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NATURAL DISASTERS

A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage,and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake, the severity of which depends on the affected population's resilience, or ability to recover

DISASTER IN INDIA

UTRAKHAND DISASTER In June 2013, a multi-day cloudburst centered

on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.The reason the floods were on such a larger scale than the regular floods the state usually received was because of the debris of the building of dams upstream. The debris blocked up the rivers causing major overflow. The main day of flood is said to be on 16 June 2013.

JAMMU AND KASMIR FLOODSIn September 2014, the Kashmir region suffered

disastrous floods across many of its districts caused by torrential rainfall. According to the Home Ministry of India, several thousand villages across the state had been hit and 390 villages had been completely submerged. In actual figures 2600 villages were reported to be affected in Jammu and Kashmir, out of which 390 villages in Kashmir were completely submerged. 1225 villages were partially affected and 1000 villages were affected in Jammu Division Many parts of Srinagar, including the Border Security Force (BSF) HQ in Sanant Nagar & Army cantonment in Badam Bagh, were inundated, and vital roads were submerged, by the floods.

DISASTER IN PAKISTAN DROUGHT According to Tharparkar district authorities, 99

children and 67 adults (43 men and 24 women) have reportedly died in Tharparkar since the beginning of 2014 due to a combination of chronic malnutrition, a lack of access to effective health facilities, lower than average rainfall in Chachro, Diplo, Khinser, Islamkot, Mithi tehsils (sub-districts), and an outbreak of sheep pox which has killed thousands of small animals.

Crop failure due to low rainfall, coupled with loss of small animals has greatly reduced the impoverished communities’ purchasing power.

DISASTER IN NEPAL

EARTHQUAKEThe April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also

known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed more than 8,800 people and injured more than 23,000. It occurred at 11:56 NST on 25 April, with a magnitude of 7.8Mw.  Its epicenter was east of the district of Lamjung, and its hypocenterwas at a depth of approximately 15 km (9.3 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake.

DISASTER IN CHINA BEIJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Natural disasters

across China claimed 367 lives and left another 115 people missing in August, according to official statistics released on Monday.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the National Commission for Disaster Reduction said in a report that nearly 139.4 million people were affected by the disasters and 3.13 million people were forced to relocate.

About 136,000 houses were destroyed and 1.11 million houses were damaged to varying degrees. Nearly 15.36 million hectares of farmland were affected, with 2.56 million hectares unable to yield any crops, according to the report.

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The disasters caused direct economic losses of 148.73 billion yuan (about 24.29 billion U.S. dollars).

Natural disasters in August were mainly floods, droughts, typhoon and earthquakes, according to the report.

DISASTER IN SRILANKA EARTQUAKE M 5.7 moderate deep earthquake in Peru with

epicenter located 93km WSW of Orcopampa. Light shaking of MMI IV will have felt by the people of Cahuacho, Quicacha, El Cardo and Camana. People of Arequipa, Mollendo and Sicuani will have felt weak shaking of MMI III.23:31 UTC (local time 2013-05-14 18:39 @ epicenter)

M 5.6 strong earthquake Off the west coast of northern Sumatra with epicenter located 476km (296mi) WSW of Sinabang. Weak shaking will have felt by the people of Banda Aceh and Sigli.19:18 UTC (local time 2013-05-15 01:18 @ epicenter)

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