Recent Natural Disasters | Calamities | Hazards

M 4.4 light earthquake shakes Far Western region of Nepal, the Nepal Seismological Survey reported. According to the Nepal Seismological Survey, the quake's epicenter was in Khaptad National Park in Doti district of Nepal.

Firefighters are battling a fire that has burned 350 acres of acres of rare native forest on Oahu. "The Kipapa drainage fire above Mililani Mauka is 30 percent contained", Hawaii News Now has written quoting The state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Interruption of network services during a natural or manmade disasters are common. In that case,  a network disaster recovery plan could be helpful particularly for an organization. Such network disaster recovery plan, ordinarily documented in written form, specifies procedures an organization is to follow in the event of a disaster. Importance of network disaster recovery plan during natural disasters is that it provides guidelines for restoring network services.

World’s first flood resilient ferry terminal collaboratively designed by Cox Rayner Architects and Aurecon has been opened in Brisbane, Australia. It is a new technology that will safeguard it from floods and natural disasters , and cope with the Brisbane River’s tidal range. The completed flood resilient ferry terminal at Milton is the first of many to be rolled out along the Brisbane River in 2015.

M 4.0 light earthquake shakes Serbia today, Seismological Survey of Serbia reported. According to the Seismological Survey of Serbia, the quake's epicenter lies in Peć (Pejë) city in western Kosovo. It was 6.2 miles deep.

A series of avalanches over the weekend in Nagano and Niigata prefectures of Japan have claimed lives of four people. An avalanche Sunday at Ryuoo Ski Park in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, killed two Argentine nationals. The 30-meter-wide, 200-meter-long avalanche started when the two Argentines skied off the prepared slope, The Japan Times has written quoting the Nagano Prefectural Police.