**Here today, gone tomorrow.**
LARGEST QUAKES -
This morning -
None 5.0 or higher.
Yesterday -
7/22/10 -
5.3 HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
5.0 BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
5.1 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
6.2 VANUATU
5.0 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G
5.2 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G
7/21/10 -
5.3 SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA
6.1 NORTH OF HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
5.2 VANUATU
VOLCANOES -
GUATEMALA - Government has warned of danger from the Pacaya volcano - Authorities in Guatemala say they've detected an increase in internal vibration inside a volcano that killed three people when it erupted in May. The Pacaya volcano, about 18 miles (30 kilometers) south of Guatemala City. The increase could cause further eruptions. Seismologists have not ruled out a complete eruption that could, depending on the wind direction, bring ash and soot to the capital.
TROPICAL STORMS -
Tropical storm BONNIE was 112 nmi SSE of Nassau, Bahamas.
Tropical storm CHANTHU was 220 nmi ENE of Hanoi, Vietnam.
Tropical Storm Bonnie steamed through the central Bahamas on Thursday night while tracking a course that could take it over the site of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Tropical storm Chanthu drenched southern China after killing two people and knocking down thousands of homes in Guangdong province. Almost 3,000 homes collapsed in the storm’s strong gales and heavy rains, leading to 2.2 billion yuan ($325 million) of estimated losses and affected 1.35 million people. Chanthu moved late yesterday northwest from Guangdong into neighboring Guangxi province, which was ravaged by floods in June.
Downpours from Chanthu are set to deluge four southern provinces today, with western and central regions of China also forecast to receive torrential rains. Flooding in China has killed more than 700 people this year, THE MOST IN MORE THAN A DECADE.
At least 45 people have been killed by flooding and landslides in western China’s Shaanxi province, triggered by downpours in the region from July 14. The storms also destroyed 27,160 houses and damaged 101,000 hectares of farmland, with losses estimated at 2.49 billion yuan. Floods in neighboring Sichuan province have killed 32 people, left 38 missing and forced the evacuation of almost 1 million residents. Both Shaanxi and Sichuan are forecast to receive heavy rain today along with the provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Henan and Gansu.
Downpours from Chanthu may again cause floods and landslides in parts of southern China.
