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Afghanistan:Landslide:2014/05/02

Duration	2014/05/02	Hundreds feared dead or trapped in Afghanistan landslides.
Country or District	Afghanistan
Name	Landslide

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Report/Articles Chicago Tribune 2014/05/05 Afghans struggle to unearth landslide victims in nation\\\'s worst disaster. At least 2,000 people are believed dead. An additional 4,000 people have been displaced, according to a spokesman for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, who provided the death toll Sunday. CNN 2014/05/02 Hundreds of people are feared dead following deep, devastating landslides Friday in a remote, mountainous part of far northeastern Afghanistan. Yet Ari Gaitanis, a spokesman for the United Nation\\\'s Afghanistan mission, reported later Friday a smaller figure of 350 deaths.

Geographycal Data Information Geospatial Information Authority of Japan 2014/5/9 Global Map of the central Afghanistan: Elevation (wide) Geospatial Information Authority of Japan 2014/5/8 Global Map of the central Afghanistan: Land Cover Geospatial Information Authority of Japan 2014/5/8 Global Map of the central Afghanistan: Landsat Geospatial Information Authority of Japan 2014/5/8 Global Map of the Afghanistan: Elevation ECHO 2014/05/05 5 May 2014: Afghanistan, Landslide and floods

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Urgent Report from Supporting Members of the Asian Disaster Reduction Center

Pictures UNOSAT 2014/05/03 Landslide in Ab Barek, Badakshan Province, Afghanistan (as of 3 May 2014)