Climate India 2022: an assessment of extreme weather events
<p>India recorded extreme weather events on 242 of the 273 days from January 1 through September 30, 2022, according to this new report by the Centre for Science and Environment.</p>
Landslides
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Landslide in northern Malawi kills at least 3, injures dozens
A landslide washed away an entire village in the Rumphi district of northern Malawi, killing at least three people, leaving five missing and dozens wounded in hospital, police said Sunday. Rumphi police
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Mudslide kills 14 in Colombia
At least 14 people were killed and several others injured when a mudslide buried homes in a small community in southwest Colombia on Sunday, the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) said.
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5 miners killed, 2 wounded as landslides hit central Indonesia
Five bodies have been retrieved from the affected areas and two others sustained injuries after landslides hit a pearl mining in South Kalimantan province of central Indonesia, a disaster agency official
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Rwandan landslide casts a long shadow over survivors
The night of 6 May, 2018 is engraved in Sebahire Leonidasi’s memory. The rain started about 8pm. A rumbling sound woke his family up two hours later. “I first thought it was thunderstorms, as the rains
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14 killed after landslide in Eastern Congo mine
Fourteen people have been killed in a landslide at a mine in Eastern Congo, an official said on Thursday. Another 16 were injured in the accident at the cassiterite mine. The incident occurred near
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Solang village fears house collapse after heavy snow
MANALI: Heavy snowfall has led to collapse and damage of several houses in Solang village of Manali. With further landslides predicted, several houses have been vacated and more are on the verge of collapse.
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Dozens buried by landslide at illegal goldmine in Indonesia
Dozens of people have been buried by a landslide at an unlicensed goldmine in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province, the national disaster agency has said, as emergency personnel used their bare hands and
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Rwanda lost Rwf200bn due to disasters last year
The year 2018 is gone, but, some people are still reeling from the disasters that hit various parts of the country during the year. Disasters, mainly floods and landslides as well as lightning strikes,
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Death toll in Philippines landslides, floods reaches 85
Nearly 25,000 people displaced by landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains brought by a tropical depression. Emergency teams have rushed to areas devastated by landslides and floods in the eastern
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Death toll in Philippines floods, landslides rises to 68
Authorities warn number of victims to increase as thousands are forced from their homes by the bad weather. The death toll from flash floods and landslides caused by torrential rains due to a tropical