Recent Natural Disasters | Calamities | Hazards

Tropical cyclone Roanu has claimed lives of 24 people in Bangladesh, country national news agency, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported. The worst situation has been observed in and around northwestern port city of Chittagong where 11 people including minor children have been killed.

Photo (EPA via BBC) Mount Sinabung volcanic eruption in North Sumatra has claimed lives of seven people and critically injured three other on Saturday. All were residents of Gamber village of Karo regency in North Sumatra which was kept under red zone, The Jakarta Post reported.

Three moderate earthquakes have been recorded in the western Chinese Tibet Autonomous Region on Sunday morning May 22, 2016. The China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) has recorded two moderate earthquakes in less than 20 minutes in Xinzang region. Magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred at 09:48 am at 10 km depth. It was followed by another moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 at a shallower depth of 6 km in the same region.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 has been recorded in Koyna region of Maharashtra at 05:00 pm Saturday evening on May 21, 2016. This is the fifth felt earthquake recorded in Koyna region in last four days.

Landslide triggered by heavy downpour has claimed lives of three people in Kalikot district of Nepal Thursday night. The landslide disaster occurred in Kodabada-7 of Gejbazar area of Kalikot district, Nepal Police said.

At least four mild earthquakes have been recorded in Koyna region of Maharashtra in last two days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India reported. According to the National Center for Seismology, the first tremor in the sequence was magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 6:53 pm on May 18, 2016. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 5 km.