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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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A cow tries to eat from a dried out cactus on
a field near the city of Torreon, Mexico source AP

Recent Major Disaster Alert

• Extreme Drought has affected States of Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Guanajuato and Zacatecas in Mexico. It is expected to continue into next year. Note that it is the worst drought in Mexico in last 70 years.
  Mexico is experiencing its worst drought since 1941, with 2.5 million people left without water.
  -Now fourteen other states - Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Yucatan  are also experiencing drought-related problems.
  -1.7 million cattle have died of starvation and thirst
  -Lakes and reservoirs are at critical lows
  -Residents of San Jose de los Gonzalez town are running out of water-Crops of corn, beans and oats are withering in the field
  -Mexican farmers have lost 2.2 million acres (900,000 hectares) of crops
• Galeras Volcanic Eruption in Colombia is raised to Alert level II. Galeras Volcano is located 700 kilometers Colombia’s capital Bogota lies in Colombia’s western Nariio department, near the Ecuadorian border.Tremors are continued in Volcanic areas. An orange warning level has already been issued, which means an eruption could occur in some days or weeks.
  The Regional Disaster Prevention and Attention Committee has started evacuating more than 8,000 people who reside in the nearby communities of La Florida and Narino.
  Galeras Volcano Eruptions (Volcano live)
  2008-10, 2004-06, 2002, 2000, 1993, 1990-92, 1989, 1974-83, 1973?, 1950, 1947?, 1936, 1933?, 1932, 1930?, 1924-27, 1923, 1891, 1889, 1865-70, 1836, 1828-34, 1823, 1796-1801, 1754-56, 1670-1736, 1616, 1580, 1535
  Most eruptions from Galeras are short and violent.
• Volcanic Eruption in Ecuador .This volcano has thrown pyroclastic boulders up to a mile from the crater. Earthquake tremors are also recorded in this area. Tungurahua Volcano  of Ecuador region seems active currently. Residents near the Tungurahua Volcano are already noticed to evacuate after a rapid increase of volcanic activity from some days.The loud roars from the site have reportedly shook residential windows up to 14 kilometers (8.6 miles) away.
  -Ecuadorian authorities have issued an Orange alert for populations near the Tungurahua volcano.
  -Authorities have setup emergency refugees for citizens that live close to the Tungurahua
  A red alert was declared last December when Tungurahua -- which means "Throat of Fire" in the indigenous Quechua language -- reactivated, prompting a temporary evacuation of residents and tourists. 
• Wild fire in the forest of Australia is still causing problem in Gracetown and Ellen Brook. The Western part of Australia is mostly affected by it. Schools in the town area have already closed and an emergency situation has been declared.
  Bushfire in the Margaret River Region is formally declared as a Natural Disaster by the state government which means residents who lost their primary place of residence can claim grants of up to $3,000.
• Volcanic eruption in Volcán de Fuego region Guatemala shows increasing explosive activity which is one of the country's most active volcanoes.It was observed producing ash clouds reaching 1500-2000 m above the summit.
  UPDATE
  -Fuego's activity has calmed down a bit -Frequent rock avalanches are observed in the "Ash Canyon" on the steep southern  side of the summit cone.
   

Today's Disaster Report

• Mount Etna Volcano of Italy erupted briefly this morning. Mt Etna is the largest active volcano in Europe.It has the longest period of documented eruptions in the world-Small cloud of ash issuing from the new mouth of the volcano was recorded at 09.07 (CET)
  
• Drought in Switzerland with autumn been the driest on record in the country with shortage of snow across the Alps.
• Volcanic activity in Taiwan seems from active currently. Wandan mud dome erupted suddenly after the gap of a year. Hot gray mud is still spewing from the volcano in Pingtung County.
  The mud volcano usually erupts once of twice a year. It last erupted on Dec. 21 in an area around the Huang Yuan Holy Temple, north of the cemetery.
• Ammonia explosion in Yuma city, USA. Two people are reported to be injured who have been taken to Yuma Regional Medical Center. Gila Ridge Road has been closed between Avenue 3E and Avenue 5E to clear a path for safety personnel
• Extreme weather condition in Fairbanks Region, USA.
  -About 2 inch of snow fall in Fairbanks today.
  -Travel is not advised
  -High winds and heavy snow are expected west of Fairbanks this weekend
  -Blizzard warnings were issued yesterday for the west coast of Alaska from Unalakleet to Nome to Point Hope and out to Gambell

Recent Earthquakes

• Magnitude 5.0 moderate aftershocks in Honshu, Japan with epicenter located 212 km (131 miles) SE of Mito, Honshu, Japan. Felt lightly as far as Yokohama city.
  22:57 UTC (Local time Sunday, December 04, 2011 at 07:57 AM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 5.1 moderate earthquakenear the North coast of Papua, Indonesia with epicenter in Sea water, 75 km NE Sorong (pop125,535) and 247 km W Manokwari (pop 53,190), Indonesia. There isDominique Edward Osok Airport 45 km far from epicenter where the shaking isfelt well.
  12:26 UTC (local time Saturday, December 03, 2011 at 09:26 PM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 5.1 moderate earthquake (@ 32.9 km depth) in Antofagasta, Chile with epicenter in Sea water far from residential area. It is 157 km W Tocopilla (pop 24,460) and 215 km SW Iquique (pop 227,499), Chile. It will be faintly felt.
  10:29 UTC (local time Saturday, December 03, 2011 at 05:29 AM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 4.6 very shallow moderate earthquake (@ 3.8 km depth) in Central Alaska , North America region with epicenter located 19 km  NNE from Skwentna, ALaska. It will be well felt in Anchorage, Wasilla, Talkeetna, Trapper Creek, Willow, Elmendorf AFB area of Alaska. Max. felt MMI IV which indicates light shaking. There is Hayes Volcano located 52 km far from epicenter.
  09:33 UTC (local time Saturday, December 03, 2011 at 12:33 AM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 5.6 strong earthquake in East Of Barbuda (Antigua and Barbuda), Caribean region with epicenter located 212 km E from Codrington, Barbuda. The epicenter is in Sea water and far from residential area to cause any damage. About 320,000 people will experience a light shaking of MMI IV. People of Grande Anse, Le Moule, Saint-Francois, Anse-Bertrand, Petit-Canal, Port-Louis, Sainte-Anne, Les Abymes, Le Gosier, Baie-Mahault  area will feel light shaking.
  09:27 UTC (local time Saturday, December 03, 2011 at 05:27 AM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 5.3 moderate earthquake (@ 59.1 km depth) in Cook Strait, New Zealand with epicenter 30 km SSW of Wellington, New Zealand. It will be well felt in Wellington, Upper Hutt, Porirua, Picton, Otaki, Nelson, Motueka, Masterton, Martinborough, Lower Hutt, Hawera, Blenheim and other neighboring city.
  06:19 UTC (local time Saturday, December 03, 2011 at 07:19 PM @ epicenter)
  EMSC Felt Reports
  Lower Hutt: Started with a rumble then rolled for quite a while. Certainly heard it!
• Magnitude 5.0 moderate shallow earthquake (16 km depth) in Kenya-Ethiopia ,Lake Rudolf region. North Island Volcano lies 60 km far from the epicenter. It will be well felt around epicenter and faintly in wide areas.The populated area Awassa (pop 133,097) is 344 km far from epicenter area. We don't expect any damage from this quake.
  02:14 UTC (local time Saturday, December 03, 2011 at 05:14 AM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 4.7 moderate shallow earthquake (@9.8 km depth) disaster in Turkey-Iran border region with epicenter located 58 km NE Van (pop 371,713), Turkey. Van, Turkey is the same area where M 7.2 very deadly Turkey earthquake killed 605+ people this November. It will be well felt around epicenter.
  01:30 UTC (local time  Saturday, December 03, 2011 at 05:00 AM @ epicenter)
• Minor 3.8 deep earthquake (@143 km depth) in Romania with epicenter 59 km NW Buzau (pop 130,954), Romania. It will be faintly felt in Nehoiu, Gura teghii region.
  00:32 UTC (local time 02:32 @ epicenter)

Recent Volcanoes 

• Volcanic Eruption On Hierro Canary Islands located in Spain. Hierro contains the greatest concentration of young vents in the Canary Islands. It is great site for tourist attraction but due to Volcanic activities tourist have been decreased by 30%. Tremors are still recorded in this area.
  Some days earlier, the Sarmiento de Gamboa research vessel begins a campaign of research in El Hierro, under the Civil Protection Plan for Volcanic Risk (PEVOLCA), consisting of the geophysical survey of the seabed, both north of the Gulf and in the area submarine eruption near the south of La Restinga. The video aside is of November 27 which shows the area to be seismically active too.
  Red Light, Level 1, in the Restinga (El Pinar) and Yellow light in the rest of the island.
  -Just one earthquake (@ 21 km depth) of minor magnitude 2.1 recorded NW of Frontera @ 01:56 today- updating @ 16:55 UTC
  -About 10 earthquakes recorded yesterday in area of ​​the Iberian Peninsula and the Canary Islands. The magnitude was less to be felt and greater than 20 km depth. In total, since the day July 17, 2011, 11 907 events have been found.
  -The emission rate of sulfur dioxide analyzed by scientists from non-tip is less than 5 tonnes per day.The highest rates of emission of sulfur dioxide (SO2) into the atmosphere were recorded on 6 November reached 109 ± 19 tonnes per day.
• Orange code for Kilauea Volcano Located in Hawaii and Pacific Ocean, HI. About 90% of the surface of Kilauea is formed of lava flows less than about 1,100 years old; 70% of the volcano's surface is younger than 600 years. Lava flows active southeast of Pu`u `O`o, Seismic tremor levels low and gas emissions elevate.
  The most recent (preliminary) sulfur dioxide emission rate measurement was 600 tonnes/day on November 29, 2011.

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 has killed One child. Still the ALERT is in Northern New South Wales town of Wee Waa where the flood will last for one weeks more. Heavy rains  is predicted in coming months due to a La Nina pattern in the Pacific Ocean in Northeastern Australia
  Moree Plains Shire, Inverell Shire and Armidale Dumaresq local government areas are now declared as Natural disaster areas. The river's still rising at Boggabri which is 7.69 meters currently and the river at Wee Waa is 6.67 meters

Other Disasters

• Biological disaster in Nepal with outbreak of Bird Flu. H5N1 is found in chickens in area of Manahara, Bhaktapur Nepal. The bird flu was found in chickens of Chandra Bahadur Tamang in Manahara area Bhaktapur,Thimi-16.
  Officially the area is announced as "Bird Flu Area" by Nepal Government.Previously it was found in eastern part of Nepal, but this is the first time the bird flu is found near to Capital. In 2009, for the first time Bird Flu was confirmed in Nepal. Different private schools around the area are closed for one week.The vaccines or other treatments are not available for it and it cause severe to fatal disease in humans.
  

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Recent Major Disaster Alert

• Extreme Drought has affected States of Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Guanajuato and Zacatecas in Mexico. It is expected to continue into next year. More than 450,000 cattle have died in arid pastures.Note that it is the worst drought in Mexico in last 70 years.
  Mexico is experiencing its worst drought since 1941, with 2.5 million people left without water. Officials said in a meeting yesterday that the Mexican government plan to allocate 16.93 billion pesos ($1.21 billion) for the Disaster Prevention and Management Program next year as the condition this year has became worse there. Now fourteen other states - Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Yucatan  are also experiencing drought-related problems.
• Galeras Volcanic Eruption in Colombia is raised to Alert level II. Galeras Volcano is located 700 kilometers Colombia’s capital Bogota lies in Colombia’s western Nariio department, near the Ecuadorian border.Tremors are continued in Volcanic areas. An orange warning level has already been issued, which means an eruption could occur in some days or weeks.(Category under Natural Hazards in Ecuador)
  The Regional Disaster Prevention and Attention Committee has started evacuating more than 8,000 people who reside in the nearby communities of La Florida and Narino.
  Galeras Volcano Eruptions (Volcano live)
  2008-10, 2004-06, 2002, 2000, 1993, 1990-92, 1989, 1974-83, 1973?, 1950, 1947?, 1936, 1933?, 1932, 1930?, 1924-27, 1923, 1891, 1889, 1865-70, 1836, 1828-34, 1823, 1796-1801, 1754-56, 1670-1736, 1616, 1580, 1535
  Most eruptions from Galeras are short and violent.
• Volcanic Eruption in Ecuador .This volcano has thrown pyroclastic boulders up to a mile from the crater. Earthquake tremors are also recorded in this area. Tungurahua Volcano  of Ecuador region seems active currently. Residents near the Tungurahua Volcano are noticed to evacuate after a rapid increase of volcanic activity yesterday afternoon.The loud roars from the site have reportedly shook residential windows up to 14 kilometers (8.6 miles) away.
  -Ecuadorian authorities have issued an Orange alert for populations near the Tungurahua volcano.
  -Authorities have setup emergency refugees for citizens that live close to the Tungurahua
  A red alert was declared last December when Tungurahua -- which means "Throat of Fire" in the indigenous Quechua language -- reactivated, prompting a temporary evacuation of residents and tourists.
• Wild fire in the forest of Australia has broke out between Gracetown and Ellen Brook. The Western part of Australia is mostly affected by it. Schools in the town area have already closed and an emergency situation has been declared.
  Bushfire in the Margaret River Region is formally declared as a Natural Disaster by the state government which means residents who lost their primary place of residence can claim grants of up to $3,000.

Today's Disaster Report

• Flood in Sitka city of Alaska. Two houses are reported to be damaged. Mudslide is also reported but none is injured. Following Sitka officials about 2 inches of rain in a 24-hour period, coupled with the rapid melt of snow, contributed to the slides and flooding in this state of Alaska.
• Volcanic activity in Taiwan is seen from yesterday. Wandan mud dome erupted yesterday suddenly after the gap of a year. Hot gray mud is still spewing from the volcano in Pingtung County.
  
• Drought in Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania .-Power supplies running low in Serbia
  -Drinking water shortages in Bosnia
  -Crop production is in jeopardy in Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary.
  -The Czech Republic is at its driest since records began in 1775
  -Electricity supplies running low in Bosnia and Serbia due to the low river water levels
  
• There is seen sign of erupting Iceland Katla Volcano after 90 years. If this does happen, the effects of which could be felt all across the globe, as rising sea levels potentially having a devastating effect on coastal cities and islands.
  
• landslide in Indonesia (Island of Nias, Majo Kampung Barije district) has killed 4 people till now with more than 30 people still missing. Heavy rains have hit this area for continuous three days.
  

Recent Earthquakes

• Magnitude 4.7 moderate shallow earthquake in Guatemala with epicenter located 70 km NNE of Huehuetenango, Guatemala. The magnitude and depth is enough to be felt well around epicenter and lightly in greater area. It will be well felt by the people of Barillas (pop 14,100). The nearest populated area of Quetzaltenango (pop 132,230) is 124 km far to cause any damage.
  19:36 UTC(local time   Friday, December 02, 2011 at 01:36 PM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 3.2 minor earthquake in Baja California, Mexico with epicenter 26 km S from Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico. Prieto, Cerro volcano is 26 km far from the epicenter.It will be well felt around the epicenter.
  18:12 UTC (local time Friday, December 02, 2011 at 10:12 AM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 3.4 very shallow earthquake (@1 km depth) in Germany with epicenter just below Reken (pop 14,306), Germany. It was even well felt in  Recklinghausen (pop 122,438) area about 16 km far from the epicenter.
  10:57 UTC (local time 11:57 @ epicenter)
  EMSC Felt Reports
  Recklinghausen: Es hat sich angefühlt, als ob jemand eine Tür heftig zuschlägt.
  
•  Magnitude 5.0 shallow moderate earthquake in Panama Costa Rica border region just below Progreso. It will be well felt around epicenter and lightly in vast area. It will be well felt in Alajuela, Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, San José, Puntarenas, Heredia  and other neighboring region of Panama and Costa Rica
  06:57 UTC (local time Friday, December 02, 2011 at 01:57:43 AM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 5.5 strong earthquake in Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia with epicenter located 60 km SW Baolan (pop 44,088), Indonesia. The populated area Palu (pop 282,431) is 136 km far.
  About 50,00 people will experience a moderate shaking of MMI V whereas light shaking will be felt in vast area. The people of  Palu will experience light shaking of MMI IV.
  In 2000, M 7.5 earthquake around the same area killed 46 people.
  05:19 UTC (local time Friday, December 02, 2011 at 01:19 PM @ epicenter)
  EMSC Felt Reports
  Bontang: The building shook for few seconds, hence we all decided to go out of the building. After initial few seconds there was no more shaking
  UPDATE
  M 4.7 earthquake is recorded in Java, Indonesia after one hour which is very far from the residential area with epicenter in Sea water.
•  Magnitude 4.5 earthquake in Chiapas, Mexico with epicenter in Sea water located 123 km SW of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. It will be faintly felt.
  05:01 UTC (Thursday, December 01, 2011 at 11:01:04 PM at epicenter)
• Magnitude 4.8 moderate shallow earthquake in Taiwan with epicenter located 46 km NNE of Taitung, Taiwan. It will be well felt around epicenter.
  00:55 UTC (Friday, December 02, 2011 at 08:55:25 AM at epicenter)
• Magnitude 4.8 moderate aftershock (@ 72.6 km depth) in Honshu, Japan with epicenter located 66 km E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan. It will be  felt in Ibaraki and Tokio region also as far as Capital Tokyo.
  00:50 UTC (local time Friday, December 02, 2011 at 09:50 AM @ epicenter)UPDATE 2
  M 5.3 strong shallow earthquake in Honshu, Japan with epicenter 53 km (32 miles) ESE of Yokohama, Honshu, Japan. Max. JMA intensity is 4 which is not enough to cause any damage.
  UPDATE 1
  M 4.9 earthquake (@ 12 km depth) again in Honshu, Japan much closer to Mito, Honshu. It is 98 km (60 miles) S of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan. It is much stronger tahn earlier. It is enough to feel well as far as capital Tokyo.

Recent Volcanoes 

• Volcanic Eruption On Hierro Canary Islands located in Spain. During 2-8 November, 364 seismic events were recorded at depths of 16-23 km. During 4-5 November authorities evacuated about 80 residents from areas in Frontera due to landslide risks. Hierro contains the greatest concentration of young vents in the Canary Islands. Some days earlier, the toxic gases get mixed in the air. It is great site for tourist attraction but due to Volcanic activities tourist have been decreased by 30%. Tremors are still recorded in this area. Two days ago for the first after two weeks steaming black lava blocks were seen on the sea surface above the submarine vent near La Restinga. we showed you the video of Hierro canary Islands collecting fresh lava stones. Even we showed you video yesterday about the emission of magmatic material in the Sea of ​​Calm (La Restinga).
  The Island seems to be quiet now. Yesterday, The Sarmiento de Gamboa research vessel begins a campaign of research in El Hierro, under the Civil Protection Plan for Volcanic Risk (PEVOLCA), consisting of the geophysical survey of the seabed, both north of the Gulf and in the area submarine eruption near the south of La Restinga.
  Red Light, Level 1, in the Restinga (El Pinar) and Yellow light in the rest of the island.
  Below we have extracted an article to give current activities in this area.
  Maintaining the reduced number of earthquakes located in El Hierro
  From 17:20 pm yesterday has been only one movement at 9 this morning
  The National Geographic Institute (IGN) has confirmed the Civil Protection Plan Volcanic risk during the day November 29, 2011 only 7 earthquakes were located. Only one of them was felt by the population recorded in the area of ​​the Gulf, at 01:59 am (UTC) with magnitude 3.2 on the Richter scale, at a depth of 15 kilometers and a rated of II.
  For IGN, the decrease of earthquakes remains and from 17:20 pm yesterday, there has been only one movement at 9 this morning, according to provisional data. This situation "does not imply that there might be a moderate earthquake of magnitude," they say.
  In total, since the day July 17, 2011 11 897 events have been found.
  As for studies of ground deformation, as IGN reports and the CSIC and the University of Cádiz, show no significant variations with respect to the findings in recent days.
  Moreover, note that in the reconnaissance flight by helicopter from the Government of the Canary Islands and found little gaseous emission caused uncertainty in the spot in the sea by submarine eruption.
  In the night flight SASEMAR has been a temperature of 20 ° C in the area of ​​emission, detected less activity compared to previous days.
  The Sarmiento de Gamboa Oceanographic Vessel ended last night in La Restinga activity and is now in the waters of El Golfo.
  Since this morning we incorporated the Ramon Margalef, and is in the Sea of ​​Calm. (source http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org)
• Volcanic Eruption On Nyamuragira Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the Africa's most active volcano. Eruption still continues here in Nyamuragira.  Video of eruption in Nyamuragira on November 15 showed it to be active in recent days. However, The city of Goma, near the volcano, remains unaffected.The lava on Mount Nyamulagira in Congo spurted up to 300 meters high. Meanwhile Virunga Park, best known for its endangered mountain gorillas, is now inviting tourists to go on overnight treks to see a volcano spurting fountains of lava.
  Lava flow have reached within 5 km of Kalengera-Tongo road. It is the area of Gorillas but they are far to be affected. They are safe. 
• Orange code for Kilauea Volcano Located in Hawaii and Pacific Ocean, HI. Lava flows active southeast of Pu`u `O`o, Seismic tremor levels low and gas emissions elevate.
  The most recent (preliminary) sulfur dioxide emission rate measurement was 600 tonnes/day on November 29, 2011. 

Recent Floods

• Thailand Flood- Death Toll has risen to 666
  Click for detail update report On Thailand Flood 2011

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