Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

5.6 Earthquake hits Martinique in the Windward Islands.

5.3 Earthquake hits the southern east Pacific rise.

5.1 Earthquake hits eastern Kazakhstan.

5.0 Earthquake hits the Rat islands in the Aleutian Islands.

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Tropical Storm Halola is located about 110 nm east-northeast of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan and is tracking north-northwestward at 11 knots.

Tropical Depression 12w (twelve), located approximately 383 nm northeast of Manila, Philippines, is tracking north-northeastward at 05 knots.

Post-Tropical Cyclone Felicia is located about 660 mi...1065 km W of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...30 mph...45 km/h. Present movement...NW or 305 degrees at 13 mph...20 km/h.

NewsBytes:

Canada - A state of emergency has been declared after a damaging hailstorm ripped through the central Saskatchewan town of Kerrobert in Canada.

Kazakhstan - Glacial melt has triggered flooding in Almaty, Kazakhstan leading to the evacuation of about 950 people. Glacial melt sent an unusually high amount of water mixed with boulders down into the town from the morainic lake Bezymyannoye at the Kargaly glacier.

China - Chinas has been beaten by unbelievable rainstorms for the last three days. The continuous rainstorms have affected 360,700 people in 14 counties, districts and cities in central China's Hubei province since Wednesday. In Wuhan, capital of Hubei, more than 10cm fell on Thursday, while outside of the city, as about 36,950 hectares of cropland had been damaged and 145 houses had collapsed. In Hunan province, the local government has relocated more than 9,000 people with rural areas being hit by rain of 25cm plus, causing chaos for 361,000 residents and damaging 19,800 hectares of farmland. Four people died and another five are missing after downpours hit Liancheng County in eastern Fujian Province early on Wednesday morning, inundating streets and cutting off power supply.

Disease

Novel coronavirus infection - update

The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has informed WHO of an additional two laboratory-confirmed cases with infection of the novel coronavirus (nCoV).

Foot and Mouth Outbreak in Kazakhstan

Quarantine measures have been imposed in the east of the country following the confirmation of a foot and mouth disease outbreak in the village of Akshoka.

Disease

China Bird Flu - Update

Three more people in China have died from severe respiratory infections from the H7N9 virus, pushing the number of deaths so far to 27. Two new cases have also been reported.

Saudi Arabia reports 7 new novel coronavirus cases

Saudi Arabia's health ministry has reported that five Saudis have died of novel coronavirus (nCoV) infections in the past few days, and two more case-patients are in intensive care.

Newcastle Disease Outbreak in Kazakhstan.

The country's concerned veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of Newcastle disease in East Kazakhstan.

Second outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Tibet

Over 500 head of cattle have been culled in the latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the Tibetan capital region of Lhasa in central Tibet.

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes - Global

5.2 Earthquake hits eastern Kazakhstan.

5.2 Earthquake hits the Maug Islands in the Mariana Islands.

5.0 Earthquake hits south of Panama.

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes - Global

6.1 Earthquake hits eastern Kazakhstan.

5.0 and two 4,6 Aftershocks hit eastern Kazakhstan.

5.2 Earthquake hits south of Fiji.

4.9 Earthquake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Transportation

Passenger Plane Crash in Kazakhstan

A passenger plane crashed in thick fog near Kazakhstan's commercial capital Almaty on Tuesday and broke into pieces when it hit the ground, killing all 21 people on board.

Drought

Ukraine has confirmed that it will ban wheat exports from November 15 after poor weather conditions slashed its harvest yield. Drought across Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan during the growing season has resulted in exceptionally low harvests.

Drought

Kazakhstan, the biggest wheat producer in central Asia, lowered its grain export forecast for this season and sees prices rising after drought cut the harvest by about 55 percent.

Extreme drought conditions have expanded on the Big Island, Hawaii. Scientists say the situation could persist due to a decrease in moisture-bringing trade winds in Hawaii - a trend that has been observed for four decades. The drought continues to affect farmers and ranchers on the Big Island and elsewhere in the state. Like much of the US mainland, the US Department of Agriculture has classified the entire state as being under a federal drought disaster declaration.

Earthquakes

5.4 Earthquake hits eastern Kazakhstan.

5.3 Earthquake hits near the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia.