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Wildfires - Australia
Volcanic eruption - Congo
Torrential rainfall and flood - Indonesia
Earthquake - Turkey
Torrential rains and ensuing
flood - Ecuador
Earthquake - Afghanistan (March 3rd)
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Earthquake - Taiwan
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Catastrophe Report 1
January 1 – March 31, 2002
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Torrential rains and ensuing flood - Ecuador
| Territory: |
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Ecuador |
| Region: |
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Coastal provinces of Manabi, El Toro,
Los Rios, and Guayas |
| Date: |
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February 28th continuing into late March |
| Event: |
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Torrential rains and ensuing flood |
| Impact: |
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16 dead; 4,600 homes damaged or destroyed; 24,000
people affected; 15,000 hectares of crops (including coffee)
damaged. Economic/insured loss data not yet available |
| Summary: |
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From late February into the last week of March,
heavy rains continued to affect the coastal region of Ecuador
south west of the capital Quito, including the city of Guayaquil
– the country’s second largest. Recorded rainfall
is 2 –3 times above average and concerns are growing that
the developing ENSO (El Niño – Southern Oscillation)
may extend the rainy season beyond its normal close in April.
Ecuador experienced severe rains and flood during both the 1982-3
and 1997-8 ENSO events. A State of Emergency has been declared. |
| Data sources: |
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Center for International Disaster Information
(www.cidi.org)
Reliefweb (www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf)
Asian Disaster Reduction Centre (www.adrc.or.jp/top.asp) |
| Additional sources:
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For more information on the potential 2002
ENSO go to:
Climate Prediction Centre: www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/index.html
National Climatic Data Centre: www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
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