Recent Natural Disasters 2019: This natural disaster list covers important natural disasters in the world with detail update report.
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Major Natural Disasters Today
- Flooding in central Nigeria
-At least 10 people have been died due to recent flooding in Nigeria caused by the persistent rainfall.
-According to the Niger State Emergency Management Agency in Nigeria's central region, the deaths have been recorded over the past two months in Nigeria. Click for detail report on Nigeria flood
Recent Earthquakes
- Magnitude 3.7 light earthquake in Central California (@ 11 km depth) with epicenter located 27 km SE of Hollister, United States.
14:54 UTC (local time: 07:54; 2019-10-17 @ epicenter) - Magnitude 4.6 moderate earthquake in Chile (@ 10 km depth) with epicenter located 98 km W of Santa Cruz, Chile.
13:44 UTC (local time: 10:44; 2019-10-17 @ epicenter) - Magnitude 5.2 moderate earthquake in Taiwan (@ 25 km depth) with epicenter located 65 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan.
11:44 UTC(local time: 20:44; 2019-10-17 @ epicenter) - Magnitude 5.0 moderate earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines (@ 90 km depth) with epicenter located 93 km SE of Sugal.
01:28 UTC (local time: 09:28; 2019-10-17 @ epicenter)
Recent Flash Floods
- Flood alerts for United Kingdom
-The Met Office has issued nine flood warnings and 56 alerts in force across the UK today.
-"It would also rank January-February 2020 as the seventh coldest winter in the past 30 years," The Sunday Times reported quoting Mike Saunders, a professor of climate prediction at University College, London.
Recent Volcanic Activity
- No major volcanic activities have been recorded today.
Recent Tropical Cyclones
- Tropical Cyclone 16
-Tropical Cyclone 16 is currently over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
-Tropical storm watches and warnings have been posted for parts of the Gulf Coast.
Natural Disaster News
- The annual Great ShakeOut earthquake drill will take place Oct. 17 at 10:17 a.m. across the United States. The Great ShakeOut is the largest earthquake drill worldwide. Click for detail report on this earthquake drill
- An orange alert for drought has been issued in the east China's Jiangxi Province as a response to decreasing precipitation. Click for detail report on Jiangi drought
Useful information to read this Recent Natural Disasters List October 17, 2019
This natural disaster list contains daily list of natural disasters around the world. The page is break down into various parts as Major Natural Disasters Today (real time update report on rolling major natural disaster around the world), Recent Earthquakes (only earthquakes which are felt by people), Recent Volcanic Activity (erupting volcanoes), Recent Flash Floods (ongoing flood information), Recent Tropical Cyclones (active cyclones) and Natural Disaster News (facts and news about natural/environmental disasters and hazards on various topics like Tornado, Tsunami, Wildfire, Drought, Hailstorm, Heat Wave, Hurricane, Epidemic, Famine, Lahar, Limnic Eruption, Mudflow, Solar Flare and other disasters).
The major natural disasters and catastrophes are linked to definite page containing update report on that disaster and also provides early disaster emergency notification if available.
The global natural disaster data and natural calamities statistics are collected from different sources like USGS, EMSC, GDACS, EDIS and others.