Natural Disasters List January 9, 2013-Avalanche on Vancouver Island, Canada

Recent Natural Disasters 

• Avalanche on Vancouver Island, Canada
  -An avalanche disaster on Vancouver Island injured 18-year-old skier. Four other skier were rescued immediately.
  -The avalanche occurred near Moat and Circlet Lakesin the backcountry of Strathcona Provincial Park, outside the boundaries of Mount Washington Ski Resort.
  -The Metro Vancouver area has predicted to get at least 30 mm of rain by early today (Wednesday).
  -A travel advisory has been issued for the Coquihalla Highway. Further high avalanche warning is issued for the North, the Columbia, Monashee and Selkirks region and the South Columbia region.
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Recent Earthquakes
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• M 4.7 moderate shallow aftershocks in  Southeastern Alaska (@ 10 km depth) with epicenter located 115 km W of Craig. People of Petersburg, Craig, Metlakatla and Ketchikan will have felt weak shaking of MMI III.
  04:21 UTC (local time Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 07:12 PM @ epicenter) 
• M 5.8 moderate earthquake in Myanmar (@ 91 km depth) with epicenter located 59 km SE of Phek (India). People of Imphal, Thoubal, Yairipok, Kohima, Mayang Imphal, Phek and Dimapur will have felt light shaking of MMI IV. Weak shaking of MMI II-III will have felt by the people of Jorhat, Diphu, Sibsagar and Itanagar. Click for detail report on this India-Myanmar earthquake.
  01:41 UTC (local time Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 07:11 AM @ epicenter)
  Update
  Tremor was felt in Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and Meghalaya.
• M 3.0 weak shallow earthquake in Northern California (@ 3 km depth) with epicenter located 7 km ESE from Kelseyville. It will have well felt by the people of Clearlake Oaks, Ukiah, Lower Lake and Kelseyville.
  00:31 UTC (local time Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 04:31 PM @ epicenter)

Recent Flash Floods
Ongoing Major River Floods (Based on Satellite observation): Afghanistan (Amu Darya), Australia (Darling), Bolivia (Madre de Dios), Brazil (Tocantins), Chad (N Djamena), China (Mekong and Huang He), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ubangi), Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (Shatt al Arab and Tigris), Kenya (Tana), Philippines, Sudan (Blue Nile, White Nile), Syria (Euphrates), Tanzania.

• The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch effective until Thursday morning across south central and southwest Louisiana. All St. Martin and St. Mary Parish public schools will be closed today due to fear of flash floods.

Recent Volcanic Activity
Erupting Volcanoes: Fuego, Santiago, Poas, Reventador, Nyiragongo, Ol Doniyo Lengai, Raung, Erta Ale, Paluweh, Gamalama, Batu Tara, Sakurajima, Manam, Ulawun, Tolbachik and Kilauea volcano.

• Ryukyu University professor, Masaki Kimura has warned that Mt Fuji may erupt by 2015. Mount Fuji, located on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan.
  Masaki Kimura who is also a co-author of “Fujisan No Funka Wa Hajimatteiru!” (The Eruption of Mt Fuji Has Begun!), a book released in June last year, as well as author of 2011’s “Fujisan Dai Funka! Bukimina Itsutsu No Choko” (Mt Fuji’s Big Eruption! Five Eerie Signs) further says:
  “Magma is rising from beneath Mt Fuji. Cracks in the crust have been growing. Some things hanging above have been falling. No one is pointing it out, but I think there is a possibility.”

Recent Tropical Cyclones

• Tropical Cyclone Narelle
  -As of 06:00 UTC, TC Narelle was located  595 nm north-northeast of Learmonth, Australia.
  -Australian Bureau of Meteorology has issued a cyclone watch for coastal areas from Whim Creek to Onslow. Narelle cyclone watch includes people in Whim Creek, Roebourne, Wickham, Dampier, Karratha, Mardie, Onslow and surrounding areas.
  -Thunderstorm activity is expected to increase about the Pilbara coast on Friday.
  -Cyclone Narelle is predicted to become a Category 4 storm before it reaches land.
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• Tropical Depression Sonamu
  -As of 06:00 UTC, TD Sonamu was located 305 nm west of Brunei. Follow live updates on storm Sonamu.

Natural Disaster News

• Following National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2012 was the warmest year on record for U.S. and second worst for extreme weather. The nation suffered through 11 weather disasters that caused $1 billion in damage, including hurricanes Sandy and Isaac and tornado outbreaks in the Great Plains, Texas and Ohio Valley.

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2013-01-09 00:35:22

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