Your Earthquake, Typhoon, Flooding, Tsunami and Drought Mashup

Published October 04, 2009 @ 03:50PM PT

[AP Footage of the Samoan Tsunami - hat tip to UN Dispatch]

Seeing as how we clearly hadn't hit our quota of natural disasters in 2009, last week saw an earthquake, a typhoon, and floods. Oh, and a tsunami.

The earthquake killed over 1,000 on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, the typhoon killed over 300 in the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia, flooding killed over 200 in India, and a tsunami left at least 129 dead in Samoa.

And another typhoon is now heading towards the Philippines.

Not to mention a devastating drought in East Africa.

The blog Head Down Eyes Open has a collection of first-hand accounts from Samoa, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Below, more information on each disaster:

Indonesian Earthquake

Map - West Sumatra earthquake (UN OCHA, September 30th)

Eyewitness account of Indonesia earthquake (CARE, October 1st)

Aid workers grapple with infrastructure damage after Sumatra quake (Reuters AlertNet, October 1st)

Rescuers struggle to reach Sumatra quake victims (IRIN, October 1st)

Map - West Sumatra earthquake casualties (UN OCHA, October 1st)

Indonesia Earthquake Situation Report (UN OCHA, October 1st)

Thousands likely dead in Indonesian quake (AFP, October 2nd)

Indonesia: Medical resources stretched after quake (IRIN, October 2nd)

West Sumatra Emergency Situation Report (WHO, October 2nd)

Frantic search as Indonesia quake toll tops 1,000 (Reuters AlertNet, October 2nd)

Typhoons

Philippines: Situation Report on Humanitarian Coordination (Government of the Philippines, September 29th)

Philippines: Government appeals for international aid (IRIN, September 29th)

Philippines: Flood survivors face misery and hardship (IRIN, September 29th)

Philippines: Ketsana underscores climate change imperative (IRIN, September 30th)

Disease threatens as Manila braces for another storm (IRIN, October 1st)

Philippines: Tropical Storm Ketsana Situation Report (UN OCHA, October 2nd)

Philippines: Mass evacuations ordered as "super typhoon" looms (IRIN, October 4th)

Eyewitness account of Typhoon Ketsana hitting Vietnam (CARE, September 30th)

Vietnam: Preparation "helped to save lives" (IRIN, September 30th)

Vietnam: Picking up the pieces after Ketsana (IRIN, October 1st)

Asia typhoon toll 350, floods in Vietnam, Cambodia (Reuters AlertNet, October 1st)

Vietnam typhoon death toll hits 162 as urgent aid appeal begins (AFP, October 4th)

Eyewitness account of Typhoon Ketsana hitting Laos (CARE)

Floods in India

More than 200 dead in southern India floods (DPA, October 4th)

Tsunamis

Map of Samoan Tsunami (EC, September 29th)

Death toll nears 150 as Samoan tsunami devastation revealed (AFP, October 1st)

Remoteness hampers aid flow to tsunami-hit Pacific islands (Reuters AlertNet, October 2nd)

Humanitarian Diary: Tears and generosity in Samoa (IFRC, October 2nd)

Samoa / Tonga Situation Report (UN OCHA, October 2nd)

Drought in East Africa

Somalia: Puntland warns of looming crisis as drought bites (IRIN, September 10th)

Sudan: Clashes, drought worsen food insecurity (IRIN, September 15th)

Kenya: "Children are on the brink of death" in northeast (IRIN, September 23rd)

Somalia: Drought conditions persist in Somaliland (IRIN, September 24th)

In Ethiopia, millions face hunger as drought sweeps East Africa (Oxfam, September 28th)

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Thanks Micheal for putting all this together and bringing it home.

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Michael has worked for NGOs in Afghanistan, across east and central Africa, and Iraq. Prior to going overseas, he worked on a project providing assistance to the United Nations on the application of International Humanitarian Law to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.