Recent Natural Disasters | Calamities | Hazards

October 13, 2017: At least 72 people have been killed in flood and landslide caused by typhoon Khanun. According to the Vietnam's disaster agency, at least eighteen people died in Hoa Binh province by a landslide. Khanun has weakened from a typhoon after passing south of Hong Kong. According to the World Bank, natural disasters have killed more than 13,000 people and caused more than $6.4bn in property damage over the past 20 years in Vietnam.

September 2, 2017: At least 14 people died in Mumbai after heavy rainfall triggered flooding on August 29, 2017. Mumbai recorded 468 mm of rainfall in twelve hours, the highest in a day in August since 1997, according to data from the India Meteorological Department.

Monsoon-caused floods has claimed lives of over a hundred people in Nepal and northern India. Disaster-Report.Com is bringing the latest updates of flood damage across Nepal. Floods and landslides claim 120 lives across Nepal Most affected districts include Jhapa, Sunsari, Morang, Saptari, Sarlahi, Bara, Makawanpur, Sindhuli, Chitwan, Rautahat, Dhanusha, Dang, Banke, Bardiya and Surkhet.

August 12, 2017: Floods triggered by heavy rainfall for the past two days have claimed lives of nine people in Koshi zone of eastern Nepal. Two persons died in Bakraha and Nunsari Rivers in Morang district and rest others were swept away by the Budhi Khola at Gaurigaun in Sunsari district of Koshi zone.

July 20, 2017: Flash flood in Thathri village, Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir has claimed lives of at least six people. The flash flood damaged the Batote-Kishtwar National Highway washing away half a dozen houses. 

July 21, 2017: Magnitude 6.5 magnitude quake struck overnight between Bodrum and Greek islands killing at least two people on the island of Kos and injuring 200 others in Greek and Turkish coastal towns. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km below the seabed – off the south-western coastal city of Marmaris in Muğla province.