Recent Natural Disasters | Calamities | Hazards

Flash flood in Tamilnadu, India has claimed lives of at least two people. A temporary bridge across the Amaravathy river has also been washed away in the incident, Bharat Channel reported.

Hurricane Gonzalo has caused damage between $200 million and $400 millions in Bermuda, a Boston-based catastrophe modeling company, AIR Worldwide mentioned. The hurricane hit the Atlantic island archipelago off the coast of North Carolina with maximum sustained winds of around 110 miles per hour (175 kph).

Flash floods caused by heavy downpour in Slovenia have caused great damage to properties, Slovenian Press Agency reported. Slovenia was hit by the third major flooding this year with the worst disruption reported from Ljubljana, Slovenia Times mentioned.

A rare tornado hit the city of Longview in Washington state Thursday ripping down power lines and damaging properties. The tornado touched down briefly near an elementary school in Longview, Daily Mail mentioned. According to the Cowlitz County Department of Emergency management, the funnel cloud broke up north of Kelso shortly after it was first spotted.

The first autumn storm of the year has caused flooding along the Wadden Sea in the Netherlands. Some ferryboats services from and to the Wadden Sea islands have been cancelled due to the high water.

A red alert has been issued after the heavy downpour left 22 people dead and made more than 32,000 homeless in Nicaragua. The Municipal Committees for Disaster Prevention (COMUPRED) in Prinzapolka and Waspam, in the Caribbean North has declared a red alert, Today Nicaragua reported.