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Rain-triggered landslide in Jinwutang Township in Hunan province of China has claimed life of a person, Xinhua News Agency reported. According to the Sanghai Daily, the rainstorms have also disrupted traffic, power and telecommunications in 10 townships.  Heavy rains started to hit Suining County at 3 a.m. Saturday, with precipitation in one township hitting 186 mm by noon. Flooding led the evacuations of around 1000 people, Xinhua added. Original post: Natural Disasters List May 11, 2014

Flash flooding in Afghanistan has claimed lives of at least three people, Pajhwok Afghan News reported. Fatalities are from  Baghlan, Bamyan and Badakhshan provinces of Afghanistan. Flash floods washed away hundreds of houses in three different provinces. Disaster relief aid have been send to the area, Pajhwok Afghan News reported quoting The Afghanistan Natural Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA). According to the Governor of Badakhshan, more than 2,500 people were killed and more than 300 homes were buried under rocks and mud due to a landslide in northern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan some days earlier. Original post: Natural Disasters List May 8, 2014

Update 22:45 UTC This is what Xinhua News Agency has written: "Suchatvee Suvansavat, head of the Engineering Institute of Thailand, announced on Tuesday that the 6.3-magnitude earthquake with a seven-kilometer-deep epicenter in Phan district of the Thai northernmost province of Chiang Rai was the country's strongest tremor." Update 2014/05/06; 05:10 UTC -According to the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, an 83-year-old woman died when the brick walls of her house collapsed onto her in Chiang Rai's Mae Lao district of Thailand. -Approximately one hundred repeated shocks have been reported within 24 hours by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center. Magnitude 6.0, the strongest earthquake in 100 years hits Thailand today, Earthquake Report mentioned quoting the Thai sources. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake's epicenter was located 9 km S of Mae Lao. It was 4.6 miles deep. The Seismological Bureau of the Meteorological Dep

Update 17:40 UTC This is what TOLOnews is reporting: "According to the Governor of Badakhshan, more than 2,500 people have been killed and more than 300 homes are buried under rocks and mud due to a landslide in northern Badakhshan province." Related Post: Natural Calamities in Afghanistan Major landslide in Afghanistan has claimed lives of at least 350 people and left more than 2,000 people missing, USA Today reported quoting the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. Landslide occurred in Hobo Bank in Agro district in Badakhshan province of Afghanistan on Friday. According to the Khaama Press (Afghan News Agency), Afghan secuirty forces and rescue teams have been deployed to the area to assist the local residents. US President Barack Obama has offered condolence to victims of Badakhshan landslides. According to the national disaster management authority, flash floods in northern Afghanistan had claimed lives more than 100 people five days ago. O

The first major US tornado outbreak of 2014 has claimed lives of at least 21 people, Reuters reported. Dozen of tornadoes have been reported in Franklin, Davis, Monroe, Linn, York, Polk and Lee county.  At least sixteen people died in suburbs of Little Rock, the state capital and largest city in Arkansas. A state of emergency has been declared in Georgia. Original post: Natural Disasters List April 29, 2014