Natural Disasters List February 23, 2014 – Jayapura landslide claims 11 lives

Recent Natural Disasters 2014: This natural disaster list covers important natural disasters in the world with detail update report.
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Recent Natural Disasters

• Flooding and landslide in Jayapura, Indonesia
  -Flooding and landslide in Jayapura, Indonesia has claimed lives of at least 11 people and left two others missing, Xinhua reported quoting national disaster mitigation agency.
  -Three rivers burst their banks and caused flash flooding in the area. Flooding and landslides have left 15 houses badly damaged and 40 houses lightly damaged.
  -Heavy rainfall caused landslides in several parts of Jayapura. Floodwater swept away houses when the Anafri River burst its banks in Kloofkamp. Click for detail report on Jayapura landslide.
  
• Landslide in the French Alps
  -Landslide in the French Alps claimed lives of at least two people.
  -Others two people were rescued by the emergency officers. Click for detail report on French Alps landslide.
  
• Hail storm, tornado in Canterbury, New Zealand
  -Hail storm and tornado that swept through Amberley in north Christchurch have damaged at least three houses.
  -Lightning strikes have caused a small fire in Halswell. Click for detail report on Canterbury tornado.
  
• Tornado in Maryland
  -The EF-0 tornado hit southern Maryland.
  -The tornado traveled from Compton in St. Mary's County to Cove Point in Calvert County.
  -No injuries have been reported.
• Avalanche in Losar, Pakistan
  -An avalanche in Losar village of Pakistan has damaged a government primary school.
  -No injuries have been reported.

Recent Earthquakes 

• M 5.5 moderate earthquake in Indonesia (@ 46 km depth) with epicenter located 49km ESE of Palu.
  15:06 UTC (local time 2014-02-23 23:06 @ epicenter)
• M 3.5 light shallow earthquake in Oklahoma (@ 5 km depth) with epicenter located 12km NNW of Langston.
  09:15 UTC (local time 2014-02-23 03:15 @ epicenter)
  

Recent Flash Floods

• Flooding along Vermilion River, United States
  -Ice jams have caused flooding along Vermilion River in northeast Ohio.
  -A homeowner and dog have been rescued from the floodwater.

Recent Volcanic Activity

• Abundant lava from eruption of Sakurajima volcano can been seen in this video. This is a time-lapse video of Sakurajima volcano explosion by Volcano News.
  
  

Recent Tropical Cyclones

• At 01:00 UTC, Tropical Cyclone Guito was located approximately 1055 nm southwest of St. Denis, La Reunion. No threat to land.

Natural Disaster News

• Chhattisgarh government of India has urged Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs to place deaths due to snake and scorpion bites and sunstroke under natural calamities.
• The World Food Programme (WFP) is setting up eight emergency response warehouses in natural disaster-prone areas of Pakistan.

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