disasters

2010 FLOOD AUGUST AT LEH KASHMIR DUE TO CLOUD BURST RAIN



BHOPAL TRAGEDY------METHYL ISO CYANATE-----DECEMBER 2,1984








the name of the superstorm that struck the eastern coast of the U.S.
recently---------Hurricane Sandy












SOUTH CHINA SEA---------TYPHOON
ARAFURA SEA--------WILLY WILLY
GULF OF MEXICO-----TORNADO
BAY OF BENGAL----CYLONE





Typhoon Haikui hits East Coast of China
Typhoon Haikui hit the east coast of China. The other two typhoons which hit China were Damrey and Saola.
A severe typhoon generally has continuous maximum wind speed of b/w 150 and 184 km/h (93 and 114 mph). A
typhoon has maximum sustained winds of b/w 118 and 149 km/h (73 and 93 mph).

‘Irina’ kills at least 65 in Madagascar
In Madagascar, many people have been killed in Tropical Storm Irina in
the South-East Ifanadiana district. Many people were also reported to
be missing in the mishap. In the South African city of Durban, beaches
were closed as waves reached 3m.
Irina was the second killer storm of the season. Madagascar is prone to
cyclones and tropical storms, especially in the rainy season from
February to May. In 2008,Cyclone Ivan smashed Madagascar, killing
more than 80 people and leaving over 200,000 homeless. In mid-
February 2012, another Tropical cyclone Giovanna killed 35 people.

Earthquake hits Indonesia, Why No Tsunami?
A massive earthquake of 8.9 magnitude struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island on April 11, 2012. The focus of the quake
was 29 km from the surface.
Why tremors were experienced in several parts of India?
Tremors were felt at faraway locations (India) because:
Earthquake produces surface waves. These surface waves cause a lateral movement of the particles in the earth’s
medium. The earth behaves like an elastic medium when these seismic waves travel.
Why unlike December 26, 2004 Earthquake, no Tsunami this time?

Promoter of Ansal Group, Sushil Ansal on 5 September 2012 apologised to the families of the Uphaar Cinema Tragedy Victims in the Supreme Court. The tragedy that occurred in form of a fire-outbreak on 13 June 1997 during the screening of the Movie Border took life of 59 persons.

Union Carbide, Warren Anderson not liable for claims:

US court on Bhopal gas tragedy

As per the ruling of US court, neither Union Carbide nor its

former chairman Warren Anderson are liable for

environmental remediation or pollution-related claims at

the firm's former chemical plant in Bhopal. The lawsuit

that accused Union Carbide of causing soil and water

pollution around the Bhopal plant due to the disaster has

been dismissed by the court. As per the the court it was

Union Carbide India Ltd, and not its parent company UCC

that was accountable for the generation and disposal of

the waste that polluted drinking water, and the liability

rests with the state government. The worst industrial

disaster in the Indian history led to the leak of toxic methyl isocyanate, killing

thousands of people in Bhopal.