Natural Disasters List September 30, 2012-Japan Typhoon kills one

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• Typhoon Jelawat in Japan
  -Typhoon Jelawat made landfall over eastern Aichi Prefecture of Japan at 7 p.m on Sunday night.
  -Japanese Authorities have ordered 56,000 people in Nagoya and 2,000 in Mie to evacuate as rivers flooded their banks. Authorities forecast waves of up to 10 meters for the Tokai region.
  -Typhoon Jelawat has injured at least 140 people in eight prefectures of Japan and caused extensive blackouts (Photo: newsonjapan.com).
  Update
  -Japan Typhoon Jelawat killed one and injured 140 people in eight prefectures.
  -More than 500 flights, mainly in western Japan cancelled. Shinkansen bullet train services across the country also suspended.
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Recent Earthquakes
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• M 2.9 weak shallow earthquake in Montenegro (@ 2 km depth) with epicenter located 26 km SE Cilipi. It will have well felt by the people of Trebinje and Podgorica.
  19:06 UTC (local time 21:06; 2012/09/30 @ epicenter)
• M 7.1 massive earthquake in Colombia (@ 162 km depth) with epicenter located 9 km WNW of Isnos. Earthquake is very strong but luckily it is deep. Click for detail report on Colombia earthquake 2012.
  16:31 UTC (local time Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 11:31 AM @ epicenter)
• M 4.3 light earthquake in Panama-Colombia Border Region (@ 49 km depth) with epicenter located 26 km E of Acandi. Weak shaking of MMI II-III will have felt by the people of Necocli, Turbo and San Juan de Uraba.
  09:30 UTC (local time Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 04:30 AM @ epicenter)
  
• M 4.3 light earthquake in Tajikistan (@ 48 km depth) with epicenter located 10 km SW of Vanj. Just a weak shaking will have felt by the people of Khorugh, Gharm and Muminobod.
  07:14 UTC (local time Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 12:14 PM @ epicenter)
• M 3.4 light shallow earthquake in Northern Texas (@ 5 km depth) with epicenter located just 1 km E from Irving. It will have well felt by the people of Farmers Branch, Euless and Dallas. Click for detail report on this earthquake.
  04:05 UTC (local time Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 11:05 PM @ epicenter)

Recent Flash Floods
Ongoing Major River Floods (Based on Satellite observation): Argentina (Parana), Australia (Murray), Bolivia (Guapore and Madre de Dios), Brazil (Purus, Rio Juruena, Rio Teles Pires, Rio Paranaiba, Rio Negro and Tocantins), Cambodia, Cameroon (Benue), Chad, China (Mekong, Brahmaputra and Huang He), Colombia (Japura and Magdelena), Ethiopia (Blue Nile), Ghana, India (Brahmaputra), Kenya (Nyando and Muhoroni), Mali, Myanmar (Irrawaddy), New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria (Niger and Benue), Pakistan (indus), Peru (Purus), Senegal, Sudan (Nile) and United States (Mississippi).


Recent Volcanic Activity
Erupting Volcanoes: Fuego, Villarrica, Stromboli, Erta Ale, Nyiragongo, Ol Doniyo Lengai, Sakurajima, Marapi, Gamalama, Bagana, Dukono, Semeru, Batu Tara, Yasur, Ulawun, Kizimen and Kilauea volcano.



Recent Tropical Cyclones

• Typhoon Jelawat
  -As of 09:00 UTC, Typhoon Jelawat was located 240 nm southwest of yokosuka, Japan.
  -Typhoon Jelawat in Okinawa injured more than 50 people and caused extensive blackouts.
  -Typhoon Jelawat is expected to make landfall later today (Sunday) in the Tokai region in central Japan.
• Hurricane Nadine
  -As of 09:00 UTC, Hurricane Nadine was located 965 km W of the Azores.
  -Nadine is a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale and is moving toward the north-northwest near 12 mph. No threat to land.

Natural Disaster News

• Tornado in Port Lavaca, Texas
  -Tornado damaged a store in Calhoun, Lavaca county.
  -However no injury reported.
  Related natural disaster post: Two earthquake shake Northern Texas-Many felt reports
  
• Earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME)
  -Earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME) or flare travelling around 1,120 km per second, reached the Earth on Saturday.
  -Following NASA, this CME is a fairly small solar flare, measured as C-class. Similar CME have caused auroras near the poles.
  Related natural disaster post: Solar Flares 2012: M Class Solar Storm to reach Earth today

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