http://www.pacificdisaster.net New Events Uploaded to Pacific Disaster Net http://www.pacificdisaster.net/pdn2008/assets/pdn_header_s.png http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Vehicle Accident&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1290 CE - Complex Emergency RSOE Update 02/02/2012 at 10.30 UTC - Rescuers have plucked nearly 240 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea's east coast after a ferry sank with as many as 350 people on board, officials said. A plane from Australia, three helicopters and eight ships were scouring the search area after the MV Rabaul Queen went down around dawn while travelling from Kimbe on the island of New Britain to the coastal city of Lae on the main island Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Vehicle Accident&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1290 2012-02-02T12:00:00Z http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Landslide&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1289 LS - Landslide A landslide struck villages in mountainous central Papua New Guinea, and local media reported Wednesday that 40 bodies have been recovered and 20 people are still missing. The South Pacific island nation's National Disaster Center director Martin Mosi said several villages are close to where the landslide occurred near the town of Mendi early Tuesday and that fatalities are likely but unconfirmed Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Landslide&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1289 2012-01-25T12:00:00Z http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Flash Flood&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1288 FF - Flash Flood 23/01/212 - UID 8184 - Ba and Nadi river have burst its bank and heavy rain continues. UID 8188 - Roads around the Northern Division were closed because of flash flooding in the North. 24/01/2012 - 37 confirmed evacuation centres. Vunidawa Bridge –Water level 3m to reach bridge deck. Heavy continuous rain, Water level still rising. Drivers to take precaution. Naqia bridge-underwater. Water level reaches the Naqia village level. 25/01/2012 - The whole of Ra/Tavua/Ba District is still without power supply. 54 Evacuation Centres have been opened but only 50 have been confirmed to be occupied. ID 8200 2064 evacuees in 54 EC majority in Nadi. ID 8219 - 25/1 State of Natural Disaster declared (western divison). Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Flash Flood&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1288 2012-01-23T12:00:00Z http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Flash Flood&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1286 FF - Flash Flood The Fiji Times 08/01/2012 - Continuous heavy rainfall in the Western Division over the past three days prompted the opening of two evacuation centres in Rakiraki. Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Flash Flood&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1286 2012-01-08T12:00:00Z http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Dengue Fever&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1285 EP - Epidemic The Fiji Times 21/12/2011- There have been two cases of Type 2 dengue fever identified in Fiji. The World Health Organisation's medical officer in the Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Response Unit in Suva, Doctor Eric Nilles said the last outbreak of Type 2 in Fiji was in 1997 to 1998. He said Type 1 and 4 have been the predominant stereotypes (or strains) of dengue circulating in the Pacific for the past 10 years Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Dengue Fever&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1285 2011-12-20T12:00:00Z http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Earthquake&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1284 EQ - Earthquake RSOE 14/12/2011 - A strong earthquake struck the Pacific state of Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued as the quake occured inland, and there were no immediate reports of damage. The 7.3 magnitude tremor was centred near Lae, the country's second-largest city, at a depth of around 115 km (71 miles) the U.S. Geological Survey said. "It was very, very big," said Dolly Kinibo, a receptionist at the Lae International Hotel. "It lasted for two to three minutes. There are no reports of injuries or damage, but our managers are checking." Residents in the capital Port Moresby, 223 km (138 miles) from the epicentre, also reported feeling the quake. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Earthquake&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1284 2011-12-14T12:00:00Z http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Typhoid Fever&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1283 EP - Epidemic ID 7979 Navosa highlands typhoid outbreak forced the closure of a school. More than 50 per cent of the people of Nanoko village as well as students are believed to have been infected. ID 7988 - 5 Positive cases of typhoid in Navosa. A ban on mass gathering by Ministry of Health. ID 8010 Six new cases of typhoid in the nearby village Tuvavatu village in the highlands of Navosa. 10/12/2011 - The Ministry of Health has declared a Public Health Emergency (PHE) on Bukuya area in Ba due to the typhoid outbreak. 11/12/11 UID 8055. ID 8111, 3 villagers were rushed to the Lautoka Hospital, 40 villagers had been confirmed as typhoid cases in Nanoko Village PHE ends on 12/1/2012. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Typhoid Fever&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1283 2011-12-04T12:00:00Z http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Dengue Fever&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1282 EP - Epidemic 16/11/2011. UID 7904 ABC News the focus of the dengue fever epidemic in the northern Pacific has shifted from Marshall Islands to Yap. More than 200 hundred cases have been reported in the small community in Yap. 22/11. UID 7954 Health officials have confirmed that two different dengue viruses are responsible for the outbreaks in Micronesia- dengue virus two. ABC News UID 8120 FSM 900 people remain infected Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Dengue Fever&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1282 2011-11-16T12:00:00Z http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Fire&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1281 AC - Technical Disaster PacNews 10/11/2011 - Palau is in a state of emergency following a fire that destroyed generators at the Aimeliik Power Plant last Saturday, leaving most of the country on a power rationing schedule. Most of the island nation is relying on a second primary generator in Malakal and a standby generator in Melekeok. Together they generate only a fraction of the republic's 12 megawatt demand Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Fire&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1281 2011-11-09T12:00:00Z http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Dengue Fever&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1280 EP - Epidemic RNZI 07/11/2011 - More than 150 people have been diagnosed with dengue on Majuro. Radio NZ 31/10/2011. The government declared a state of emergency last week with the aim of combating the growing rate of the mosquito-borne disease, which has risen to 74 confirmed cases and 45 probable cases. 7/11, US CDC conducting house to house mosquito inspection. UID 7906 10/11 Cases of Dengue Fever has increased ten-fold, from 60 to nearly 600, in the two weeks since the sate of emergency. ABC News 16/11/2011. Outbreak may have reached its peak, epicentre moved to Yap. ABC News 22/11 See UID 7954. ABC News UID 8120 so far 1,400 people infected Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.pacificdisaster.net/rss/ShowServlet?title=Dengue Fever&sql=Select * From Event Where Id=1280 2011-11-01T12:00:00Z