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- Affected country: Zimbabwe Glide: EP-2022-000304-ZWE
A measles outbreak has been ongoing in Zimbabwe since 10 April 2022. As of 05 September 2022, A cumulative total of 6 444 Cases, 4 580 Recoveries and 698 Deaths have been reported since the onset of the outbreak. New cases were reported from Midlands (95),…
- Affected country: Syrian Arab Republic Glide: EP-2022-000310-SYR
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…
- Affected country: Senegal Glide: FL-2022-000290-SEN
From 5 to 7 August 2022, the cities of Dakar, Thiès and Matam recorded heavy rainfall totalling almost 500 mm for the three regions, according to weather data. Assessment reports by volunteers reveal that this situation caused a lot of damage in the mentioned…
- Affected country: Papua New Guinea Glide: EQ-2022-000308-PNG
On 11 September at 9:46 local time (10 September at 23:46 UTC), a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck about 67 km east of Kainantu, Eastern Highlands and 80 km north-west of Lae Morobe according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake was felt…
- Affected country: Central African Republic Glide: FL-2022-000321-CAF
At least eleven people killed, nearly 2,000 houses and a dozen bridges destroyed, and thousands of latrines and wells flooded. This is the preliminary assessment by several sources after the torrential rains recorded in Bangui, Ombella M'Poko,…
- Affected country: Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) Glide: FL-2022-000292-LAO
From 10 to 15 August, tropical storm Mulan (later weakened to a tropical depression) brought heavy rains to southern parts of China and northern parts of Viet Nam, Laos and Thailand. In Laos, heavy flooding and damage to homes and…
- Affected country: Mauritania Glide: FL-2022-000286-MRT
From 25 July to 3rd August 2022, heavy rains caused flooding in some parts of Mauritania, including Hodh El Gharbi, Assaba and Tagant in southern and central Mauritania. Among other things, the floods caused extensive material damage to 4,351 households, or 28…
- Affected country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Glide: EP-2022-000302-COD
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a resurgence of Ebola late last night, following confirmation of one case in the country’s eastern province of North Kivu. A 46-year-old woman died on 15 August 2022 in…
- Affected country: Algeria Glide: FR-2022-000297-DZA
Wildfires continue to burn across northern and north-eastern Algeria, causing a considerate humanitarian impact. According to the Algeria Press Service (APS) and media reports, since 15 August, at least 37 people have died (most of them in El Taref Province,…
- Affected countries: Chad, Sudan Glide: FL-2022-000287-TCD
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…