Recent Natural Disasters | Calamities | Hazards

September 18, 2016: Magnitude 4.6 moderate aftershock was recorded in Sindhupalchowk at 10:57 pm Sunday night, Nepal Seismological Center mentioned. The epicenter was located near Shree Gyuldevi Temple. NSC has confirmed it as an aftershock of 2015 Gorkha earthquake . The tremor was even felt in Kathmandu valley. No preliminary damage or injuries have been reported.

End Times Prophecies YouTube People often search, "When is the world going to end?" And every time a new doomsday prophecy claims certain date . An updated "End Times Prophecies" YouTube channel claims the world will surely end on 31 October 2016. Earlier, the same YouTube channel marked July 29, 2016 as the end of the world. Now, the same video has been updated with a new title claiming the end of the world to occur on October 31, 2016.

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Flooding - Humanitarian Snapshot (OCHA) Recent floods in North Korea have claimed lives of at least 138 people and left more than 400 people missing. "The flood that resulted from the typhoon Lionrock that hit North Hamgyong province from August 29 to September 2 was the worst disaster since liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945," AFP reported quoting the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) news agency.

Super Typhoon Meranti (Typhoon Ferdie in Philippines) is the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2016 and is one of three most powerful typhoons ever recorded. Super Typhoon Meranti made landfall early on Thursday near Xiamen in Fujian Province of China. 

At least eight people have been died in landslides in different parts of Nepal . Six people died in eastern Nepal and two in western part of the country. Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall claimed lives of four people in Taplejung and two in Bhojpur districts Friday night.

Magnitude 7.1 severe earthquake rattled New Zealand with epicenter located 167km NNE of Gisborne and 257km E of Tauranga. According to a spokeswoman for Insurance Council New Zealand, no significant damage had been reported to the authority this morning. The quake also cut power to about 1000 homes in Eastern Bay of Plenty,  NZHerald  reported.