This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the Magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on update number 249.

• Flood Magnitude 5.35
• from 16/09/2012 00:00 UTC to 18/09/2012 23:59 UTC
• 45 killed and 200 displaced

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Articles: 12 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Dormant undersea volcano near Kalpakkam atomic plant?
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:36:00 +0200   HindustanTimes (en)

Even as massive protests have stalled the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear plant, activists have now raised concerns over the safety of another nuclear site in Tamil Nadu.

People and organisations: Smithsonian Institution  Nuclear Power Corporation  International Atomic Energy Agency  International Atomic Energy Agency  University College 

Dos rusas seguidoras de ovnis provocan alarma al pronosticar terremoto en las costas del Perú
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:09:00 +0200   LaRepublica (es)

A través de la red. Victoria Popova y Lidia Adrianova vaticinaron un sismo que devastaría el Perú este 21 de setiembre. Sin embargo, expertos peruanos desmienten sus predicciones y aseguran que no es posible presagiar un movimiento telúrico. Los fenómenos que estas mujeres plantean como causas de este cataclismo no tienen ninguna base científica.

People and organisations: El Niño  CIA  Hernando Tavera  Machu Pichu  Roberto Bustamante 

Dormant undersea volcano near Kalpakkam atomic plant?
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:23:00 +0200   deccanherald (en)

Even as massive protests have stalled the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear plant, activists have now raised concerns over the safety of another nuclear site in Tamil Nadu. The activists claim that there is documentary evidence that the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) in Kalpakkam near Chennai sits near an undersea volcano.

People and organisations: Smithsonian Institution  Nuclear Power Corporation  International Atomic Energy Agency  International Atomic Energy Agency  University College 

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