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Green Flood alert in Japan from 12/08/2012 00:00 UTC to 20/08/2012 23:59 UTC
GDACS Event Report - Summary

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This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the Magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on update number 250.

  • Flood Magnitude 5.16
  • from 12/08/2012 00:00 UTC to 20/08/2012 23:59 UTC
  • 3 killed and 1000 displaced

References

Latest media headlines

Articles: 9 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Tembin to make landfall today: CWB
Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:08:00 +0200   ChinaPost (en)

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Typhoon Tembin was moving at a slow but steady pace off the East Coast of Taitung County. The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) stated that the typhoon will make landfall today at noon. The CWB also forecasted that Taiwan would feel the impact between today and Saturday.

People and organisations: Emergency  Transportation Ministry 

Amlin returns to profit as disaster claims slow
Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:56:00 +0200   gulfnews (en)

Booked pretax profit of £184.5m in the six months to end-June compared with a pretax loss of £192m a year earlier

People and organisations: Charles Phillips 

Amlin returns to profit as disaster claims slow
Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:08:00 +0200   RTERadio (en)

Lloyd's of London insurer Amlin swung back to profit in the first half of 2012, helped by a sharp drop in catastrophe-related claims and higher premiums.

People and organisations: Charles Phillips 

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