Recent Natural Disasters | Calamities | Hazards

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck very close to Pakistan's capital of Islamabad early on Saturday morning, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) says. The tremor struck at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres, according to PMD, with the epicentre located 23 kilometres to the northeast of Islamabad. It was followed by two weak tremors at 02:30 am local time of magnitude 2.5 and 2.9 at 03:01 am.

A light tremor shook Dolakha on 25 July 2015 as aftershocks continued to hit Nepal nearly three months after the deadly earthquake . According to Nepal Seismological Center, magnitude 4.3 aftershock rattled Dolakha at 00:05 am midnight. The epicenter was located near Mali below Gaurishankar Conservation area.

Smoke from the forest fire, as seen from Beit Shemesh (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Haaretz) An extensive forest fire which broke out Friday afternoon in the Beit Shemesh area poses threat to the communities of Tarum, Ta'oz and Kfar Uriya. The forest fire in Ya'ar Ha'Nasi ("President's Forest") later grew at a tremendous rate due to strong winds, Haaretz reported.

Almaty hit by mud flows (Tengri News) Glacial melt has triggered flooding in Almaty, Kazakhstan leading to evacuation of around 950 people, Officials said. Glacial melt sent an unusually high amount of water mixed with boulders, KWTX-TV News reported quoting the Interior Ministry.

A state of emergency has been declared after a damaging hailstorm ripped through the central Saskatchewan town of Canada. Heavy rain as a thunderstorm passed through Saskatchewan causing damage in the community, CTV News reported.