Canary Island evacuating after earthquake sparks fears of volcanic eruption

According to the article "Experts have recorded 150 tremors on El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands, since yesterday - raising fears of an imminent eruption."  The last volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands took place on the island of La Palma in 1971.  Home to 10,000 people on 108 square miles of land, 53 people were ordered out of their homes over fears of landslides and the army has been called in to prepare for a possible evacuation.  More than 8,000 tremors have been registered on El Hierro since July 19 but yesterday an earthquake of 3.8 on the Richter scale was felt all over the island. The 3.8 earthquake probably sparked the community to evacuate, thats for sure. With more that 8,000 tremors within 2 months their vulnerability to earthquake-volcano eruption is higher than most places around the world. They do live on a volcano. I guess thats what you pay for if you want to live on an island, the chance of an eruption.

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042873/Earthquake-swarm-Canary-Island-El-Hierro-sparks-fears-volcanic-eruption.html#ixzz1Zqtrw0JQ

Typhoon Nesat in Philippines rises to 35

One interesting comment I read was "Mr Ramos said many of the missing were fishermen who set sail ahead of the storm despite warnings to remain on land", I find this interesting because they already knew that a storm was approaching but still left. They were told to remain on land but still headed out. They knew that the risks of getting hit with a typhoon is high, but still insisted of going. Is life really worth a fish? They were asking to die I think. So far, "We have recorded 35 deaths, and rescuers are using rubber boats and canoes to help those in areas still flooded," Mr Ramos said. This does not even include any fishermen still missing, so most likely the death toll will increase over the next few days.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/typhoon-death-toll-in-philippines-rises-to-35-likely-to-climb-further/story-e6frf7jx-1226151473489

Bodies found in Sikkim earthquake

 Sikkim authorites have so far confirmed 58 deaths. Authorities also fear that at least 40 workers at a power plant in North Sikkim might have perished within minutes as well. It also reported that a dozen others are missing and feared trapped in the same hydel project site. Other reports confirmed that the earthquake was measured at 6.8 in Richter scale. With bad weather after the earthquake, search and rescue efforts arent looking promising. Without quick search and rescue efforts, the death toll can tally up quickly. Along with bad weather, Sikkim consists of mountainous terrains so likely it will take days before tunnels are re-excavated and the bodies pulled out. How long will it take before search and rescue can do their jobs?

http://www.hindustantimes.com/2-quake-hit-villages-yet-to-be-reached-rebuilding-on/Article1-750162.aspx

Deadly typhoon leaves Japan

A typhoon made its way out of Japan on Thursday after creating landslides and floods that left at least 16 people dead or missing. Most were swept away by over flooded rivers with rains in the southern and central regions. One person died in a landslide in the northern area while two people were swept away in Sendai in the northeast. The typhoon has weakened to a tropical storm and has moved out from the region. The storm dumped 17 inches of water to some areas creating landslides and floods.  The typhoon left 200,000 people without electricity and left train goers stranded.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44620578/ns/weather/

300,000 homeless in Pakistan flooding

 

I found this to be sad.

 

More than 300,000 Pakistanians are homeless due to Tuesday's Monsoon that hit south Pakistan. This along with the 800,000 homeless from the 2010 floods make up more than 1 million homless families. Not only are they homeless, most are in need of some sort of food assistance as well. The death toll of Tuesdays monsoon has reached 226 people.Not only this, the weather is predicted to continue until tomorrow.

This sounds sad right?

Well in 2010, floods killed about 2,000 people and made 11 million homeless in one of Pakistan's worst natural disasters. 1/5 of Pakistan is still submerged in water and damages exceed 10 billion dollars. Now this is sad i find. The government is slow to react but the good news is the military took charge of rescue and relief efforts.

Wildfire in Texas keeps on rolling

More than 20 million gallons of water and 5 million retardant has been droped over Summit County to stop the wildfire that has destroyed more than 33,000-acre. helicopters have been in the air for more tha14,577 hours and making more than 40,000 drops over the area. With this much water being dumped, officials say that they have contained about 30 percent of the fire. According to the report, the western flank of the fire is still a threat, where 5,000 residents have been evacuated. More than 785 homes have been destroyed. Also, according to the report, fires have burned in 199 of 254 counties in Texas. That makes up more 78% of all counties in Texas. The good news is firefighters have been able to save more than 29,000 homes.

http://summitcountyvoice.com/2011/09/08/bastrop-fire-in-texas-now-30-percent-contained/