Flash floods killed at least 11 and damaged dozens of houses in Alingar District, Laghman Province, eastern Afghanistan on 2 September 2009, according to provincial officials.

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred in Java, Indonesia at 2:55 pm local time on 2 September 2009.

A powerful earthquake struck a huge swathe of central Italy

A tornado ripped through more than 60 villages along Indias eastern coast

A dam on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, burst on 27 March 2009, killing 98 people and flooding hundreds of houses nearby.