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Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Sudbury District of Ontario on October 24, 2022 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.
== Baldwin ==
Jason Cote, Gerald Lepine, Ray Maltais and Bert McDowell were elected to council.
== Chapleau ==
Chapleau was one of numerous municip... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Sudbury_District_municipal_elections | election | null |
General elections were held in Gabon on 26 August 2023. Incumbent president Ali Bongo ran for re-election, representing the Gabonese Democratic Party, which had ruled the country continuously since its independence from France in 1960, including 41 years under Bongo's father, Omar.
Bongo was declared the winner on 30 A... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Gabonese_general_election | election | null |
Parliamentary elections were held in The Gambia on 9 April 2022 to elect members of the 58-seat National Assembly.
The newly created National People's Party (NPP), led by incumbent President Adama Barrow, emerged victorious, winning 18 seats. The United Democratic Party (UDP) came second, winning 15 seats and becoming ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Gambian_parliamentary_election | election | null |
General elections were held in Malaysia on Saturday, 19 November 2022. The prospect of snap elections had been considered high due to the political crisis that had been ongoing since 2020; political instability caused by coalition or party switching among members of Parliament, combined with the fallout of the COVID-19... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Malaysian_general_election | election | null |
The 2022 Australian Senate election was held on 21 May 2022 to elect 40 of the 76 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 2022 federal election. Senators elected at this election took office on 1 July 2022, with the exception of the senators elected from two territories whose terms commenced from election day.... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Australian_Senate_election | election | null |
General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 20 December 2023. Combined elections were held for the President, 484 of the 500 members of the National Assembly, 700 of the 716 elected members of the 26 provincial assemblies, and for the first time under the new constitution, 951 members of a sc... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_general_election | election | null |
Snap general elections were held in Vanuatu on 13 October 2022 to elect all 52 seats in Parliament. President Nikenike Vurobaravu dissolved Parliament in August 2022 on advice of the Council of Ministers ahead of a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Bob Loughman.
== Background ==
On 18 August 2022 the new pres... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Vanuatuan_general_election | election | null |
General elections were held throughout Zimbabwe on 23 and 24 August 2023 to elect the president, legislators and councillors. The main race for presidential office was between two candidates of Karanga origin: ZANU–PF's Emmerson Mnangagwa and Citizens Coalition for Change's Nelson Chamisa.
The presidential election was... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Zimbabwean_general_election | election | null |
General elections were held in Paraguay on 30 April 2023 to elect the president, vice president, National Congress, and departmental governors. The incumbent president Mario Abdo Benítez and vice president Hugo Velázquez Moreno, both of the Colorado Party, were ineligible for re-election.
The Colorado candidate, forme... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Paraguayan_general_election | election | null |
General elections were held in Lebanon on 15 May 2022 (one week earlier for overseas voters and one day earlier for ballot workers) to elect all 128 members of the Lebanese Parliament. The country has for several years been the subject of chronic political instability as well as a serious economic crisis aggravated by ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Lebanese_general_election | election | null |
General elections were held in Bahrain on 12 November 2022 to elect the 40 members of the Council of Representatives, with a second round in some constituencies on 19 November.
The elections were condemned domestically and internationally as a sham. Rights groups condemned the atmosphere of "political repression". The ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Bahraini_general_election | election | null |
The 2022 Jersey general election was held on 22 June 2022 to elect connétables and deputies to the States Assembly. As in previous elections, the majority of seats were won by independents. The governing Jersey Alliance party suffered a heavy defeat, losing all but one of its seats. Following the election, a coalition ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Jersey_general_election | election | null |
The 2022 Indian presidential election was the 16th presidential election in India held on 18 July 2022 to elect the president of India. The incumbent president Ram Nath Kovind did not run for reelection. The election had a turnout of 99.12%.
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Droupadi Murmu won the election by a margin o... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Indian_presidential_election | election | null |
The 2022 South Australian state election was held on 19 March 2022 to elect members to the 55th Parliament of South Australia. All 47 seats in the House of Assembly (the lower house, whose members were elected at the 2018 election), and half the seats in the Legislative Council (the upper house, last filled at the 2014... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_South_Australian_state_election | election | null |
Presidential elections were scheduled to be held in Madagascar on 9 November 2023, with a second round on 20 December if required. On 12 October 2023, it was announced that the election would be postponed by one week to 16 November because of pre-election unrest.
Andry Rajoelina was re-elected to another term with 58.9... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Malagasy_presidential_election | election | null |
Early presidential elections were held in Turkmenistan on 12 March 2022. The elections were called after incumbent president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow announced his intention to resign, having already announced on January 25, 2020, that he would not seek re-election to a fourth term, leaving the office open for the fir... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Turkmenistan_presidential_election | election | null |
General elections were held in Barbados on 19 January 2022 to elect the 30 members of the House of Assembly. The ruling Barbados Labour Party won all 30 seats for the second consecutive election.
This was the 12th national election held since independence from the United Kingdom in 1966, the 16th since the institution ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Barbadian_general_election | election | null |
An indirect presidential election was held in Cuba on 19 April 2023. The election took place following the election to the National Assembly of People's Power on 26 March 2023.
The incumbent president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, was eligible for re-election and his candidacy was supported with 459 votes out of 460 valid votes.... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Cuban_presidential_election | election | null |
Early presidential elections were held in Uzbekistan on 9 July 2023. The early election was called after the approval of the constitutional referendum where term limits were reset and president Shavkat Mirziyoyev can serve two more seven-year terms.
== Background ==
A constitutional referendum was held in Uzbekistan ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Uzbek_presidential_election | election | null |
A regional election was held in Castile and León on 13 February 2022 to elect the 11th Cortes of the autonomous community. All 81 seats in the Cortes were up for election. This marked the first time that a Castilian-Leonese president exercised the legal prerogative to call a snap election.
The previous election had see... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Castilian-Leonese_regional_election | election | null |
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on November 8, 2022, to elect representatives for the 52 seats in California (reduced from 53 in the redistricting cycle following the 2020 United States census). This marked the first time in the state's history that it lost a seat.
This... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California | election | null |
Parliamentary elections were held in Turkmenistan on 26 March 2023 to elect the 125 members of the Assembly. The elections took place after the introduction of a separate constitutional authority. The Assembly (Turkmen: Mejlis) is since January 2023 the unicameral legislature of Turkmenistan. Between March 2021 and 21 ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Turkmen_parliamentary_election | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, concurrently with other midterm elections at the federal, state, and local levels. Regularly scheduled elections were held for 34 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate, the winners of which would serve six-year terms beginning with the 118th United St... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_elections | election | null |
General elections were held in Oman on 29 October 2023.
== Electoral system ==
The 90 members of the Consultative Assembly were elected from a mix of one- and two-member constituencies based on the 61 provinces; provinces with a population of under 30,000 elected one member while those with a population of over 30,00... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Omani_general_election | election | null |
General elections were held in Papua New Guinea from 4 to 22 July 2022 to elect the members of the National Parliament for a new five-year term.
== Background ==
During the previous elections in 2017, the People's National Congress (PNC), led by prime minister Peter O'Neill, won a plurality, securing 28 seats. The Na... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Papua_New_Guinean_general_election | election | null |
Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 17 December 2023 to elect members of the National Assembly. While they were initially scheduled to be held by 30 April 2026, Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, called a snap election in November 2023. In addition to the parliamentary elections, the Vojvodina provin... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Serbian_parliamentary_election | election | null |
The 2023 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election was a special election to the U.S. House of Representatives that was held to fill Virginia's 4th congressional district for the remainder of the 118th United States Congress. The seat became vacant after incumbent Democrat Donald McEachin died on November ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Virginia%27s_4th_congressional_district_special_election | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Washington. Murray had won election to a fifth term in 2016 with 59% of the vote.
Because Washington has a blanket primary system, parties did not nominate their own... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Washington | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate from Wisconsin. The party primaries were held on August 9, 2022. Incumbent Republican Senator Ron Johnson won election to a third term, defeating Democratic Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Republican senator Lisa Murkowski won reelection to a fourth full term, defeating fellow Republican Kelly Tshibaka and Democrat Patricia Chesbro.
This was the first U.S. Senate election in Alaska to be held under a new election pro... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alaska | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennet was re-elected to a third term, defeating the Republican candidate, businessman Joe O'Dea. Originally appointed to the seat in 2009, Bennet won full terms in 2010 and 2016.
Bennet won by nearly 1... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Colorado | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Ohio. Republican writer and venture capitalist JD Vance defeated Democratic U.S. representative Tim Ryan to succeed retiring incumbent Republican Rob Portman.
Vance won by... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Ohio | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Democratic lieutenant governor John Fetterman won his first term in office, defeating Republican surgeon Mehmet Oz. Fetterman succeeded Republ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Oregon. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, who was first elected in a 1996 special election, ran for a fifth full term. Jo Rae Perkins, who unsuccessfully ran ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Oregon | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent Maryland. The Democratic and Republican primaries were held on July 19, 2022.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen was first elected in 2016 with 60.9% of the vote, winnin... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in Indiana was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Indiana. Incumbent Senator Todd Young won a second term.
Young announced on March 2, 2021, that he would be running for a second term. He was first elected to the Senat... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican U.S. senator John Kennedy was first elected in 2016. He ran for re-election to a second term, and was re-elected after receiving a maj... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Louisiana | election | null |
The 2023 Bremen state election was held on 14 May 2023 to elect the 21st Bürgerschaft of Bremen. Elections to the city councils of Bremen and Bremerhaven, the two municipal entities comprising the state of Bremen, were held simultaneously. The incumbent government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), A... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Bremen_state_election | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alabama. Incumbent senator Richard Shelby was first elected in 1986 and re-elected in 1992 as a Democrat before becoming a Republican in 1994. In February 2021, Shelby ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alabama | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Iowa. Incumbent Republican Senator Chuck Grassley defeated Democratic nominee Michael Franken to win re-election to an eighth term.
Grassley was first elected in 1980 and ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the U.S. Senate to represent the state of Georgia. Incumbent Democratic senator Raphael Warnock won his first full term in office, defeating Republican former football player Herschel Walker. Under Georgia's two-round s... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Dakota. Incumbent three-term Republican U.S. Senator John Thune, who was the Senate Minority Whip, was first elected in 2004, defeating Democratic incumbent ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota | election | null |
The 2022 City of London Corporation election took place on 24 March 2022 to elect members of the Court of Common Council in the City of London Corporation, England. The election was postponed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
== Background ==
Elections to the Court of Common Council, the main decision-making b... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_City_of_London_Corporation_election | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Nevada. Incumbent Democratic senator Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election to a second term, narrowly defeating Republican challenger Adam Laxalt. Nevada's election res... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member to the United States Senate to represent the state of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican Senator John Boozman ran for a third term. He won the May 24, 2022 Republican primary with 58.03% of the vote and the general election w... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas | election | null |
The 2022 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of North Carolina. Republican Congressman Ted Budd won his first term in office, defeating Democratic nominee Cheri Beasley. Primary elections were scheduled for Ma... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina | election | null |
The 2023 Canarian regional election was held on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 70 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spai... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Canarian_regional_election | election | null |
The 2023 Riojan regional election was held on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Parliament of the autonomous community of La Rioja. All 33 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The elect... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Riojan_regional_election | election | null |
The 2023 Hessian state elections was held on Sunday October 8, to elect the 21st Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union and The Greens, led by Minister-President Boris Rhein of the CDU. The 2023 Bavarian state election was held the same day.
The result was a clear v... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hessian_state_election | election | null |
A regional election was held in Castilla–La Mancha on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Cortes of the autonomous community. All 33 seats in the Cortes were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.
== Overview ==
=== El... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Castilian-Manchegan_regional_election | election | null |
The 2023 Cantabrian regional election was held on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Parliament of the autonomous community of Cantabria. All 35 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
==... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Cantabrian_regional_election | election | null |
A regional election was held in the Valencian Community on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Corts of the autonomous community. All 99 seats in the Corts were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.
The ruling "Botànic Ag... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Valencian_regional_election | election | null |
A regional election was held in Andalusia on 19 June 2022 to elect the 12th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
The 2018 election resulted in the first majority for right-of-centre parties in Andalusia in 36 years, paving the way for an alternative government to... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Andalusian_regional_election | election | null |
A regional election was held in the Balearic Islands on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 59 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
== Overvi... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Balearic_regional_election | election | null |
An indirect presidential election (officially the 17th Federal Convention) was held in Germany on 13 February 2022 to elect the next president of Germany.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the high number of delegates, the meeting took place in the Paul Löbe House, spread over several floors, unlike its usual locati... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_German_presidential_election | election | null |
The 2022 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 8 May 2022 to elect the 20th Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), The Greens, and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), led by Minister-President Daniel Günther.
The CDU won in a landslide, claim... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Schleswig-Holstein_state_election | election | null |
The 2023 Nagpur Flood was a flooding event that occurred in the city of Nagpur in the Indian State of Maharashtra on September 24, 2023. The flood caused deaths and economic destruction with several hundred people being evacuated in various parts of the city.
== Cause ==
The flood was caused due to 109 mm heavy rains... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Nagpur_flood | flood | null |
Storm Daniel, also known as Cyclone Daniel, was an erratic, weak but catastrophic tropical cyclone that became the deadliest Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone in recorded history, as well as the second-costliest tropical cyclone on record outside of the North Atlantic Basin (after Typhoon Doksuri). Forming as a low-p... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Daniel | flood | null |
The 2023 southern New Zealand floods were caused by heavy rain that struck the southern part of New Zealand's South Island on 21 September 2023. This storm caused flooding in several places across the Southland and Otago regions including Gore and Queenstown. 100 homes were evacuated in Queenstown and Tuatapere's water... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_southern_New_Zealand_floods | flood | null |
Floods in Ghana refer to a series of flood incidents that have caused property damage and loss of life. Floods are caused by excessive rainfall and dam spillages. Flooding is a recurring natural disaster that has become a defining challenge for the country's environmental, economic, and political discourse. Ghana's tro... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods_in_Ghana | flood | null |
In late July 2022, Iran was hit by historic floods and mudslides which affected 400 towns and villages in 21 of Iran's 31 provinces, and destroyed over 20,000 homes. In the provinces of Mazandaran and Yazd, deaths were high. At least 95 people have been reported dead and over 200 others are missing. Preliminary agricul... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Iranian_floods | flood | null |
The 2022 Suriname floods were a series of floods that occurred in March 2022. They primarily affected Indigenous and Maroon settlement areas in the eastern part of Suriname. The floods were caused by the La Niña weather phenomenon, which replaced the short dry season (beginning of February to beginning of April) in 202... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Suriname_floods | flood | null |
The 2022 Sudan floods saw the figure for flood-affected people in Sudan exceed the figure for 2021, rising to 314,500. From 2017 to 2021, there were 388,600 people affected by floods annually.
== Description ==
Since May 2022, the north-eastern African country of Sudan has been in the rainy season. The rainy season i... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Sudan_floods | flood | null |
On the morning of the Monday 17th of January 2022, Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, and its neighbouring department, department of Canelones, went through a period of heavy rain that developed into a flood that submerged a number of neighbourhoods of the city underwater. The previous weekend, the country had experie... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Montevideo_flood | flood | null |
Floods and mudslides occurred in the Northeast Region of Brazil in 2022. Its cause was the rains that hit mainly the state of Pernambuco, but also Sergipe, Alagoas, Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte. Precipitation volumes surpassed the historical monthly average in several cities in just three days.
== By state ==
==... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Northeastern_Brazil_floods_and_mudslides | flood | null |
Heavy flooding broke out in the Central Coast and Sydney areas of New South Wales, Australia, beginning in early July 2022. Around 85,000 people were displaced by the flooding or requested to leave their homes by authorities. The floods' damage was significant because rain fell on land that was already saturated after ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_New_South_Wales_floods | flood | null |
On 15 February 2022, intense rainfall in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil caused mudslides and flooding that destroyed parts of the city. At least 231 people died in the disaster.
== Background ==
Petrópolis is a popular tourist city in Brazil, and as it expanded, its poorer residents built upon the nearby mountain... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Petr%C3%B3polis_floods | flood | null |
In 2022, major floods and landslides occurred in Brazil.
== Late January–early February ==
From 28 January to 3 February, a series of floods and landslides killed 28 people in Brazil.
== Mid-February ==
On 15 February, floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rain in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro killed at least 231 ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Brazil_floods_and_landslides | flood | null |
During the 2023 Brazilian Carnival holiday weekend, record-breaking rainfall—reaching 682 mm (26.9 in) in 24 hours—caused deadly floods and landslides across the state of São Paulo. At least 65 people were killed, of which 64 were in São Sebastião.
== Background ==
The affected regions of São Paulo were located in co... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_floods_and_landslides | flood | null |
Beginning on Friday, 27 January 2023, regions across the upper North Island of New Zealand experienced widespread catastrophic floods caused by heavy rainfall, with Auckland being the most significantly affected as the Auckland Anniversary holiday weekend began.
Severe flash flooding occurred across Auckland from aroun... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Auckland_Anniversary_Weekend_floods | flood | null |
In October 2022, Crete, the largest island of Greece was hit by destructive floods. The floods were triggered by a large thunderstorm and heavy rains. Two fatalities were reported along with 150 millimetres (5.9 in) of rain falling within less 12 hours.
== Response ==
On 15 October, flash floods hit the north coast o... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Greek_floods | flood | null |
The 2022 Nigeria floods affected many parts of the country. From the Federal Government Data, the floods had displaced over 1.4 million people, killed over 603 people, and injured more than 2,400 people. About 82,035 houses had been damaged, and 332,327 hectares of land had also been affected.
While Nigeria typically e... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Nigeria_floods | flood | null |
The destruction of the Kozarovychi Dam, which separated the reclaimed floodplain of the Irpin River from the Kyiv Reservoir, was carried out by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, in order to prevent the advance of Russian troops during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. As a result, more than 2,800 hectares o... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_the_Kozarovychi_Dam | flood | null |
The 2023 African Great Lakes floods are floods in April and May 2023 that have killed hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.
== Background. ==
Frequent heavy rains causing damage and casualties between March and May are common in East Africa – in May 2020 around 80 people were... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_African_Great_Lakes_floods | flood | null |
The Kakhovka Dam was breached in the early hours of 6 June 2023, causing extensive flooding along the lower Dnieper river, also called the Dnipro, in Kherson Oblast. The dam was under the control of the Russian military, which had seized it in the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Many experts have conclud... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_the_Kakhovka_Dam | flood | null |
Heavy rainfall during the 2023 monsoon season resulted in severe flooding and landslides across Northern India, primarily affecting residents in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi.
A monsoon surge, coupled with a western disturbance has led to the highest ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_North_India_floods | flood | null |
In August 2023, major floods occurred in large part of Slovenia and neighbouring areas of Austria and Croatia due to heavy rain. Amongst others, the level of rivers Sava, Mur and Drava was exceptionally high. Several settlements and transport links in Slovene Littoral, Upper Carniola and Slovenian Carinthia were floode... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Slovenia_floods | flood | null |
In September 2023, heavy rainfall and strong winds from an extratropical cyclone resulted in the deaths of at least 47 people in Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil, injuries to 940 people, and $1.3 million in damage. Flooding also impacted several municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul, including Bento Gonçalves, Caxias do... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Rio_Grande_do_Sul_floods | flood | null |
A series of floods were in and around the cities of Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Faenza, Ravenna, and Rimini, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The first floods occurred between 2 and 3 May 2023, killing two people. More severe floods took place on 16–17 May 2023, killing at least 15 people and displacing 50,000 others... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Emilia-Romagna_floods | flood | null |
The 2023 Nova Scotia floods were a series of floods in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Areas in Nova Scotia received 250mm (9.8 inches) of rain in a 24 hour period, causing flash floods.
On July 22, 2023, a state of emergency was declared in the province, scheduled to last two weeks, ending on August 5. The floods... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Nova_Scotia_floods | flood | null |
On 3 July 2022, a serac collapsed on the mountain of Marmolada, in the Dolomites at the regional border between Trentino and Veneto, Italy. Eleven people were killed and eight were wounded. The large-scale collapse of the serac led to one of the most serious accidents in the Alps in decades. The seismic energy released... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Marmolada_serac_collapse | natural_disaster | null |
During the summer of 2022, a mass mortality event involving fish, beavers, clams, crayfish and other wildlife occurred in the Oder river.
Over 100 tonnes of dead fish were removed from the Polish section of the river, and a further 35 tonnes from German sections, causing concern that the water was poisoned.
At first th... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Oder_environmental_disaster | natural_disaster | null |
On 23 October 2022, Storm Beatrice spawned multiple severe thunderstorms across parts of Europe, including tornadic supercells in parts of France and embedded circulations in the mesoscale convective system that impacted parts of England. Fourteen tornadoes were confirmed as a result of the outbreak, some of which were... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2022_European_tornado_outbreak | natural_disaster | null |
In December 2021, an eruption began on Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, a submarine volcano in the Tongan archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean. The eruption reached a very large and powerful climax nearly four weeks later, on 15 January 2022. Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai is 65 kilometres (40 mi) north of Tongatapu, the cou... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Hunga_Tonga%E2%80%93Hunga_Ha%CA%BBapai_eruption_and_tsunami | natural_disaster | null |
The 2002 La Plata tornado ( lə-PLAY-tə) was an extremely powerful and fast-moving multi-vortex tornado that devastated the town of La Plata, Maryland, killing 3 people and injuring 122 others. It was the costliest tornado of the tornado outbreak of April 27–28, 2002, causing at least $115 million in damages. It is also... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_La_Plata_tornado | natural_disaster | null |
Hurricane Jova was a very powerful tropical cyclone that became the first Pacific hurricane to reach Category 5 strength on the Saffir-Simpson scale since Willa in 2018. Jova was also one of the fastest–intensifying tropical cyclones on record in the Eastern Pacific tropical cyclone basin. The tenth named storm, sevent... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Jova_(2023) | natural_disaster | null |
On the afternoon of January 24, 2023, a large, intense, rain-wrapped tornado moved through the suburbs of Pasadena and Deer Park, in the Houston metropolitan area in Texas. The National Weather Service rated the most-severe damage from the tornado low-end EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale with winds estimated at 140 mil... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pasadena%E2%80%93Deer_Park_tornado | natural_disaster | null |
In the afternoon hours of March 5, 2022, a large, long-track and violent tornado tracked through areas just outside of Winterset, located near Des Moines in the state of Iowa. The tornado damaged and destroyed many residences, with one home being leveled at low-end EF4 intensity. The tornado was the most intense to tou... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterset_tornado | natural_disaster | null |
In the midday hours of January 12, 2023, a significant EF2-rated tornado moved through portions of Selma, located in the US state of Alabama. The tornado was part of a larger tornado outbreak the same day. The tornado injured two people in the Selma area and left 19,000 residents without power in the immediate aftermat... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Selma_tornado | natural_disaster | null |
In the evening hours of March 31, 2023, a large and intense tornado struck multiple communities in Illinois and Indiana, killing or injuring multiple people and leaving a 40.86-mile (65.76 km) path of destruction in its wake. The tornado caused major damage at the southern and eastern edges of Robinson, Illinois, and l... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Robinson%E2%80%93Sullivan_tornado | natural_disaster | null |
On the evening of Friday, March 24, 2023, a large, violent, and long-tracked multi-vortex wedge tornado struck the towns of Rolling Fork, Silver City, and Midnight. The tornado killed 17 people and injured at least 165 others. Part of a wider tornado outbreak sequence across the Southern United States, this tornado was... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Rolling_Fork_tornado | natural_disaster | null |
Just before midnight on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, a tornado impacted the Isle of Jersey in the Channel Islands, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom. Associated with powerful extratropical cyclone Storm Ciarán, the tornado was subsequently rated T6 on the TORRO scale or IF3 on the International Fujita scale, whi... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Jersey_tornado | natural_disaster | null |
On the afternoon of April 5, 2022, amid a tornado outbreak across the Southeastern United States, a large and violent tornado struck the city of Pembroke and the community of Black Creek, Georgia. The National Weather Service forecast office in Charleston, South Carolina, rated the worst of the damage from the tornado ... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Pembroke%E2%80%93Black_Creek_tornado | natural_disaster | null |
In the evening hours of April 29, 2022, a strong tornado moved through the city of Andover, located in the U.S. state of Kansas. The tornado tracked 12.8 miles (20.6 km) through the area, injuring three people and inflicting EF3 damage on the Enhanced Fujita scale to structures located on the eastern side of Andover.
T... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Andover_tornado | natural_disaster | null |
During the afternoon hours of March 31, 2023, a large and destructive rain-wrapped wedge tornado struck the city of Wynne, and caused additional damage in or around the communities of Parkin, Earle, Turrell, and Drummonds in Arkansas and Tennessee. The tornado caused considerable damage to Wynne and significant to seve... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Wynne%E2%80%93Parkin_tornado | natural_disaster | null |
On 18 April 2023, a landslide occurred in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region. A thunder and lightning storm that occurred caused the landslip, which buried more than 20 trucks and resulted in at least seven fatalities (including two Afghan nationals) and dozens more who are thought to be trapped. A crucial border cro... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Torkham_landslide | natural_disaster | null |
A landslide occurred in the early hours of 16 December 2022 near the Malaysian town of Batang Kali, Selangor, displacing 450,000 m3 (16 million cu ft) of soil and burying campsites at an organic farm. The accident trapped 92 people under the collapsed slope; most were campers from the farm. 31 people were killed and 61... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Batang_Kali_landslide | natural_disaster | null |
On 8 January 2022, a rockfall occurred in a canyon of Furnas Lake in Capitólio, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A cliff face collapsed onto tourist pleasure boats on the lake, killing 10 people and leaving 32 others injured.
== Background ==
Furnas Lake, a reservoir created by Furnas Dam in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capit%C3%B3lio_rockfall | natural_disaster | null |
A significant late-season tornado outbreak took place on November 4, 2022, across Northeast Texas, southwestern Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma, and northwestern Louisiana with multiple large, destructive tornadoes occurring over a span of several hours. Major damage was reported in Sulphur Springs, Powderly, Caviness,... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_November_4%E2%80%935,_2022 | natural_disaster | null |
Heavy rain hit the island of Ischia, located in the Tyrrhenian Sea, causing damage to the comune of Casamicciola Terme. Twelve people were killed and five others were injured.
== Background ==
This was the second natural disaster in Italy in the fall of 2022, after eleven people were killed by flash floods in the cen... | pre_cutoff | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Ischia_landslide | natural_disaster | null |
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