Showing posts from February, 2015
Snowstorm in Dallas area of Texas has caused hundreds of traffic accidents and led to more than 600 flight cancellations. As of 4:30 p.m. CST, 595 flights have been canceled at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Reute…
M 4.1 light earthquake shakes Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina today, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported. According to the EMSC, the quake's epicenter was located 25 km S of Sarajevo. It …
Sandstorm in Fujairah region of United Arab Emirates (UAE) today has claimed lives of two people. "The sandstorm caused a road accident on Dibba-Masafi Road leading to death of two UAE nationals," The Gulf Today h…
The Kansas Division of Emergency Management has urged Kansans to make sure they are prepared for the new round of winter storms this weekend. According to Angee Morgan, deputy director of the Kansas Division of Emergency …
A landslide that hit Limun in Sorolangun district, Jambi has claimed lives of at least three people and injured three others Thursday evening. Heavy rainfall triggered the landslide disaster when they were conducting illegal m…
Recent flooding in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo and the surrounding area have claimed lives of at least 14 people and displaced more than 21,000 people. According to the National Risks and Disasters Management Age…
M 7.1 massive earthquake shakes Indonesia today, the Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG) reported. The earthquake is however harmless due to its greater depth below the Flores Sea. It was 355.4 miles deep. …
Lightning in Makawanpur district of Nepal has claimed lives of at least two people and injured three others Thursday afternoon. Injured were students of local Shankar Lower secondary School in Manthali-3 and are having t…
Heavy rains and hailstorms have claimed lives of at least six people in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the adjoining Federally Administered Tribal Areas on Wednesday. Fatalities include three women who died…
Recent flooding in Bolivia has displaced more than 4,000 people in the town of Cobija after the river Acre burst its banks. "Bolivia's Vice President met with emergency officials delivering food supplies to this no…
At least three flights have been cancelled following the eruption at Popocatepetl volcano east of Mexico City. "Operations in Puebla were suspended at 6:30 a.m. (7:30 a.m. EST) to allow airport personnel to clean runwa…
M 3.7 light earthquake shakes Twentynine Palms, California today, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake's epicenter was located 21 km S of Twentynine Palms. It was 2.05…
Governor Robert Bentley has declared a State of Emergency for all Alabama counties in preparation for winter weather on Tuesday. Following the state of emergency, all state agencies are directed to take necessary actions to…
Avalanches caused by a heavy winter snow have claimed lives of at least 124 people in northeastern Afghanistan, a Natural Disaster Management Authority said The Associated Press (AP). According to Mohammad Aslam Syas, the d…
At least seven suspicious craters have been spotted in Serbia including five of them in a region known as the "end of the world". "We know now of seven craters in the Arctic area with five are directly on the…
At least 380 people have been evacuated following a huge sinkhole in Naples, Italy. Sinkhole suddenly opened up on a street in Pianura on Sunday. The junction of two residential streets collapsed at around 5 am. No damag…
Palaszczuk Government has activated Natural Disaster Recovery and Relief Arrangements for Central Queensland. Now, the financial assistance is available for people needing urgent help after Tropical Cyclone Marcia following th…
Winter weather in Tennessee has claimed lives of at least 22 people in last six days, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) confirmed. "Tennessee currently remains at a Level II-State of Emergency. The original …
Tropical Cyclone Marcia has smashed parts of Yeppoon and Rockhampton as it moves down the Queensland coast in Australia. "Around 100 properties in Yeppoon and Rockhampton deemed uninhabitable after rapid damage assessm…
An avalanche in Valais Alps in Switzerland has claimed lives of four Italian skiers on Saturday. Avalanche occurred in an area of the Swiss Alps in the canton of Valais known as "Death Valley." "They were sk…
A landslide in Bosnia and Herzegovina coal mine has claimed lives of at least four people. Landslide occurred at an opencast lignite mine at Dubrave in northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina, Reuters has written quoting police and of…
An avalanche in Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province has claimed lives of at least twelve people. The disaster occurred in Raghistan district last night which also injured two others, Bakhtar News Agency has written quoti…
Recent flooding in Peru has claimed lives of at least 20 people, Sputnik reported quoting the country's civil defense agency. Torrential rains and floods in Peru have affected 22 of the country's 25 regions. Rec…
Below are best natural disaster movies of 2014. Pompeii (February 18, 2014) Pompeii was a volcanic disaster movie produced and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. The movie was inspired by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in…
A landslide in Assam's Hailakandi district of India has claimed life of two labourers and injured one other. Injured people is having treatment at Silchar Medical College and Hospital.
A lightning in Waku VDC of Solukhumbu district of Nepal has claimed lives of at least three people. "The lightening has also damaged peltric set with the capacity of 11 KW," Nepal Republic Media has written quot…
We are getting reports of an earthquake felt in Seattle today. There are hundreds of visitors online currently from Seattle. Tremor has been reported in and around Seattle around 11:20 EST. Did you feel an earthquake in Seattl…
Cyclone Marcia which formed off Queensland's coast of Australia is expected to intensify to make landfall as a category two cyclone early on Friday. Tropical Cyclone Marcia has developed over the central Coral Sea and i…
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Civil Emergency Message for multiple counties in Central Alabama. The Civil Emergency Message has been issued for Marion, Winston, Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Pickens, Tuscaloosa…
Recent flood in Argentina's Cordoba province has claimed lives of at least seven people. Heavy rainfall triggered flood in Ascochinga, Jesús MarÃa, Juárez Celman, RÃo Ceballos, Unquillo and Mendiolaza areas of Argentina. T…
A tsunami has been observed as earthquakes with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 and 5.7 struck the Pacific off northeastern Japan on Tuesday. "A 20-centimeter wave was observed at Kuji port in Iwate roughly an hour late…
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has said it will install 20 landslide early warning system (EWS) units in regions across Java Island in Indonesia. BNPB chairman Syamsul Ma’arif said it during the official ope…
At least two persons have gone missing following an avalanche in Humla of west Nepal. Police, assisted by locals, have launched a search operation to rescue the victims, Rastriya Samarchar Samiti (RSS) has reported quoting D…
Recent flooding in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia has displaced 5,986 people in 307 neighborhoods located in 97 subdistricts. "Around 28 tactical posts have been established to provide aid for flood victims,&qu…
Fuego volcano eruption in Guatemala has closed an airport and forced the evacuation of at least 100 people. "Fuego Volcano erupted Saturday and spewed ashes to an altitude reaching 5,500 meters above sea level," CNN ha…
Recent floods in Albania has claimed life of a woman. The 38-year-old woman was swept away when the Verdova River on Albania's eastern border with Macedonia. "Albania is hit by some of the worst floods it has ever s…
Yes, there was just a 3.4 magnitude earthquake in Oklahoma. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake's epicenter was located just 5 km SE of Cherokee. It was 3.1 miles deep. Oklahoma Geological Survey has re…
An earthquake has been widely felt across the Kashmir region early Thursday. The earthquake which jolt Kashmir valley at 6:17 am morning also send people out of their homes. The seismology center has not provided the detai…
A single bolt of lightning has claimed lives of six children and a woman in Zimbabwe. The seven were sheltering in two thatched huts when the lightning struck in Mugwinyi village in Bikita districton Monday. The seven vic…
At least eight people have been killed by the storm caused by a strong southwesterly wind known in Turkey as lodos. The storm hit the Marmara, Aegean, Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea regions of the country. Huge storm also …
Landslide in Zambo Norte, Philippines has claimed lives of two persons, including a nine years old child. The landslide occurred in Roxas town in Zamboanga del Norte Monday morning. The victims were killed after they were “…
The latest update of the Yellowstone volcano by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has shown total 178 registered earthquakes in the Yellowstone National Park region in January 2015. The largest event in Yellowsto…
An avalanche in the Swiss Alps has claimed lives of four people and injured three others. The victims were part of a group of nine skiers that was swept away by the avalanche on the eastern slope of Piz Vilan in the eastern Swi…
M 2.8 weak earthquake shakes Zagreb, the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported. According to the EMSC, the quake's epicenter was locate…
Update 18:15 UTC -According to Nepal based ekantipur.com, Pabitra Garbuja got slightly injured after she slipped while running out of her house in Nadipur. -One person in Lakeside, Pokhara reported: "We rushed out of th…