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Fifty percent of Americans have not discussed or developed an emergency plan for family members about where to go and what to do in the event of a local disaster, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said in its news release on August 28, 2014.

Hurricane Marie is the sixth-most intense Pacific hurricane on record which became the first Category 5 hurricane in the Northeast Pacific since Hurricane Cella in 2010. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded Marie to Category 5 hurricane on August 24.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has granted $84,740 in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds to Stearns County, Minnesota for the construction of a safe room at the Rose Park manufactured home community, FEMA said in its news release on August 27, 2014.

A landslide in Guizhou province of China has claimed lives of at least seven people and left 20 others missing, Xinhua News Agency reported.

A shallow magnitude 6.1 earthquake has been recorded 6 km (4mi) NW of American Canyon, California. It is the strongest earthquake to hit the Bay Area since 1989, CNN reported. Follow latest updates below:

Update 15:25 UTC, 2014/08/23 Death toll from Hiroshima landslides have risen to 46. Still 41 have been missing,  Japan Today reported. Related Post: Latest natural calamities in Japan

The Civil Protection and Emergency Management of Iceland has elevated the Bardarbunga aviation color code to orange which means Bardarbunga volcano is exhibiting signs of elevated unrest above known background level.

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A flooded coal mine in China has left two dead and trapped 14 others, Xinhua News Agency reported. Coal mine flood occurred at 1 p.m. on Thursday at the Anzhishun Coal Mine in the city of Jixi. Rescue work for those trapped is still ongoing.

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Torrential rain and hailstorm in Peshawar region of Pakistan have claimed lives of at least 16 people and injured 60 others, Geo News reported.

Heavy rains and flooding in Niger have claimed lives of at least 12 people and left thousands without food or shelter. According to the AP, Niger has been hit by an alternating series of droughts and floods in recent years, causing hunger. Original post: Natural Disasters List August 15, 2014

Floods and landslides across Nepal have claimed lives of at least 31 people on Friday.

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The University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center at Houston has received nearly $1.5 million  FEMA grant to address volunteer firefighter health, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said in its news release on August 14, 2014.

Flood and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in Lalitpur district of Nepal have claimed lives of at least three people. Fatalities are from Bhattedanda and Kaleshwor VDC of Lalitpur, Nepal Republic Media mentioned.

A seven-year-old child was killed due to a landslide in Chunwang-8 of Rukum district of Nepal here on Thursday evening.

A landslide triggered by earthquake in Ecuador has claimed lives of at least two people, Reuters reports quoting the National Risk Control Agency. Another eight people have been injured and three others have been trapped in the landslides at quarries on the outskirts of Quito, Inquirer reports mentioning the country’s risk management agency.

Flooding in Lai Chau province of Vietnam has claimed lives of at least five people. According to the Vietnam News, floodwater hit Thac Can Village, Tam Duong Town, in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, at 2am today.

Flooding in Kalimantan province of Indonesia has claimed lives of at least two people, Xinhua News has reported quoting Disaster Management Agency.

Flood in Rishikesh, India has claimed lives of at least five people including two children, Press Trust of India reported. Floodwater swept away five while crossing the drain at Rani Pokhri area of Rishikesh region of Uttarakhand, India.

Update 2014/08/11, 14:05 UTC According to The Japan Times, Tyhoon Halong has claimed lives of at least 10 people. Typhoon Halong has now weakened into an extra-tropical depression in the Sea of Japan.

Update 2014/08/09 Death toll from Sankhuwasabha landslide has reached 10. Three people who had gone missing in the landslide at Syabun-3 of Sankhuwasabha district have been declared dead, eKantipur has written.  A meeting of the District Natural Disaster Rescue Committee declared the missing as dead as there were no hopes of rescuing the missing ones alive.

A landslide in Jiri, Dolakha district of Nepal has claimed lives of at least four people and injured eight others, The Himalayan Times reported. Injured people are having treatment at Charikot District and a hospital in Jiri. Landslide occureed around 1am Saturday morning.

Flooding in Serbia has claimed life of a person and caused emergency declaration in Bosnia, BBC reported. A man, aged 65 was drowned after floodwaters swept through his home in Banja Koviljaca, Serbia. Some homes have been evacuated in Kragujevac and Cacak region of Serbia.

Odisha flooding has claimed lives of atleast 34 people and affected nearly one million people in 23 districts, The Hindustan Times has written quoting the Special Disaster Relief Commissioner of Odisha. A total of 11 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), 30 Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) teams and 184 boats have been deployed in the vulnerable areas.

Heavy rainfall in Rajasthan, India has claimed lives of at least three people, Indian News medias reported. According to the Press Trust of India, three persons have been killed in separate rain related incidents in Kota area of Rajasthan.

Massive landslide in Barhabise area of Sindhupalchowk region of Nepal has blocked the Sunkoshi river. Disaster area lies 1.5 km below the meeting point of Sunkoshi and Bhotekoshi river. The Sun Koshi is one of Nepal’s longest rafting trips. News will be updated below (Nepal time, UTC +05:45).

Flooding in southern Kandal province in Cambodia has claimed lives of eight people, Xinhua News Agency reported quoting the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). Cambodia flooding hit seven Cambodian provinces along the Mekong River and Tonle Sap Lake.

Typhoon Nakri in South Korea has claimed lives of at least 10 people and injured 2 others, Korea Herald reported quoting Central Disaster Management Agency. Fatalities are from South Jeolla Province and North Gyeongsang Province of South Korea.

Flash flood in Kotli district of Jammu and Kashmir  has claimed lives of three brothers, Greater Kashmir reported.

Heavy rain and flooding in Sudan have claimed lives of at least 17 people over the past five days. Flooding has displaced 42,000 people over the past week in Unity state’s Mayom county, The Sudan Tribune mentioned.

A landslide in Anan, Tokushima Prefecture of Japan has claimed life of a person, The Weather Channel has reported quoting the Daily Mail. Around 550,000 people have been ordered to evacuate in the Kochi, Tokushima and Ehime regions after the deadly mudslide, Daily Mail added.

M 5.3 strong shallow earthquake shakes South Africa today, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake's epicenter was located 6 km E of Orkney and 16 km SSE of Klerksdorp. It was 6.2 miles deep.

Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have swept away four houses at Nayakbada-2, Jiri of the Jajarkot district of Nepal, The Himalayan Times reported. Properties worth millions of rupees have been damaged in the landslides.

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Update 16:30 UTC, 2014/08/04 Death toll from Pune landslide has risen to 109. The 109 dead included 44 men, 49 women and 16 children. "The current landslide in Pune is possibly due to human activities like farming and road construction,”  the DNA newspaper has written quoting geologist Satish Thigale. Heavy machinery such as backhoes were used to level the slopes, which has contributed to loosening the soil to such an extent that it has impacted the hill’s drainage of water, The Reuters has mentioned.

Mount Shindake in Kagoshima Prefecture has erupted for the first eruption in 34 years, The Asahi Simbun reported. Mount Shindake volcano located on Kuchinoerabujima island erupted at 12:24 p.m. sending plume of volcanic ash to a height of more than 800 meters.

M 4.0 light earthquake shakes Myanmar's Yangon region today, the Yangon Hydrology and Meteorology Department mentioned in its website. According to the Yangon Hydrology and Meteorology Department, the earthquake was recorded inside Myanmar (Yangon), about 1 mile west-northwest of Kaba-aye seismological observatory.

Mudslides and floods in Southern California have claimed life of a person and stranded thousands of people, Reuters reported. One person was found dead after swift-moving floods swept the car off a Mount Baldy road.

Very strong earthquake in Ludian county in Zhaotong in southwest China's Yunnan province has claimed lives of 367 people. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, magnitude 6.1 quake's epicenter was located 29 km WSW of Zhaotong. It was 6.2 miles deep.

Deadly earthquake with magnitude 6.1 has occurred in Ludian county in Zhaotong in southwest China's Yunnan province. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake's epicenter was located 29 km WSW of Zhaotong. It was 6.2 miles deep. Follow updates below.

Flash flood in Refrontolo, Italy has claimed lives of at least four people and injured 20 others,  Reuters said.

Weak tremors have been felt in northern part of Kathmandu following magnitude 5.2 earthquake in Tibet, Nepal Seismological Center (NSC) mentioned. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake's epicenter was located 179 km N of Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. It was 9.3 miles deep.

A rare tornado in Istanbul with torrential rains have caused flash flooding early Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported.

The Bihar government has issued flood alert in Supaul, Saharsa, Purnea and Madhepura districts along the Koshi region in India following the landslide in Jure of Ramche VDC, Sindhupalchowk district of Nepal.