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Several people are reported to be dead following tornado in Oklahoma. Meteorologist expects Oklahoma tornado season 2013 to be more bad. Tornado news updates, pictures below You can also follow Oklahoma tornado news and updates @ Facebook ( Disaster Report ), Twitter ( Disaster_Update ) and Google +( Disaster Report ) Update 23:00 UTC -Weather service has confirmed tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5. -Only 1 out of 1,000 tornadoes reach EF-5 levels. Update 14:30 UTC -Medical Examiner's Office has lowered the fatalities number to 24 including 9 children. The earlier reported may have included some double reported casualties making death toll higher, official said. The New York Times had earlier reported 91 fatalities. -President Barack Obama has pledged urgent government help for Moore, Oklahoma tornado victims. Below is Associated Press you tube video. Update 13:00 UTC -Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's Office has just received 24 bodie

Weekend rainstorms in southern China have claimed lives of atleast 33 people and left 12 people missing, Xinhua reports. Rainstorm hit 10 provinces in southern China, including Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi. Worst-hit is the Guangdong province. Rainstorm triggering heavy flooding has claimed 19 lives and left 11 missing in Guangdong province alone, Guangdong Provincial Flood Prevention and Drought Relief Headquarters says. A level-four disaster relief response has been initiated by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the National Committee for Disaster Reduction. Fujian, China landslide claimed three lives yesterday. According to Guangdong weather service, some areas received up to 10 inches of rain in nine hours yesterday. More rains and mudslides are predicted in the coming days. Original post: Natural Disasters List May 17, 2013

A boat carrying about 200 Rohingya Muslims has capsized off western Myanmar, Aljazeera says quoting UN officials. Following Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) official, there is only one person lucky to get survived. The victims in the boat were escaping Cyclone Mahasen which is expected on Thursday and Friday but struck rocks off the Pauktaw township in Rakhine State and sank. Myanmar has already moved more than 5,000 people from low-lying camps in the Rakhine state capital, Sittwe, to safer shelter ahead of cyclone Mahasen. Cyclone Nargis in 2008  killed more than 130,000 people in Myanmar. Flooding caused by the cyclone Mahasen in Sri Lanka has already claimed two and injured eight others. Heavy rainfall caused by cyclone Mahasen in Andhra Pradesh, India killed eight and injured four others yesterday . Detail report on cyclone Mahasen can be found here . Original post: Natural Disasters List May 14, 2013

The 2013 North Indian Ocean cyclone season has already started. Tropical cyclone Mahasen originating in the southeast Bay of Bengal is a potential major threat to Bangladesh and Myanmar. Cyclone Mahasen trajectory, updates follows below. You can also follow latest up da tes and discuss about this Cyclone @ Facebook ( Disaster Report ), Twitter ( Disaster_Update ) and Google +( Disaster Report ) Update 16:05 UTC -Death toll has further risen to 9. Five fatalities are from Barguna alone. Other four are from Bhola and Patuakhali region of Bangladesh. - Bangladeshi police has recovered 22 bodies, including 14 children of Myanmar citizen along the Teknaf coast of the Bay of Bengal. They are supposed to be the Myanmar residents who were missing after a boat carrying about 200 ethnic Rohingya Muslims capsized off Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine some days ago. -About 238 millimetres of rainfall was recorded in Khepupara, Bangladesh based bdnews24 reports. Cyclone Mahasen crossed

M 6.6 deadly earthquake hits Western Sichuan, China on April 20, 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake's epicenter was located 52 km WSW of Linqiong and 97 km ENE of Kangding. It was 7.6 miles deep. Earthquake that struck in Lushan county, near the city of Ya'an in the southwestern province of Sichuan has killed at least 186 people till 12:00 UTC, April 21, 2013. Most of the deaths occurred in Lushan. At least 21 people are still reported to be missing in Lushan earthquake. Earthquake has injured around 11,492 people. Following Xinhua News Agency, 18,000 troops were in the area to help with rescue efforts. Sichuan is one of the four major natural gas-producing provinces in China. 00:02 UTC (local time Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 08:02 AM @ epicenter) Epicenter Location 52 km WSW of Linqiong, China 97 km ENE of Kangding, China 115 km NW of Leshan, China 116 km WSW of Chengdu, China Original post: Natu

M 7.8 extremely dangerous earthquake has hit Iran-Pakistan border today. Aftershocks expected. Updates below. You can also follow this report @ Facebook ( Disaster Report ), Twitter ( Disaster_Update ) and Google +( Disaster Report ) Update Death toll has risen to 36. More than 3,000 houses are reported to be destroyed in Mashkeel area of Pakistan only. Following Pakistani Officials, earthquake has injured at least 150 people. Update 03:25 UTC; 2013/04/17 Magnitude 5.7 moderate aftershocks recorded in Iran-Pakistan border at 03:15 UTC. USGS estimates maximum shaking intensity of MMI III (weak??) in Khash, Iranshahr, Zahedan and Panjgur region. Update 23:50 UTC According to Pakistan TV, death toll in Pakistan has risen to 34. More than 150 have been injured in Mashkeel Tehsil. Iranian State Television has given earthquake damage data. IRNA has updated one death. This gives t otal death toll of 35 with more than 1,000 houses damaged . Update 16:15 UTC Iranian State Telev