Houses have been completely buried under loess from a hillside. In Thailand schools based programmes were established to teach disaster preparedness to children, in Sri Lanka thousands of emergency-responders have been trained, in Indonesia radio networks were set up as early warning systems and mangrove planting projects were introduced to protect coastal communities from the sea to reduce the impact of coastal flooding. A 15 year old girl has been reported missing in the neighbouring Cao Bang province following a flash flood. The Met office said the city recorded 57mm rainfall till 8.30am on Friday, the fifth-highest in a decade. In Lahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur and Chamba districts, it triggered avalanches at many places and cut off many villages. Observation team member Arif Cahyo said Mt. Sinabung's tectonic quakes showed that a large volume of magma was present, indicating that the volcano would continue to erupt for a long time. Cyclones Eline and Gloria killed 150 people as rivers burst their banks, flooding homes and small farms and triggering mudslides. The local authorities have been provided to date with 45 pieces of heavy equipment and 116 operators in two crews, for clean-up operations in Banda Aceh, supported by UNDP. Two ferocious storms in March and April, with gale force winds, dust, snow and high wind chill, added to the difficulties, eventually leading to ten human deaths. The India Meteorological Department has predicted that with likely duststorm and thunderstorm activity over northwest India, day temperatures are likely to fall during the next two to three days. Since its creation in 2001, the Mechanism has been activated for disasters in Europe (like the forest fires in Portugal, floods in the Balkans in 2010 and explosion at a naval base in Cyprus in 2011) as well as worldwide, including after Hurricane Katrina, the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, the earthquakes in Haiti and Japan. Famine Early Warning System (FEWS)/Somalia estimates losses of Gu'crops in traditional underground granaries due to floods and rain water seepage at 31,1000 tones. Approximately 1.9 million people have been affected in the past week by heavy torrential monsoon rains which flooded 195 blocks in 14 districts of the State of West Bengal. Rahim said the Pakistani government highly appreciates the goodwill of China, saying the donation is the first coming from abroad since Pakistan has been hit by continuous torrential rains and heavy snowfall in the past two weeks. Floods triggered by monsoon rains are affecting some 5.4 million people and displaced 1.8 million, according to the agency. At 08.50 hours on Friday, 26 January, a series of powerful earthquakes struck Gujarat state in western India, peaking at a massive 7.9 on the Richter scale, with tremors being felt across several states as well as in Delhi and Mumbai (Bombay) and in neighbouring Pakistan. The worst natural disaster in Myanmar in decades, the 10-hour storm packed winds up to 130 miles per hour. The Geological Survey Institute is the governmental agency within the Ministry of Energy and Mines that deals with various elements of geological survey and exploration. Second-season crops are progressing well, owing to good soil moisture and fertility conditions and mild temperatures.Maize and beans are in the late vegetative and maturing stages.This suggests that prospects for second-season harvest in July are excellent.In Zambezia Province, harvesting has already started, although the main harvest is expected in August. According to media reports, mudslides triggered by torrential rain on 13 August killed 17 people and injured 50 in Chittagong city, Aziz Nagar and Lama Thana of Bandarban District. Proved to be one of the most destructive typhoons in recent years, Typhoon Ketsana continued its path of destruction across Southeast Asia last week. A 1919 eruption spewed heat clouds that killed 5,160 people. In Japan and Chile, where earthquakes have caused untold damage in the past, hospitals are now built using base isolation" techniques to absorb the shocks caused by temblors.