Guangzhou, Shenzhen
Sichuan - Dazhu, Daxian,
Mabian counties.
Dazhou city.
Hubei - Badong County of
Enshi Prefecture.
Qingtaiping. Yichang City.
Enshi Tujia and Miao
Autonomous Prefecture.
Other provinces: Hunan,
Guangxi, Guizhou, Fujian,
Jiangxi,
Chongqing municipality.
-Human damage:
Dead : 167
Displaced : 1,080,000 |
China |
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| Oman and Iran |
6 Jun. 07
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12 Jun. 07 |
Rare cyclone in
the Middle East
"strongest storm
to threaten the
Arabian Peninsula
in 60 years" |
-Affected area:
[Oman]
Muscat.
[Iran]
Hormorzgan,
Sistan Baluchestan,
Zahedan, Kerman.
Towns - Chabahar,
Shahrestan, Konark,
Bandar Abbas, Kahir.
-Human damage:
[Oman]
Dead : 49
Missing : 27
Evacuated : 20,000
[Iran]
Dead : 12
Evacuated : 40,000 |
Oman & Iran |
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| Afghanistan |
18 Mar. 07
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5 Apr. 07 |
Floods and avalanches across 13 provinces. Heavy rain and melting snow.
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-Affected area: Badghis
Uruzgan - Deh Rahwood district.
Helmand - Gereshk area
Herat - Golran District, Karta region.
Herat city. Gulran, Chusht.
Ghor -
Chaghcharan
Ghazni
Nimroz
Dai Kundi (Daykundi) - Ashtarlai,
Khidir.
Kabul
Kunar - Watapur, Sarkano, Ghazi Abad
and Narang districts
Badakhshan - Shiwa, Zebak
Laghman - Sorkhakan. south of Mehtar
Lam.
Parwan - Shin Wari, Sayed Khel
Bamiyan
Panjshir
Parwan -
Charikar, Sia Gard, Jabal Saraj and Salang Districts. Sayed Khel
Nuristan -
Chatrash and Kamdish districts.
Nangarhar - Jalalabad area.
-Human damage: 104 casualties, 20,000 displaced
Houses/Infrastructure:
2,550 houses washed away, 500 houses flooded in Deh Rahwood, 1,655
homes destroyed, 10,000 acres farmland washed away.
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Afghanistan |
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| Madagascar - Cyclone Indlala |
15 Mar. 07
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26 Mar. 07 |
4th heaviest t tropical cyclone hit Madagacar and heavy rains caused floods.
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-Affected area: Northern areas - Sava region: Sambava, Antalaha, Andapa.
Analajirofo region: Maroantsetra. Diana region: Ambanja district. Sofia
region: Antsohy, Ananlalava, Mandristara, Port Berger.
-Human damage: 80 casualties, 30,000 displaced.
-Infrastructure: Heavy infrastructure damage. Biggest flood since 1959
in Sofia region.
-Economic loss: 90,000 hectares of crops lost. |
Madagascar |
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| Indonesia |
31 Jan. 07
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22 Feb. 07 |
Heavy rains caused floods in Indonesia.
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-Affected area: Jakarta (Cipinang Muara, Kalimalang, Ciledug, Kapuk,
Tomang, Larangan, Bendungan Hilir, Kampung Melayu and Pasar Minggu). Bekasi,
Tangerang, Depok, Bogor.
Banten province (Tangerang). West Java
Province.
-Human damage: 80 casualties, 500,000 dispalced.
-Inundation: 4 meters deep in parts of city. Jakarta 75% flooded (255 square
miles under water.)
-Economic loss: US$15.4 million. Total flood damages estimated at 8.8 trln
rupiah.
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Indonesia |
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| Angola |
17 Jan. 07
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26 Jan. 07 |
Several days of heavy rain in Luanda city causes flash floods. Rains blamed on El Nino. |
-Affected area: Luanda city, Cacuaco municipality, Viana. Benguela province.
-Human damge: 81 casualties. 40,000 displaced, 10,000 families homeless.
50 missing.
Infrastructure damage.
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Angola |
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| Brazil |
1 Jan. 07
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12 Jan. 07 |
Heavy rains caused mudslides and flash floods.
Four rivers overflowed in Sao Paulo state.
Dam burst in Minas Gerias. |
-Affected area: Rio de Janeiro state - Campos, Petropolis, Teresopolis,
Nova Friburgo, Sumidoro.
Sao Paulo state
Minas Gerais state - Mirai and
Muriae
Espirito Santo.
-Human damage: 50 casualties, 17,000 displaced.
Infrastructure/Houses: Numerous shanties washed off the hillsides above
Rio de Janiero city. |
Brazil |
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