Recent Natural Disasters | Calamities | Hazards

Flash floods have caused chaos across southern Spain (Getty/Express.co.uk) December 6, 2016: Severe rainfall caused the worst flooding in Spain in nearly 30 years prompting the  meteorological service to issue a 'red alert', the highest level of warning for extreme risk. Recent floods have claimed the lives of at least two people and killed around 200 animals in Malaga.

November 30, 2016: Eight miners have been confirmed died at the Rudna copper mine in south-western Poland after an earthquake in the region. Magnitude 3.4 earthquake caused rockfalls hundreds of metres below the surface at Europe’s largest copper mine.

December 3, 2016: At least 13 people have died in flood disaster brought by torrential rain since late November this year, the government and state media said on Sunday. Six people died in floods in Binh Dinh provinces. Four others died in Quang Ngai province.

November 28, 2016: Magnitude 5.6 moderate earthquake hit the border of Ramechhap and Solukhumbu district Monday morning, Nepal Seismological Center reported.   Update -Earthquake triggered an avalanche at the base camp of Amadablam mountain. A Nepali Sherpa mountaineer, Lakpa Thundu Sherpa, a permanent resident of Pangboche, Solukhumbu district died in the avalanche disaster . Similarly, British national Ciaran Hill got injured due to avalanche and having treatment in Kathmandu. -An individual was injured after jumping from a hotel building in Syabrubesi, Rasuwa. -Two houses were damaged in Chaurikharka. Another one house in Pokhara.

November 22, 2016: A tsunami has been detected after magnitude 7.3 hit off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture at a depth of about 10 kilometers. According to the Japan Meteorological Service (JMA), the earthquake struck on Tuesday morning at about 06:00 local time (21:00 GMT Monday).