Category State Of Disaster Alert

Landslide kills 4 and 9 are missing in Indonesia

Four people were killed and nine others remain missing after a landslide buried homes on Indonesia’s main island of Java, an official said.   A landslide triggered by a pipeline explosion on Tuesday engulfed eight homes and trapped villagers in…

Mega hailstorm destroys 60% of crops in Pokhara, Nepal

Lekhnath and surrounding areas on Saturday afternoon has destroyed crops worth millions, initial report suggests.   RSS reported that crops in more than 60 percent of farms of corn, fruits and vegetables were destroyed by the hailstorm which occurred for…

Massive landslide kills more than 50 in Afghanistan

More than 50 people are feared dead in a landslide in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday.   The deputy governor for Badakshan province, Gul Muhammad Bedar, told reporters that 90 homes in a village near Afghanistan’s border with Tajikistan have completely…

MAGNITUDE 6.7 NEPAL

Subject To Change Depth: 10 km Distances: 78 km E of Kathmandu, Nepal / pop: 1,442,271 / local time: 12:54:09.8 2015-04-26 18 km SE of Kodāri, Nepal / pop: 1,600 / local time: 12:54:09.8 2015-04-26

Hundreds Feared Dead In Nepal Earthquake

A magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Nepal has caused extensive damage in the capital Kathmandu, bringing down buildings and walls.   At least 50 people are trapped under the rubble of the city’s iconic nine-storey Dharahara tower, which was brought down…

Massive Hailstorm kills 3 and injures 150 in Mathura, India

Three people, including a woman, were killed in two separate incidents of wall collapse caused by hailstorms in different parts of the district, while 150 others were injured, an official said on Saturday.   “Ten cattle were killed and 150…