

Tropical Storm – Madagascar: Tropical Cyclone Cheneso, which reached land on Jan. 25, 2022, CDP hosted a webinar to help funders understand the role of mobile homes in society and how mobile homes can play a unique role in disaster recovery. Mobile home residents have higher exposure to natural hazards such as floods and tornadoes. In Pointe Coupee Parish, three people were injured when the storms hit mobile homes. 25, nearly 16,000 customers were without power in Louisiana. The storm moved east into Louisiana, where the sheriff’s office in Beauregard Parish reported significant damage to homes and buildings. In Deer Park, dozens of people were evacuated from a nursing home where emergency crews responded to a structural collapse. 24, almost all of them in the state’s southeast corner. Around 88,000 electric customers in Texas were without power on the evening of Jan. The police chief in Pasadena described structural damage from a tornado as catastrophic. A continuous path of damage extended across portions of southeast Houston, Pasadena, Deer Park and Baytown. 24, packing peak winds of 140 miles per hour and a path length of 18.8 miles. Tornadoes – Texas and Louisiana: The National Weather Service says an EF-3 tornado touched down in Harris County, Texas, on Jan. New Zealand is bracing for more heavy rain this week following new severe weather alerts. Waitomo district, about 135 miles from Auckland, declared a state of emergency on Jan. 28, and international flights resumed the following day.Īuckland remained under a state of emergency on Jan. Photos and drone footage show flooded streets and homes, damaged buildings, and a derailed train, revealing the extent of the disaster’s damage.Īuckland International Airport, the country’s largest and busiest airport, was closed on Jan. The rainfall produced devastating flooding and landslides, killing at least four people and requiring the evacuation of hundreds. 27, an estimated 9.8 inches (240 millimeters) of rain, equal to a summer’s worth of rain, fell on Auckland, making it the city’s wettest day on record. New or Emerging Disastersįlooding – New Zealand: On Jan. Here’s what we’re watching for the week of Jan. Here at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, we keep an eye on the status of disasters worldwide and compile a list of the ones we’re tracking weekly, along with relevant disaster-related media coverage. Some disasters make headlines others do not. We know all too well that disaster can strike at any time, in any place in the world.
