A short world disaster report
As we speak there are over 14 volcanoes in code ‘orange’ and currently erupting on earth including Stromboli . There is also some light seismic activity across the globe but nothing to worry about with ratings at approximately 4,5 on the Richter scale and will not be affecting scheduled flights.
I am afraid to have to report that around 50 people, majority of them women and children, were injured today after the roof of a house collapsed while they were watching a Moharram procession in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The USA has also been seeing a share of technical disasters as at least 15 Shell Oil Co. workers were injured early Tuesday when a train collided with a bus carrying contract employees at the company’s Deer Park refinery in Texas.
South East Asia is on the map with most of the Chinese coastline is dealing with torrential rain and flooding today and North Korea reporting an epidemic outbreak of unknown origin. However we are glad to report that Malaysian farmers Kedah has issued an order for cattle in four villages to be quarantined after the veterinary services department have detected and are treating an area with an outbreak of 85 cases of foot and mouth disease.
However nothing compared to the mass of epidemic outbreaks we have seen in Africa during the past few weeks which even though light outbreaks are causing sickness and disease in both livestock and humans and can potentially bring a mass epidemic to the entire region between the Sudan en Zimbabwe. A mother and daughter, who recently died in mysterious circumstances in Lagos, have been suspected to have died of the deadly bird flu disease, thus, giving rise to speculations of a possible human-to-human infection of the disease in Nigeria. Health authorities in Azerbaijan are also treating a 14-year-old boy for suspected bird flu.
Meanwhile class 1 cyclone Dora continues to terrorize islands off Eastern coast of India with wind speeds recorded up to 165 km an hour.
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Just coming in: Fire breaks out in Moscow and in Hungry killing at least 6 people. Dutch Meteo KNMI releases statement January to be warmest on record, stating result of climate change.
