Earth Report – Global Disaster Watch
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.7 earthquake hits the Andaman Islands off India.
5.7 earthquake hits the Solomon Islands.
5.6 earthquake hits the Andaman Islands off India.
5.3 earthquake hits the Myanmar-India border.
5.2 earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
5.1 earthquake hits the Andaman Islands off India.
5.0 earthquake hits the Andaman Islands off India.
Tropical Storms – Roundup of Tropical Storms:
There are no current tropical storms.
NewsBytes:
Indonesia – The death toll from flash floods in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province rose to 36 on Friday, with the number of people reported missing increasing to 66, officials said.
South Asia – Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 221 people across South Asia over the past month, officials said on Friday. More than one million people have been marooned in Nepal, Bangladesh and India and hundreds of thousands have fled their homes for higher ground. Indian officials said floods and mudslides killed 16 more people in the northeast and eight people were killed in building collapses in Mumbai, raising the death toll in the country to 101. Nepal reported at least 117 deaths over the past month and Bangladesh reported three.
COVID-19
The countries with the 10 greatest number of Covid-19 cases:
Lumpy Skin Disease – China
China is facing another virus epidemic as lumpy skin disease has been reported in five of the country’s provinces. The condition, which affects cattle, began spreading in June. During June cases were discovered in the eastern provinces of Anhui and Jiangxi along with Guangdong and Fujian in southern China.