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"Natural Disaster", a song by Dutch DJ Laidback Luke and British singer and rapper Example was released on 4 October 2011 in the USA and on 16 October 2011 in the UK. The song was written by Example, Laidback Luke, and Dipesh Parmar, and was produced by Laidback Luke.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has launched a new feature to its free mobile app that will enable users to receive weather alerts from the National Weather Service for up to five locations across the nation. This allows mobile users to receive severe weather alerts occurring anywhere they select in the country, even if the phone is not located in the natural disaster area , The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mentioned in a press release issued on April 14, 2015.

Twitter can be a great help in better natural disaster response , said researchers who created real-time flood maps using data from tweets. Real time tweets about major floods can be turned into a mapping tool which could be used by emergency services and natural disaster response teams to save lives and provide aid, Dutch researchers came up with the idea after analyzing the thousands of tweets. Some 900 flood-related tweets per minute were sent after the Indonesian capital Jakarta was hit by floods this February, Reuters reported quoting the Netherlands-based Deltares research institute at a European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna. Most important, maximum number of tweets had information about location and water depth which can be helpful for real-time flood maps for immediate natural disaster response operations. This method can produce a natural disaster map within around a minute of messages being postedand can be helpful to target for post-disaster assistance.

A new American Red Cross emergency preparedness app has been launched for Children. The recent emergency preparedness app is expected to help children between the ages of 7 and 11 to learn emergency preparedness while playing a game as monster characters.

Recent Natural Disasters 2013 : This natural disaster list covers important natural disasters in the world with detail update report. Want to submit a News tip or story idea? Click here Keep this page open or visit later to get update report. Check Worldwide Natural Disasters List + Detail Report Recent Natural Disasters Flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia -Four killed in floods in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. -At least 20,000 people were evacuated due to massive flooding in Jakarta. Evacuated people are living in 14 different emergency shelters. -Heavy downpour caused the rivers to overflow and triggered floods up to three metres (10 feet) in Jakarta (Photo: AP/Achmad Ibrahim). Update January 18, 2013 -Now death toll from Jakarta floods has risen to 11. Update -Death toll from Jakarta flood 2013 has risen to 5. -A state of emergency is in effect until Jan. 27, 2013. -The Indonesian Meteorological Agency said heavy rains are expected in the Jakarta region for the next t