Recent Natural Disasters List April 19, 2015 – Bangladesh storm kills 7

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Major Natural Disasters Today

• Powerful storm in Bangladesh
  -A powerful storm in seven Upazilas of Mymensingh and Kishoreganj districts of Bangladesh has claimed lives of at least eight people and left hundreds of houses damaged.
  -Five people died in four Upazilas of Kishoreganj and another three were killed in Mymensingh's Fulbarhia, Muktagachha and Trishal Upazilas, bdnews24 reported. Click for detail report on Bangladesh storm.
• Landslide in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh
  -A landslide on the bank of the Padma River in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh has claimed lives of two people.
  -Landslide disaster occurred after parts of an embankment caved in and buried them. Click for detail report on Bangladesh landslide.

Recent Earthquakes

• M 5.3 moderate earthquake in Indonesia (@ 78 km depth) with epicenter located 24 km NE of Sibolga. Weak shaking of MMI III will have been felt by the people of Padangsidempuan, Bandar and Rantauprapat.
  18:40 UTC (local time: 01:40; 2015-04-20 @ epicenter)
• M 4.1 light earthquake in Oklahoma (@ 8 km depth) with epicenter located 7 km W of Langston. Light shaking of MMI IV will have been felt by the people of Guthrie, Langston, Crescent and Stillwater. Weak tremor will have been felt by the people of Edmond, Perkins, Midwest City, Oklahoma City, Moore, Tulsa and Norman.
  05:27 UTC ( local time: 00:27; 2015-04-19 @ epicenter)
• M 4.6 moderate earthquake in Bolivia (@ 231 km depth) with epicenter located 103 km SW of Atocha. It will have been well felt by the people of Tupiza, Uyuni and Villazon.
  02:03 UTC ( local time: 22:03; 2015-04-18 @ epicenter)

Recent Flash Floods

• Flooding risk in Perth-Andover, Canada
  -About 200 people have been evacuated due to flooding risk in Perth-Andover region.
  -A state of local emergency has also been declared until further notice, CBC News reported.

Recent Volcanic Activity

• Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano alert
  -The risk of an eruption at Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano has increased, after a series of earthquakes.
  -The risk level to the aviation industry has been raised to orange, BBC reported.

Recent Tropical Cyclones

• The Government of Sri Lanka has provided US$ 50,000 for victims of Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu.

Natural Disaster News

• Washington governor has declared drought emergency in nearly half of the state. The last time a statewide drought was declared in Washington state was 2005. Click for detail report on Washington drought emergency.
• Caribbean and Central American countries have formalized partnership for catastrophe risk insurance. Nicaragua is the first Central American country to sign up to the insurance.

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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.