Recent Natural Disasters List December 7, 2011

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Recent Major Disaster Alert

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  Tungurahua Volcano

  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. 
• Drought in Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania (Danube River basin)
  -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
  -Shipping companies are having great losses. About 80 big cargo ships are stranded at the Serbia-Hungary border on the Danube

Today's Disaster Report

• Flood in Communities of Uralla, Guyra and Glen Innes Severn  areas of Australia is continued today too after which three more natural disaster zones have been declared in northern NSW. The communities of Uralla, Guyra and Glen Innes Severn are heavily impacted by the recent storms and flooding.
• Recent Snowstorm in England (north) and Scotland areas of United Kingdom has made life miserable in that area. Officials warned that the whole country should expect bitterly cold temperatures and up to four inches of snow could fall as far south as Birmingham. They warned that, "This is the beginning of the good old UK winter. It is going to be very cold particularly at the weekend"
• landslide in Manizales city of Colombia (Departmento de Caldas, South America) is reported which destroyed water pipes between water treatment plants yesterday. Now about half of the city wouldn't get water due to this. The city suffered a similar experience in late October, when a pipeline was destroyed by a landslide.

Recent Earthquakes

• Magnitude 5.9 extremely dangerous shallow earthquake (@ 5 km depth) in Atacama, Chile with epicenter just below Perales, Region de Atacama (South America) with MMI VIII (severe). However the populated area is far from the epicenter which can be a matter of relief for the people in Chile. Just 331 people will feel severe shaking of MMI VIII. Desierto De Atamaca Airport is 42 km far from the epicenter.
  Following National Seismological Service of the University of Chile, the Richter magnitude was 5.8 and was located 72 km north of Huasco. ONEMI mentions it as earthquake with moderate intensity.
  22:23 UTC (local time Wednesday, December 07, 2011 at 07:23 PM @ epicenter)
  UPDATE 2
  Following ONEMI, No se reportan daños a personas, alteración a servicios básicos o infraestructura producto de este sismo means No  damage reported to people, disruption to basic services or infrastructure product from this earthquake
  UPDATE 1
  The intensities of Mercalli Scale for
  Region: Atacama
  Boiler: V, Copiapo: V, Parrots: V, Tierra Amarilla: V , Huasco: V, Chañaral: III, Diego de Almagro: II
  Region: Coquimbo
  Vicuña: IV , La Serena: III, La Higuera: III, Coquimbo: III
  Region: Valparaiso
  German Villa: III
• Magnitude 5.8 strong Sea Quake (@ 29.5 km depth) in Kepulauan Sula, Indonesia (Fagudu) with epicenter located 266 km SSW of Ternate, Moluccas, Indonesia. About 11,000 people will experience a moderate shaking of MMI V. The populated residential area is far from from epicenter where just light shaking will be felt. NO TSUNAMI ALERT
  13:38 UTC (local time Wednesday, December 07, 2011 at 10:38:27 PM at epicenter)
• Magnitude 3.0 shallow earthquake (@ 8 km depth) in Canterbury region, New Zealand with epicenter located below Lyttelton. It was well felt by the people above epicenter. It was also felt in Diamond Harbour, south-east of Christchurch and Nelson region. This is not however mentioned by USGS or EMSC, we have extracted from GEO NET. Following GEO NET Max. felt MMI is IV.
  07:08 UTC (local time 8:08 pm @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 5.0 moderate deep earthquake(@ 202.6 km depth) in Veracruz, Mexico with epicenter located below Patricio, Estado de Veracruz-Llave. It will be felt as far as Oaxaca region. Minatitlan Airport of Mexico is 50 km far from the epicenter.The earthquake at this depth cannot cause any damage.
  05:13 UTC (local time Tuesday, December 06, 2011 at 11:13 PM @ epicenter)
• Magnitude 5.3 moderate Sea quake (@ 29.3 km depth) in Tonga with epicenter located 55.1 km of Hatou. Haapai Airport of Tonga is 36 km far from the epicenter.  It will be faintly felt upto Pangai region, Tonga.
  04:08 UTC (local time Wednesday, December 07, 2011 at 06:08:36 PM at epicenter)
  

Recent Volcanoes 

•  Mount Gamalama in Indonesia's North Maluku province (Island of Ternate) erupted releasing volcanic ashes. However there is no any report of damage or losses by this disaster. We present you the recent videos of that area which clearly shows the volcanic activity and the panicked people.
  Officials reported that some parts of Ternate were covered by ash rain and blackout was occurred at the foot of the volcano. people were bit afraid with it after which official urged them to stay calm.
  -Babullah Airport at the foot of the volcano is closed today too.
  -Alert level for the volcano, currently at 3 out of the maximum 4
  -Authorities are maintaining a 3.5-kilometer exclusion radius around the crater of the 1,715-meter volcano
  Gamalama's last major eruption was in 2003. No deaths were reported then. Indonesia has about 500 volcanoes. Of these, 128 are active and 65 are listed as dangerous. 
• 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.Katla is one of Iceland's most frequently erupting volcanoes
• Volcanic eruption in Volcán de Fuego region Guatemala shows increasing explosive activity from recent days. 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. Now Fuego's activity has calmed down a bit comparatively.
• Still the Red Light, Level 1, in the Restinga (El Pinar) and Yellow light in the rest of the island continues in 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%. The seismic-volcanic phenomenon of El Hierro has recorded 11,915 movements since last july.
  -Smoldering pyroclastic reappear in the waters of La Restinga yesterday(image below)
  -IEO and IGN have reported that the vent is 140 to 160 meter below sea level
  -Just one M 1.9 earthquake in NW Frontera region recorded today (@ 2:05 UTC)
  -Harmonic tremor has started to drop of slowly
   

Recent Floods

• Thailand Flood- Death Toll has risen to 684
  Click for detail update report On Thailand Flood 2011

Recent Cyclones

• Tropical Cyclone Alenga (01S) with wind speed 83 km/hr is active in Indian Ocean. GREEN ALERT
• Tropical Cyclone 02S with wind speed 65 km/hr is active in Indian Ocean. GREEN ALERT 

Other Disasters

• Extreme Weather with Severe thunderstorms have caused  heavy rain across the southern half of WA, including Perth and the Wheatbelt . Yesterday the storms hit from mid-morning and continued throughout the evening. More than 12,000 homes across the state (Australia) experienced power outages as a result of the storm. Dozens of homes are reported to be damaged by the storm.

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