Earth Report – Global Disaster Watch
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.7 Earthquake hits Kyushu, Japan.
5.4 Earthquake hits central Alaska.
5.4 Earthquake hits Taiwan.
5.0 Earthquake hits south of Africa.
5.0 Earthquake hits Kyushu, Japan.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Solomon Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Pagan Region in the North Mariana Islands.
Tropical Storms – Roundup of Tropical Storms:
In the South Indian Ocean: Tropical cyclone (ts) 17s (Frances), located approximately 270 nm north of Broome, Australia, is tracking west-southwestward at 05 knots.
NewsBytes:
Krygyzstan – A landslide engulfed part of a village in Kyrgyzstan on Saturday, killing 24 people, including nine children, the emergencies ministry said. The earth slip entombed the inhabitants of six houses when it hit the village of Ayu in the Osh region of the mountainous Central Asian country at around 6:40 am (0040 GMT). Hours later, a second landslide hit a neighbouring village on Saturday afternoon, burying three houses. There were, however, no casualties, the ministry said.
Dengue fever: Sri Lanka
In a follow-up on the dengue fever epidemic in Sri Lanka, officials with the Epidemiology Unit with the Ministry of Health report 39,313 cases through Apr. 28. This compares with 16,660 cases reported during the same period in 2016. Of this total, local media have reported 65 dengue-related fatalities through Apr. 26.