Recent Natural Disasters | Calamities | Hazards

A light tremor has been felt in Kathmandu Valley. Nepal's National Seismological Center (NSC) has recorded magnitude 4.6 tremor at 3:24 pm Saturday afternoon. The quake's epicenter was located in Sindhupalchok district. This is  461th aftershock of magnitude 4 and greater recorded since 2015 Gorkha earthquake.

Flood triggered by torrential rainfall has claimed lives of two boys and injured seven others in Kawadi village of Bajura district. According to Nepal Police, flood washed away two boys aged 10-years-old Nikhil Budha Thapa and 6-years-old Dirgha Budha Thapa.

The heaviest rainfall in more than 200 years hit a city in south China's Guangdong Province claiming lives of at least eight people. Xinyi received 429.5 millimeters of rainfall in just six hours, Xinhua News Agency reported quoting the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters.

A landslide in Chakrata area of Dehradun district has claimed lives of ten daily wagers and injured five others. The daily wagers were asleep when landslide hit Teoni-Hanol at 1 am on Sunday, Tribune India reported quoting district officer Ravinath Raman.

Recent flash floods in Indian State of Manipur has claimed lives of two boys and washed away more than 15 houses. A seven-year-old boy died in Kyamgei area of Imphal. Another boy drowned in Ukhrul district, Business Standard reported.