Emergency evacuations: Nyiragongo volcano, powerful cyclone Yaas in India, earthquake in China 2021

● In May 2021, 135 earthquakes of magnitude greater than 5 occurred around the world ● Devastating earthquakes struck China’s Yunnan province ● In the Congo, lava flows from the Nyiragongo volcano engulfed 17 villages and destroyed 2,500 homes. Many people died and were reported missing. ● In West Java Province, Indonesia, flooding affected 60,000 people ● China’s Qinghai province was hit by the biggest earthquake in 13 years ● Heavy rains caused floods in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, causing dozens of deaths ● A powerful cyclone Yaas hits eastern India, causing millions of deaths and evacuating millions of people ● Major flooding in the Indonesian province of South Sumatra, floodwaters reached 1.5 m deep ● May 2021 was the driest month in 56 years in Taiwan ● Severe flooding in Iran and Oman in early May 2021 ● In the south of Tajikistan, heavy downpours caused mudslides and landslides; residents of 15 districts were affected ● May 2 in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, received a month’s worth of rainfa