Recent Natural Disasters List December 4, 2011

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This photo taken by AP shows the remain of dead
animals on the outskirts of Torreon in Northern Mexico

Recent Major Disaster Alert

• Mexico is experiencing worst drought in last 70 years.Different Mexican states  Sonora,Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Guanajuato and Zacatecas are badly affectedby this drought. Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan,Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas,Veracruz and Yucatan are recent added states in Mexico which are toohaving drought-related problems (category under Natural disaster in Mexico December 2011)
  -Mexican Government is sending food to poor farmers who have lost all their crops.
  -According to Mexico's National Weather Service, the affected states had average about 21 inches of rain annually but just 12 inches this year.
  -Texas in North is also having similar problem with record of driest year in its history.
  -The number of cattles died due to starvation and thirst aremore than 1.7 million
  - Lakes and reservoirs in different states are atcritical lows
  -Various crops like corn, beans, oats and others inSan Jose de los Gonzalez town are withering in the field.
  - Farmers in Mexico have lost 2.2 million acres of crop
• Galeras Volcanic  Eruptionin Colombia is raised to Alert levelII. Tremors continue in Volcanicareas. An orange warning level has already been issued, which meansan eruption could occur any time now. More than 8,000 who reside in the nearbycommunities of La Florida and Narino are already evacuated. Looking thePast history, most eruptions from Galerasare short and violent. 
• Tungurahua Volcano of Ecuador has thrownpyroclastic boulders up to a mile from the crater. Minor earthquake are alsorecorded in this area. After the sharp increase in volcanic activity, residentsnear the Tungurahua Volcano are already noticed to evacuate. Earlierloud roars from area have shaken windows up to14 kilometers (8.6 miles) away from the event.
  -Ecuadorian authorities have issuedan Orange alert for populations nearthe Tungurahua volcano.
  -Authorities have setup emergency refugees for citizens that live close to the Tungurahua.
  Last December a red alert was declared lookingthe seismicity of Tungurahua (Throat of Fire- in the indigenous Quechua language). At thattime residents and tourists were evacuated for short time. 
• Wildfire in the forest of Australia isstill causing problem in Gracetownand Ellen Brook. The Western partof Australia is mostly affected by it. Schools in the town area havealready closed and an emergency situation has been declared.
  The state government declared Bushfirein the Margaret River Region as a Natural Disaster. Now the local residentsaround the area can get $3,000 by the government who lost their primary placeof residence.
  -Extreme fire danger is forecasted for coastal parts of the Central West which includes Greenough in the City of Geraldton, and coastal areas of the Shire of Carnamah, Shire of Chapman Valley, Shire of Coorow, Shire of Dandaragan, Shire of Irwin and Shire of Northampton.
  -Fire is currently moving in a south-westerly direction towards Ellen Brook homestead at around 200 meters an hour.
  -There are unconfirmed reports of the homestead been damaged
• Volcaniceruption in Volcánde Fuego region Guatemala shows increasing explosive activity from recentdays. It is one of the country's most active volcanoes. Some days ago,it was observed producing ash clouds reaching 1500-2000 m above the summit. Yesterday,Fuego's activity calmed down a bit.

Today's Disaster Report

• Increased activity shows the eruption of Katla Volcano soon. It is reported that more than 500 tremors are recorded at Katla from the last month. Scientist warns that this Icelandic volcano could cause Catastrophic flooding and will disrupts air travel too. Small eruption was on 8 and 9th July, 2011 this year, which only melt the glacier. However there is a debate, if it is going to cause any global impact or not. last huge eruption in 1918 caused meltdown of large glacier ultimately sweeping iceberg into the ocean by resulting floods.

Recent Earthquakes

• Magnitude 4.7 earthquake in Chile with epicenter in sea water located far from populated area, 185 km WSW of San Antonio, Valparaiso, Chile. It will be faintly felt. Earlier was M 5.4 Strong earthquake in Chile in the same area on November 22, 2011
  22:49 UTC (local time Sunday, December 04, 2011 at 05:49 PM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 4.7 moderate aftershocks (@ 14.7 km depth) in Eastern Turkey with epicenter located 8 km SW Van (pop 371,713), Turkey near to lake Van. Once again the people of Van are going to experience a strong jolt. The earlier M 7.2 Very deadly Turkey earthquake took 605+ lives in the same area.
  22:15 UTC (local time Monday, December 05, 2011 at 12:15 AM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 4.6 moderate earthquake (@ 40.9 km depth) in Papua, Indonesia with epicenter located 70 km (43 miles) N of Tanahmerah, Papua, Indonesia. The populated area Jaya pura (pop 134,895) is 341 km far from epicenter. It will be faintly felt.
  18:40 UTC (Local time Monday, December 05, 2011 at 03:40 AM @ epicenter)
  UPDATE 2
  M 5.2 deep earthquake (@ 181.6 km depth) in Seram, Indonesia with epicenter in Sea water 51 km SW Ambon (pop 355,596). This deep earthquake will be felt in vast area and won't cause any damage.
  UPDATE 1
  M 5.4 strong earthquake (@41.6 km depth) is recorded in the same place of Paua, Indonesia after 15 minutes. Felt as far as Merauke and Tari city. Though we don't expect any damage as the populated area is far from the epicenter.
• Magnitude 5.3 strong earthquake near the east Coast of Kamchatka, Russia (Tonkiy) with epicenter located far from Nikol'skoye, Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia.(about 214 km). People of Ust-kamchatsk (4,939) will experience a strong Jolt which is less populated area.
  15:55 UTC (local time Monday, December 05, 2011 at 03:55 AM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 4.0 earthquake (@ 50 km depth) in Japan in Bungo-suido region. Max. JMA intensity 3 for Ehime (Ikata-cho Minatoura) which indicates weak shaking.
  local time (JST) 01:02 @ epicenter
• Magnitude 5.2 strong shallow earthquake (@ 10.1 km depth) in Mexico (San Hilario)with epicenter located 48 km NW Loreto (pop 11,227). Max. MMI is V which indicates moderate shaking. The populated area of Guaymas (pop 103,449) is 211 km far from epicenter. It will be felt in Vast area of Baja California Sur region. we don't expect damage as the residential populated area is far from epicenter. Though the tremor can be felt as far as Constitución, Santa Rosalía, Obregón Mexico.
  15:35 UTC (local time Sunday, December 04, 2011 at 08:35:39 AM @ epicenter)
  UPDATE
  Comond-La Pursima Volcano (Middle America) is just 13 km far from epicenter.
• Magnitude 4.8 earthquake in Taiwan Region 27 km (16 miles) ENE of Su'ao, Taiwan. It will be well felt in Taipei, Lotung and Tanshui area. However, the epicenter is in Sea water so no damage is expected.(Category under Taiwan earthquake december )
  10:13 UTC(local time Sunday, December 04, 2011 at 06:13:04 PM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 4.7 earthquake (@33.1 km depth) with epicenter in Sea water far from Gisborne, New Zealand. It will be faintly felt.
  09:46 UTC (local time Sunday, December 04, 2011 at 09:46:18 PM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 4.0 shallow earthquake (@ 7 km depth) in Northern Iran with epicenter near to Minudasht (pop 27,985), Iran. People of Gonbad-e qabus (pop 131,416), Iran will also feel well shaking which is just 18 km far from epicenter.
  08:48 UTC (local time 12:18 @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 3.8 earthquake (@ 15 km depth) in Russia with epicenter located 14 km NW Skovorodino (pop 10,007), Russia.The populated area of Jiagedagi (pop 135,760) is 408 km far from epicenter. it will be faintly felt.
  07:11 UTC (local time 16:11 @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 4.7 moderate earthquake 136 km (84 miles) WNW of Bima, Sumbawa, Indonesia. It will be faintly felt. Felt as far as Kuta city.
  06:04 UTC(local time Sunday, December 04, 2011 at 02:04:17 PM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 3.2 very shallow minor earthquake in Western Turkey just below Simav (pop 34,909). The epicenter is located 57 km NW Usak (pop 152,862), Turkey. It will be well felt above the epicenter area. From recent days, the Western Turkey seems to seismically active. The earlier M 7.2 very deadly Turkey earthquake killed 605+ people in Eastern region.
  00:46 UTC (local time 02:46 @ epicenter)

Recent Volcanoes 

•  Still the Red Light,Level 1, in the Restinga (El Pinar) and Yellow light in the rest of the island continuesin Hierro Canary Islands located in Spain. Hierro contains the greatest concentration of young vents in the Canary Islands. It is great site fortourist attraction but due to volcanic activities tourist have been decreased by 30%.
  The emission rate of sulfur dioxide analyzed by scientist has decreased to 5tonnes per day. Earlier on November 6, emissionof sulfur dioxide (SO2) peaked to 109 ± 19 tonnes per day which was highest tobe recorded. Aside is the recent video (December 3) of La Restinga, El Hierro. The "green blanket" from the volcanic magma release has been moving along the coast during the day and can be observed clearly in the images.
  -Seismic activity is decreasing continuously showing that the eruption is slowly ending. Inhabitants seems to have little relief now.
  -Less numbers of earthquake recorded now and Only harmonic tremor continues to be at fluctuating moderate levels
• KilaueaVolcanoLocated in Hawaii and Pacific Ocean, HI is upgraded to Orange code. Lavaflows active southeast of Pu`u `O`o, Seismic tremor levels low and gasemissions elevate from recent days.
  The most recent (preliminary) sulfur dioxide emission rate measurement was600 tonnes/day on November 29, 2011. 
  -The flow is currently (December 4) moving alongside a kipuka and forest fires is reported.
  -Lava flows are active southeast of Pu`u `O`o

Recent Floods

• Thailand Flood- Death Toll has risen to 666
  Click for detail update report On Thailand Flood 2011
• Flood in New South Wales states of Australia haskilled One child. Still the ALERT continues in Northern New SouthWales town of Wee Waa. Heavy rain is predicted in coming monthsdue to a La Nina pattern in the PacificOcean in Northeastern Australia.
  Moree Plains Shire, Inverell Shire and Armidale Dumaresq areasare now declared as Natural disasterareas.

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