Recent Natural Disasters List December 1, 2011

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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. The video by Reuters shows the worst drought condition in Mexico. 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.
  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.
  UPDATE
  -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

• Wild fire in Banjup and Cockburn region of Western Australia. Firefighters from seven stations attended the scene, assisted by a type 1 helicopter and two fixed-wing water bombers.The cause of the fire is unknown. 
  
• Landslide in Indonesia has killed 4 people till now and still 30 people are reported to be missing. Island of Nias, Majo Kampung Barije district areas are severely affected by this disaster. More than 40 houses are buried under the mud. Due to heavy rain from past four days, the situation has become worse in Indonesian Island of Nias.There is Binaka Airport just 13 km far from the incident area in Gunung Sitoli, Nias area.

Recent Earthquakes

•  Magnitude 5.4 strong earthquake (@10.2 km depth) inn Sulawesi, Indonesia with epicenter in Sea water located 183 km SW of Gorontalo, Sulawesi, Indonesia. The magnitude is well enough to feel well in vast area.
  22:53 UTC (local time Friday, December 02, 2011 at 06:53 AM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 4.9 deep earthquake(@160 km depth) in Hokkaido, Japan with epicenter located 239 km NNE from Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan. Will be faintly felt, Max. JMA intensity 2 (Betsukai-cho Hombetsukai, Hokkaido)
  11:20 UTC (local time Thursday, December 01, 2011 at 08:20 PM at epicenter)
  UPDATE
  Magnitude 4.5 earthquake in Nagano-ken Hokubu region after two hours. Will be well felt in Nagano region.
• Magnitude 3.8 earthquake (@ 9 km depth) in Northern Iran with epicenter 27 km W Garmsar (pop 49,491). The populated area of Varamin (pop 179,603), Iran  is 37 km far  from epicenter. It will be well felt around epicenter. Magnitude 3.5 earthquake stuck Central Iran about one hour ago.
  07:48 UTC (local time 11:18 @ epicenter)
• Minor 2.9 shallow earthquake (@ 5 km depth) in Central California with epicenter just below San Juan Bautista, CA. The epicenter is close to Abbe Park. Even felt in Aromas, Prunedale, Hollister, San Jose City Hall area California and as far as Los Angeles.
  04:38 UTC (local time Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 08:38 PM @ epicenter)
• Moderate shallow earthquake in Western Xizang with epicenter located SSW of Lumaringbo, Xizang (Tibet), China and 325 km (202 miles) NNE from Jumla, Nepal. Though the earthquake is shallow, the populated residential area is far to cause any damage. Slight tremor is felt in Tibet, India and Nepal.
  03:50 UTC (local time Thursday, December 01, 2011 at 11:50 AM @ epicenter)
  UPDATE
  M 5.3 moderate earthquake (@57.7 km depth) in Southern XinJiang, China. The epicenter of this quake is 32 km WSW of Shache, Xinjiang, China and 299 km ESE of Karakul, Tajikistan
  12:48 UTC (local time Thursday, December 01, 2011 at 08:48 PM @ epicenter)
• Minor 3.1 earthquake in Eastern Turkey with epicenter located16 km W Sivrice (pop 5,481). This area has been hit continuously after the Very deadly turkey earthquake this November which killed 605+ people.

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)
  

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  source Reuters

• 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
• Flood in New South Wales states of Australia. One child is reported to be dead. 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
• Recent flood in Uganda has displaced about 2000 people. Heavy damage is expected in Nakapiripirit District . Transports in the areas has been blocked. The flood level is increasing in the area where the majority of people are farmers and their farm and agricultural crops are totally damaged.

Recent Cyclones

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Other Disasters

• Biological disaster in Nepal with outbreak of Bird Flu. H5N1 is found in chickens in area of Bhaktapur and Kathmandu, Nepal. Kathmandu is the capital city of Nepal where the virus is found five months after the Nepal Government declared Nepal as "Bird flu free Country". In Nepal's lab, only the H5 can be tested so for further detail, the sample of the dead chicken is sent to England. After the confirmation report, Nepal government will declare "Bird Flu Area". Previously it was found in eastern part of Nepal, but this is the first time the bird flu is found in Capital. In 2009, for the first time Bird Flu was confirmed in Nepal. Note that vaccines or other treatments are not available for it and it cause severe to fatal disease in humans.
  UPDATE
  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.

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