| FL-2005-000159-VNM |
Floods have killed at least nine people in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, seven of them children, and officials said on Monday more danger loomed with the waters not expected to peak until late this month. |
2005-9-10 |
| LS-2005-000155-IDN |
A landslide in Indonesia's Sumatra island triggered by heavy torrential rains buried at least five people in their homes and left more than two dozen people missing, a rescue official said on Friday. |
2005-9-2 |
| FL-2005-000153-THA |
Over 100,000 families have been affected by severe flooding in Northern Thailand?s Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai,
Lampang, Lamphun, Mae Hong Son, Nakhon Phanom, Nan, Phayao and Tak provinces which commenced in the
middle of August. Some 2,100 homes and thousands of hectares of crop land were destroyed due to the
overwhelming force of runoffs from the Ping River. Torrential rains which earlier in August hammered Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Sorn inundated more than 4 500 villagers? homes in these three provinces alone
leaving 4 people dead and making several roads impassable to small vehicles. At present, the meteorological department has warned seven provinces in the north and northeast of the possibility of flash floods. Flood-prone areas in Nakhon Phanom, Nong Khai, Mukdahan, Ubon Ratchathani, Chiang Rai, Phayao, and Nan provinces are
currently being viewed as the areas facing the highest risk for the time being, and the governor has issued an
urgent order for local officials at the district, sub-dstrict and the municipal levels to be on alert. |
2005-9-13 |
| FF-2005-000136-THA |
Flash floods killed three people and 11 others were missing in northern Thailand but flood waters were receding in some areas hit by heavy weekend rains, officials said on Sunday. |
2005-8-14 |
| WF-2005-000135-IDN |
Numerous peat conversion fires, slash-and-burn agriculture fires, and wildfires affecting forests and other vegetation on the Indonesian island of Sumatra have been causing serious haze problems since the beginning of August 2005. In addition to the Riau Province being affected in Indonesia, the haze has also affected areas in Malaysia and Thailand. |
2005-8-17 |
| FR-2005-000135-IDN |
Numerous peat conversion fires, slash-and-burn agriculture fires, and wildfires affecting forests and other vegetation on the Indonesian island of Sumatra have been causing serious haze problems since the beginning of August 2005. In addition to the Riau Province being affected in Indonesia, the haze has also affected areas in Malaysia and Thailand. |
2005-8-17 |
| LS-2005-000095-IDN |
A boy is missing and three people are dead after a landslide hit the remote Loloana Gido village in Nias island on Saturday, an official says.
Loloana Gido village head Yaaro Waruwu said three members of a family, Hizaato Waruwu, 58, his daughter, Kaseria, 26, and grandchild Yosua, 7, were found dead at the scene. Hizaato's son, Yusman Waruwu, is still missing. |
2005-6-20 |
| FF-2005-000067-IDN |
Two days of torrential rains caused the Lawe Alas River to overflow on 26 April at approximately 23:00 hrs local time, triggering flash floods in Aceh Tenggara District, Badar Sub-District.
According to SATKORLAK PBP on 29 April, the flash floods killed 15 people and injured 18 others. Twenty-nine people are still reported missing. (According to the IFRC/PMI, 15 people are dead, 28 others injured and 25 people still missing). The local authorities and PMI continue their search, rescue and evacuation activities.
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2005-4-26 |
| VO-2005-000058-IDN |
A volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island erupted on Tuesday sending hot ash high into the air and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of villagers, officials said. |
2005-4-12 |
| EQ-2005-000057-IDN |
An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale struck the Mentawai islands, off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia at 17:29 local time on 10 April. Mass panic ensued in Padang and Pekan Baru, provincial capitals on Sumatra, with many people fleeing their homes for higher ground. Local authorities alerted residents to evacuate but they have since returned as the threat of imminent disaster ceased. |
2005-4-10 |
| EQ-2005-000054-IDN |
A magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck the West coast of Sumatra in Indonesia centered near the island of Nias. More than 290 people were killed on the island. |
2005-3-28 |
| EQ-2005-000053-IDN |
An earthquake with magnitude 8.7 occurred at 16:09:37 (UTC) on Monday, March 28, 2005 in NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.) |
2005-3-28 |
| LS-2005-000025-IDN |
At least 19 people have been killed and more than 100 are missing following a landslide in Indonesia. |
2005-2-21 |
| FL-2004-000149-VNM |
Floods have risen in the Mekong Delta with water level fluctuating over the warning level 3, submerging many houses and schools. |
2004-10-5 |
| EQ-2005-000006-IDN |
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter Scale (as reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) occurred on 23 January 2005 at about 04:10 AM local time. The epicentre was located at 1.25S 119.79E, about 61 km NW of Palu, the capital of Central Sulawesi Province, at a depth of 10 km. |
2005-1-24 |
| TS-2004-000147-MMR |
YANGON, December 27, 2004 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government, breaking its usual silence on natural disasters, said on Monday 34 people were killed in the Irrawaddy delta by the tsunami which crashed into shores around the Indian Ocean,
The official announcement said 17 villages were damaged and 200 people were left homeless by Sunday's tsunami. |
2004-12-26 |
| TS-2004-000147-MYS |
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - At least 21 people have been killed and dozens missing and feared drowned after a tsunami triggered by a huge earthquake struck Malaysia's northern coast, officials say.
Most of those killed were swept out to sea as they picnicked at the popular Batu Ferringhi beach on the resort island of Penang.
"Seven more are still missing in the area," Penang Civil Defence Director Mohamad Johari Mohamad Taufik told Reuters. |
2004-12-26 |
| TS-2004-000147-THA |
BANKGOK (Reuters) - An unprecedented tsunami tossed cars around like toys on Thailand's southern tourist playground and swept into luxury hotels on Phuket island, killing at least 120 people in the region, officials say.
More than 1,000 were injured and the government ordered the evacuation of the stricken areas, which included the main beaches of Phuket which are popular with Western and Asian tourists and at the height of their season.
Thai authorities sent out helicopters to assess the damage in a region of exotically shaped limestone islands scattered in the turquoise waters of the Andaman Sea popular with snorkellers and recreational divers among Thailand's annual 12 million tourists. |
2004-12-26 |
| TS-2004-000147-IDN |
Up to 241 people have been killed in Indonesia after a huge earthquake triggered a tsunami that washed people out to sea and tore children from their parents' arms.
At least 55 people, many of them children, were killed when the tsunami swept the coast around the Bireuen regency in Aceh province, on the northern tip of Sumatra island, a local mayor told Reuters.
Bireuen lies near the coastal town of Lhokseumawe, which was also badly hit and where 53 people were killed, El Shinta radio said. Officials said at least 100 people had been injured there.
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2004-12-26 |
| FL-2004-000144-MYS |
Eleven people are reported to have died and more than 10,000 have been evacuated after flooding hit the east coast of peninsula Malaysia. |
2004-12-11 |
