عرض المشاركات من نوفمبر, 2015
Magnitude 4.1 aftershock hit Kathmandu at 06:10 am Monday morning, Nepal Seismological Center reported. The epicenter was located in Shivapuri Nagarjun National park near Budhanilkantha. It was South East of Nagi Gumba ne…
Flooding at Agolo Muok on Sori-Magunga road in Homa Bay County of Kenya has claimed lives of at least five people. A vehicle heading to Nyandiwa was wept away by flood waters in an attempt to cross a bridge on Agolo Muok str…
Magnitude 3.6 earthquake hit Cornwall, Ontario today, the Natural Resource Canada reported. The quake's epicenter was located 15 km south of Cornwall, Ontario and was felt from Morrisburg to Montreal and in norther…
Magnitude 4.6 moderate earthquake hit Panchthar at 04:22 pm Friday, the Nepal Seismological Center reported. The quake's epicenter was located near Nepal - India along MaiKhola River. This is the second tremor of ma…
Magnitude 4.1 aftershock hit Sindhupalchowk at 12:42 am Thursday morning, the Nepal Seismological Center reported. The quake's epicenter was located near Baramchi along Bhotekoshi River. This is the third aftershock wit…
An earthquake of local magnitude 3.0 rattled Kathmandu at 09:11 am Wednesday morning. The epicenter was located around Gothatar area.
At least three aftershocks have been recorded in Nepal in an interval of eight hours, National Seismological Center reported. Magnitude 4.0 aftershock hit Nuwakot at 05:00 pm Tuesday evening. The epicenter was located near …
Radio dzBB's Allan Gatus/Twitter Photo The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has raised alert level 1 for Mount Kanlaon volcano as it enters a period of unrest. The event was recorded by…
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake shook Cebu at 04:36 pm Tuesday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. According to Philvolcs, the epicenter of the earthquake was recorded in Sagbaya…
Weather related natural disasters have occurred almost daily in the past decade occupying 90 percent of disasters, a U.N. report said on Monday. A report issued by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (U…
Photo Source: BBC/Minzayar At least 104 have died in a landslide near a jade mine in Myanmar's northern Kachin State. Other 100 are still reported to be missing. According to BBC , many of the dead are scavengers liv…
Magnitude 4.1 light earthquake rattled Myagdi today at 12:41 pm, the Nepal Seismological Center reported. The quake's epicenter was located near Devisthan along Myagdi River. No damage or injuries have been report…
Flooding and landslide in Perak, Malaysia have claimed lives of at least 280 people. Perak Fire and Rescue Department director Yahya Madif revised the toll to 280 from 315 individuals Saturday morning.
Mount Sinabung volcano in Karo regency, North Sumatra erupted on Wednesday spewing volcanic ash to a height of 2,000 meters toward the southwest. The pyroclastic clouds affected Bekerah and Simacen villages, Signs of the Times…
Rescue operation at landslide disaster site in east China's Zhejiang Province (Reuters) Landslide in east China's Zhejiang Province has claimed lives of at least 38 people, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.…
Flash flood along the Red Sea coast in Saudi Arabia has claimed lives of at least twelve people. Six children died in the provinces of Yanbu, Ha'il and on the outskirts of the coastal city of Jiddah, Khaleej Times repor…
Severe storm in Washington state has claimed lives of three people and left about 185,000 homes and businesses without power. Governor Jay Inslee has declared a statewide emergency.
At least three people died by the severe hailstorm in Bulilima district of Zimbabwe. Two children from Sevako Primary School and third from Ndolwane Primary school died due to the violent storm, Chronicle reported.
Magnitude 5.3 moderate aftershock rattles Kathmandu valley at 10:00 am Thursday morning, the Nepal Seismological Center reported. The quake's epicenter was located near Shree Gyuldevi Temple along Bhotekoshi River abou…
Cotopaxi volcano in Ecuador emitted gas and vapour upto the height of 200 meters in west direction Tuesday morning. Cotopaxi volcano has shown a moderate internal activity following Yellow alert status.
Thousands people have been evacuated after Mount Merapi volcano in Indonesia spewed plumes of hot ash and hurling into the air. Authorities in West Sumatra have raised Mount Merapi volcano’s status to the second highest alert l…
Severe weather in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu has claimed lives of atleast 55 people, including 27 in Cuddalore district alone. According to regional meteorological centre, a low pressure area formed over the Bay…
Magnitude 4.2 light aftershock rattled Sindhupalchowk at 03:45 am Friday morning, the Nepal Seismological Center reported. The quake's epicenter was located 75 km E of Kathmandu. It was 6.2 miles deep. The epice…
Humanitarian agencies are unable to deliver aid to earthquake victims due to India-Nepal border blockade since 45 days. Food and other necessities have not been supplied to survivors of Nepal earthquake victims . Blockades…
A computer model has been developed for the dispersion of volcanic smog (vog) which forms when volcanic sulfur dioxide gas interacts with water and coverts it to acid sulfate aerosol particles in the atmosphere. A paper publ…
Is it possible to predict a volcanic eruption and how ? Scientists have developed a new method of predicting volcanic eruptions by collecting geological and historical data on previous eruptions of the volcano. Researcher…
Earthquake of magnitude 3.1 has been recorded at Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia Sunday, the National Geological Service said. The earthquake was more than three kilometers deep and occurred exactly in the crater Arenas, …
Sinkhole damage at Meridian, Mississippi (DailyMail) A massive sinkhole has swallowed 15 cars in an IHOP parking lot in Meridian, Mississippi. Emergency crews were called to the IHOP restaurant on North Frontage Road a…
Are you based in Singapore? If so, rising sea level could keep you underwater by 2100. Climate Change could cause Singapores median local sea level to rise 9.5 metres, submerging the homes of 745,000 Singaporeans by 2100, a…
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Megh made a direct hit on Socotra Island Sunday claiming lives of two people, one week after Cyclone Chapala passed through the region . The U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) classified…
Austin Mayor Steve Adler has declared a Local State of Disaster to help flood recovery following the record flooding that struck the City of Austin on October 30, 2015. A Local State of Disaster which remain in effect for se…
Two dams collapse at a Brazilian iron ore mine have claimed lives of two people and injured thirty others. Iron mine dam burst unleashed a mix of water and ore mining residue, Globo TV reported.
A small earthquake swarm of 23 earthquakes occurred at Yellowstone National Park region on October 13 and 14 (MDT), Yellowstone Volcano Observatory mentioned. During October 2015, the University of Utah Seismograph Stations …
A rare tropical cyclone Chapala has claimed lives of eight people and injured hundreds others in Yemen . Five people died by drowning and three in collapsed homes in Hadramawt province between Tuesday and early Wednesday, Ya…
California wildfire survivors can apply for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster loans and also register with FEMA until November 23, 2015. Eligible small businesses applying for only the Economic Injury D…
Three days orientation programme on the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) System has been conducted for Suriname's National Coordination Centre for Disaster Management (NCCR) staffs in Lower Estate, Barb…
Mount Rinjani volcanic eruption in Indonesia has forced authorities to close the international airport on Bali on Tuesday, temporarily grounding all flights. Indonesian authorities closed Ngurah Rai International Airport for fo…
Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces of South Africa will be declared drought disaster areas this week or next, risk management in the department of agriculture said on Wednesday. South Africa is facing its worst drought since …
Flash floods have claimed lives of at least twelve people in Beheira and Alexandria area of Egypt on Wednesday. According to state-run Ahram Online , eleven people died in three villages in Egypt’s Delta province of Beheira …
Severe flooding in Spain has claimed lives at least four people. Four elderly residents died near Sio River in the town of Agramunt. Nine residents on the ground floor of the retirement home were caught in the sudden floodin…
Heavy ice flash flood has claimed lives of at least six people in Saudi Arabia as meteorologists predicted eight years of rain in just two days over the Arabian Sea. Extreme weather condition have affected the region since …
About 200 climbers have been trapped after forest fire in Selo district sector on Mount Merapi , Central Java, Indonesia. Fire erupted on a cliff near the Post 1 trekking route at around 9 a.m. on Sunday, tempo.co reporte…
Storm damage near Elroy, Texas (Ralph Barrera/Austin American-Statesman-statesman.com via AP) Flooding triggered by heavy storm and rainfall has claimed lives of at least six people and left two other missing in Texas . A…