Quite a lot of natural disasters have occurred or are in the making at the moment. There is yesterday's 8.0 quake in Perú. Category 2 Hurricane Dean approaching Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent and Dominica. Category 4 Typhoon Sepat bearing down on Taiwan and Tropical Depression former Tropical Storm Erin raining out over Texas. Here is some more detail and useful links to help Kossacks to monitor these events.
8.0 Earthquake in Perú
Over 500 dead and 1500 injured in and around Ica Province including Ica, Pisco, Chincha and surrounding towns and rural areas. Nearly 80% of the town of Pisco was destroyed. Here are some very good links bringing the most current information.
RPP Radio where you can get live radio streaming from Perú in Spanish.
Adonde? news in Spanish.
El Commercio news and broadcasts in Spanish.
Living Perú news in English.
Hurricane Dean bears down on Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent and Dominica
Strong Category 2 Hurricane Dean in bearing down on the Antilles and likely to pass between or over Martinique and St Lucia tonight before heading towards Jamaica and the Yucatán. It is currently forecast to then be in the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 early next week. Here are some very good links bringing the most current information.Caribbean Hurricane Network up-to-date blogging from all the islands.
NLR everything you ever wanted to know about Dean.
Category 4 Super Typhoon Sepat bears down on Southern Taiwan
Formerly Category 5 Super Typhoon Sepat is a massive storm moving toward Southern Tawain and islands between Taiwan and the Philippines. It is expected to hit Taiwan as a Category 4 storm causing widespread destruction to central and southern areas. Here are some very good links bringing the most current information.
Taiwan News latest news.
Taiwan Central Weather Bureau latest weather details in English or Mandarin.
NRL Tropical Cyclone Page everything you ever wanted to know about Sepat.
Tropical Storm Erin drenches an already very wet Texas Now a tropical depression, Erin has drenched an already waterlogged Texas with more rain causing flooding in central parts.
So all Kossacks travel safely and say a prayer or spare a thought for those many people affected by all the disasters.