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
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the Hardwar-Rishikesh bypass in Uttarakhand has tilted by 15
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The last 125 km
Tapping energy or sapping the Himalayas? Chandi Prasad Bhatt A series of dams are being planned on the Ganga between the Gangotri glacier and Uttarkashi to generate hydropower. The government has an economic agenda that requires huge amount energy. Well, it can go ahead, but only after it has satisfied me on seven counts. There should be a detailed,
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Landslide claims 4 lives in Dhading
At least four people were killed after being buried in a landslide caused by incessant rainfall at Tibling VDC in Dhading district on Tuesday night. According to police, one of the deceased has been identified as Lakshya BK. Details are yet to be ascertained as the site is some three days walk away from the district headquarters Dhading. A police team has been sent to the site, the district police office informed. Landslides and floods claim about a hundred lives every year during the monsoon season in the country.
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Four killed in Dhading landslide
At least four people have been killed in a landslide in a remote village in northern part of Dhading district last night. One person seriously injured in the incident has being taken to district headquarters Dhading Besi for medical treatment. The Tipling village, where landslides occurred due to incessant rain throughout last night, is in two-day walk from the district headquarters. The landside also swept off a house in the village. Police team has been dispatch to the incident site for rescue works
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At least 15 dead in Arunachal landslides
At least 15 people, including seven women and four children, were killed today in landslides across Arunachal Pradesh following incessant rains for the last 30 hours, throwing the transport and telecommunication networks out of gear. Police said rescue operations were being hampered by the continued downpour, adding that the casualties could increase to over 20. The casualty figure were so far available from Itanagar, Nirjuli and Naharlagun only, with the other areas of the State still inaccessible through roads or telephone.
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Mud at Porvorim landslide posing threat!
The memories of the Porvorim landslide last year have come back haunting as the mud from one of the benches has come down crashing posing a threat to the motorists. The landslide site on Mandovi bridge approach road at Porvorim was posing grave danger to the traffic even as possibility of a bigger landslide looms large. Sensing danger, the Public Works Department decided to construct a retaining wall 290 metres in length and three metres in height to prevent any further damage.
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Cloud classification in NOAA AVHRR imageries using spectral and textural featuers
Clouds contribute significantly to the formation of many of the natural hazards. Hence cloud mapping and its classification becomes a major component of the various physical models which are used for forecasting natural hazards.
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Troops to explode debris to avert flood
Chinese soldiers prepared on Monday to explode earthquake debris blocking a river where quickly rising waters threatened to flood disaster victims. Two weeks after the magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit central Sichuan province, lakes formed by obstructed rivers clogged by landslides were adding new complications to recovery efforts already strained to find shelter for millions of homeless.
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China Finds Escaped Quake Panda
China has recaptured a giant panda that made a bid for freedom after a massive earthquake devastated the research base where it lived, the official Xinhua agency said on Monday. The panda, named Xi Xi, was spotted on Sunday by a river not far from the Wolong research centre, but had disappeared into the woods by the time staff had got across. It did not get very far in its escape effort however, as they captured it on Monday just 200 metres (yards) downstream from its home.
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Colombia Quake Victims Huddle In Shelters, 11 Dead
Hundreds of Colombians huddled in makeshift shelters on Sunday afraid to go home a day after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake damaged scores of homes and triggered landslides killing at least 11 people. In the rural town of Quetame, the most seriously hit, families spent the night sheltered on the town's football field or in a public building after the quake knocked out water supplies and damaged or collapsed houses and its church.