QUAKES 3 LANDSLIDES FLOODS 1

Well lots of activity on the Floods and Quakes list. CHINA LANDSLIDES AND FLOODS in Story 1. Stories 2-3-4 (3) EARTHQUAKES in MYANMAR, TAIWAN, AND BULGARIA.

Floods, landslides kill 22 in China Thu May 11, 7:15 AM ET BEIJING

(AFP) - Floods and landslides have killed 22 people and left five missing in Guizhou province in southwest China after three weeks of heavy rain. The province has suffered unprecedented strong winds, hail and rainstorms since April 21, with daily precipitation exceeding 100 millimeters (3.9 inches) in some areas, Xinhua news agency reported Thursday.

As of Wednesday, 36,900 residents had been forced to evacuate their homes, while 98 people had been injured and "a large number" of animals were dead, it said. A local civil affairs official set the direct economic losses caused by the weather at 290 million yuan (36 million dollars), according to the agency.

Quake strikes western Myanmar 2 minutes ago HONG KONG

(Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude 5.4 on the Richter Scale struck western Myanmar, the Hong Kong Observatory said on Friday. The quake struck at 1727 GMT (1:27 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, or just before midnight Myanmar time, about 230 km (140 miles) northwest of Mandalay. It gave no further details.

5.1-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Taiwan Wed May 10, 1:23 PM ET TAIPEI,

Taiwan - A moderate earthquake shook eastern Taiwan on Wednesday, the Central Weather Bureau said. No injuries or damage were reported. The 5.1-magnitude quake was centered 11.6 miles south of Hualien, the weather bureau said.Hualien lies on Taiwan's east coast, about 60 miles southeast of the capital, Taipei.

Quakes frequently rattle Taiwan, but most are minor and cause little or no damage. However, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in central Taiwan in September 1999 killed more than 2,300 people.

Light quake rattles eastern Bulgaria, no injuries Wed May 10, 7:59 AM ET

SOFIA (AFP) - A light quake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale rattled eastern Bulgaria without causing any injuries or material damage, the country's seismology center announced. The tremor hit at 12:31 pm (0931 GMT), with the epicenter located on Bulgarian territory, some 230 kilometers (143 miles) east of the capital Sofia. It was felt in the regions around the
towns of Nova Zagora and Sliven but there were no reports of injuries or serious damage caused, the center said.