State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Landslides
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Over 50,000 people still risk lives on hill slopes
Over 50,000 people are still living on the dangerous slopes of hills in the port city risking their lives to fall an easy prey to landslide in the upcoming rainy season.
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Annual disaster statistical review 2008: the numbers and trends
This publication reports on the human and economic losses caused by natural disasters in 2008 with figures based on the EM-DAT database with comparisons to previous years. It asserts that although fewer disasters occurred in 2008, events had a larger impact than usual on human settlements. In 2008 once again, large numbers of persons were affected by a few natural disasters.
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National disaster management guidelines: management of landslides and snow avalanches
This document details the guidelines aimed at institutionalising the landslide hazard mitigation efforts, to make society aware of the various aspects of landslide hazard in the country and to prepare the society to take suitable action to reduce both risks and costs associated with this hazard. Includes regulatory and non-regulatory frameworks with defined time schedules for all activities.
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Landslides blamed on craters & loose soil
Kalimpong, May 29: The laying of optical fibre cable (OFC) in the hills by telecom companies and leaving loose soil around have not gone down well with residents who are blaming the shoddy covering-up job as one of the reasons for landslides in recent times.
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Tourists stuck as landslides cut off road to Tawang
Guwahati: While 500 tourists, are stranded in Tawang, close to the India-China border in western Arunachal Pradesh, the entire district is also facing an acute shortage of petroleum products as landslides have cut off the only road link between Tawang and Tezpur (in Assam) for the past four days.
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Hill landslide toll hits 23
KURSEONG, 27 MAY: The death toll from the Darjeeling Hill landslide rose to 23 with the recovery of three more unidentified bodies from Haridashatta in Darjeeling today. Rescue workers fear more people remain buried under the debris in the slide-hit areas of Darjeeling and Kurseong sub-divisions.
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200 tourists stuck in Arunachal landslide
ITANAGAR, May 27
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Darjeeling landslides: 10 dead, 23 hurt
At least 10 people were killed and 23 injured following landslides on Tuesday in West Bengal
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Storm trail cripples north, 40 landslides in Darjeeling
Cyclone Aila set off as many as 40 landslides across the Darjeeling hills today, killing at least 20. The toll in the storm and rain triggered by the dissipating storm in north Bengal stood at 23, with three deaths reported each from Malda, Cooch Behar and South Dinajpur. A 12-year-old girl, hit by a flying branch, was among the victims.