Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

5.5 Earthquake hits the Bouvet Islands.

5.0 Earthquake hits Tonga.

5.0 Earthquake hits south of Fiji.

5.0 Earthquake hits the northern Mid-Atlantic ridge.

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

5.3 Earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic ridge.

Storms and Floods

Hurricane Sandy has made landfall on the southeastern coast of Cuba and strengthened to a strong Category 2 storm, with winds up to 175 kilometers per hour.

Tropical storm Tony forms in the Atlantic. No threat to land and the storm is not expected to endure long.

Tropical storm Son-Tinh forms in the western Pacific and makes landfall over Siargao, an island in the Philippines. A tropical storm warning has been issued with hundreds of passengers stranded as sea and air travel have been suspended in southern Philippines.

Tropical storm Murjan in the Indian Ocean strikes Somalia.

A powerful cyclone with gale-force winds and heavy precipitation is advancing upon Kamchatka in the Russian Far East.

Extreme weather wreaks havoc in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Floodwaters swept five people away in northern KwaZulu-Natal over the weekend. Three further people who were washed down the Chibide River at Silutshane, near Vryheid are still missing. The widespread rain and storms have caused chaos and misery everywhere, especially on the roads and informal settlements.

Tornado hits Neshoba County, Mississippi, USA.

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storm Prapiroon, which spawned overnight Sunday, is lurking nearly 800 miles south-southeast of Okinawa, drifting slowly west.

Tropical Storm Nadine finally broke up after tying the record for longest-lived storm. The storm grew into a hurricane three times, lost its tropical status once, made two loops and brushed the Azores twice on a twisting path around the central Atlantic as the basin's 14th storm of the 2012 season.

Tropical Storm Olivia is strengthening over open waters in the eastern Pacific but poses no threat to land.

Storms and Floods

 

Tropical Storm Kristy forms off the coast of Mexico. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Nadine has strengthened in the Atlantic to become a hurricane, but is still far from land. Named storms Michael and Leslie have dissipated.

Las Vegas has been hit by flash floods and mudslides. On Tuesday, torrential downpours left parts of the city underwater. Flash floods washed out roads, stranded motorists, and left thousands without power. Some areas had to contend with up to four feet of flash flood water.

 

Storms and Floods

Hurricane Isaac hits the USA Gulf coast, bringing welcome rain to the drought ravaged southern states. Residents in New orleans await the effect of the expected storm surge to see if the flood measures rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina hold. No mass evacuations have been ordered.

Tropical Storm Kirk forms in the Atlantic.

Tropical Ileana forms in the eastern Pacific, but is not expected to threaten land.

A fresh wave of floods hit Sonitpur, India. 5 000 people in 10 villages are affected.

Storms

Tropical Storm Gordon forms in the Atlantic. It is moving across open water and is not threatening landfall at this stage.

 

Earthquakes

5.3 Earthquake hits northern Iran.

5.1 Earthquake hits offshore El Salvador.

5.0 Earthquake hits the Fiji region.

4.9 Earthquake hits south-east of Easter island.

4.9 Earthquake hits Reykjanes Ridge in the mid-Atlantic.

 

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storm Ernesto drenches Jamaica and heads for Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.

Tropical Storm Florence weakens in the Atlantic.

Tropical Cyclone Damrey floods Liaoning and Hebei provinces in north-east China.

Heavy rains bring floods to Scotland and south-western England.

Tornado hits northern Yorkshire in England.

 

Storms and Floods

Typhoon Soala hits Taiwan with 58 inches of rain, causing chaos across the island as roads and farmlands flood.

31 more flood deaths reported in North Korea. The heavy rains have inundated the country's mines, causing severe damage and loss of output. The mines represent one of North Korea's few legitimate sources of foreign exchange.

Typhoon Damrey approaches southern China.

Tropical Storm Ernesto expected to form in the Atlantic on Friday.