At least 5 people are missing in southwest China's Guizhou Province following heavy rainfall that started affecting the province a few days ago, authorities said Sunday, June 12, 2016. Torrential downpours started affecting the province on Thursday, June 9 and…
The onset of monsoon rains in Cambodia has opened a large sinkhole in a busy road close to the iconic Olympic Stadium in country's capital, Phnom Penh. The city sits at the junction of the Mekong and Tonlé Sap rivers and is thought to be at high risk of…
A cloud-seeding company Hydro Tasmania performed the seeding over the Derwent River watershed a day before the widespread flooding, caused by intense rainstorms, began on June 6, 2016. According to Premier Will Hodgman, the Energy Minister Matthew Groom is looking…
Torrentail rainfalls which started in Ghana on June 9, 2016, caused widespread flooding in Accra. This happened exactly one year after devastating floods and fires killed more than 150 people, and residents are worried it could happen again. Ghana Meteorological…
A sudden, steam-driven explosion was generated by the Bulusan volcano, the Philippines at 03:35 UTC on June 10, 2016. According to PHIVOLCS, the eruption lasted for approximately 5 minutes, based on the seismic record, and produced a 2 km (6 561 feet) grayish ash…
A very shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M5.2 hit near Borrego Springs, Southern California, US at 08:04 UTC (01:04 local time) on June 10, 2016. Almost 400 small to moderate aftershocks were reported by 13:23 UTC. Four of them had magnitudes 2.8 and…
At least five people were killed and another 30 were reported missing after a landslide hit workers removing rubble from a previous landslide in west Colombia. The event took place around 20:30 UTC (15:30 local time) on June 9, 2016, on the road between Medellin and…
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 (downgraded from M6.4) hit Nicaragua at 03:25 UTC on June 10, 2016. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). Four aftershocks, with magnitudes ranging from 4.6 to 5.1, were registered by…
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.2 hit near the coast of Malaita, Solomon Islands at 04:17 UTC on June 10, 2016. The agency is reporting a depth of 28.4 km (17.7 miles). The epicenter was located 20 km (12.4 miles) WNW of Auki, 104 km…
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New activity/unrest was observed at 5 volcanoes between June 1 and 7, 2016. During the same period, ongoing activity was observed at 15 volcanoes. New activity/unrest: Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (UK) | Kerinci, Indonesia | Santa Maria, Guatemala |…
