Natural Disasters List May 3, 2013

Recent Natural Disasters

• Landslide in Kalaw, Myanmar
  -Landslide in Kalaw, Myanmar has claimed lives of at least 16 people.
  -According to an emergency and disaster management officer for Myanmar’s Red Cross,  landslide occurred in Nyaung Kone and Taung Palt villages in Shwe Twin Kone village at about 1 am after heavy rain. Click for detail report on Myanmar landslide.

Recent Earthquakes

• M 5.5 moderate deep earthquake in Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia (@ 153 km depth) with epicenter located 77 kmWSW of Paratunka. People of Paratunka, Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Ozernovskiy and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy will have felt just a weak shaking of MMI III.
  06:10 UTC (local time Friday, May 03, 2013 at 07:10 PM @ epicenter)
• M 3.2 weak shallow earthquake in Santa Monica Bay, California (@ 13 km depth) with epicenter located 5 kmS from Malibu. It will have well felt by the people of Los Angeles, Culver City, El Segundo, Malibu, Venice, Marina del Rey, Santa Monica, Agoura Hills, Woodland Hills and North Hollywood.
  05:57 UTC (local time Thursday, May 02, 2013 at 10:57 PM @ epicenter) 
  

Recent Flash Floods
Ongoing Major River Floods (Based on Satellite observation): Afghanistan (Amu Darya), Angola (Cotundo), Australia, Bolivia, Botswana (Selinda), Brazil (Rio Juruena, Araquaia, Purus, Tocantins), China (Mekong, Xi Jiang, Brahmaputra, Yangtze, Indus), Colombia (Rio Negro), Honduras, Iraq (Shatt al Arab), Kenya, Mozambique (Chire), Pakistan (Indus), Peru (Ucayali, Rio Maraon), Philippines, Sudan (Blue Nile), United States (Mississippi, Arkansas), Vietnam, Zambia (Zambezi, Likando).

• Flooding in Florida
  -The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for southern Florida.
  -Heavy storm caused flight delays in both Broward and Miami-Dade. Miami International Airport cancelled 11 flights.
  -A tornado touched down in Boca Raton.

Recent Volcanic Activity
Erupting Volcanoes: Fuego, Reventador, Etna, Nyiragongo, Ol Doniyo Lengai, Erta Ale, Barren Island, Raung, Paluweh, Gamalama, Sakurajima, Kakar, Tinakula, Yasur, Tolbachik and Kilauea.

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Recent Tropical Cyclones
There is no tropical storm activity for today.
Natural Disaster News

• Meteor Shower from Halley’s Comet can be observed on May 5, 2013. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower occurs each year in early May.

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This natural disaster list contains daily list of recent natural disasters around the world. The page is break down into various parts as Recent Natural Disasters (real time update report on rolling natural disaster around the world), Recent Earthquakes  (only earthquakes which are felt by people), Recent Volcanic Activity (erupting volcanoes), Recent Flash Floods (ongoing flood information), Recent Tropical Cyclones (active cyclones) and Natural Disaster News (facts and news about natural/environmental disasters on various topics like Tornado, Tsunami, Wildfire, Drought, Hailstorm, Heat Wave, Hurricane, Epidemic, Famine, Lahar, Limnic Eruption, Mudflow, Solar Flare and other disasters)
The major natural disasters are linked to definite page containing update report on that disaster.
The global natural disaster data are collected from different sources like USGS, EMSC, GDACS, EDIS..

2013-05-03 10:45:37

Source: http://www.disaster-report.com/2013/05/natural-disasters-list-may-3-2013.html