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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Chinese bloggers criticise apathy towards environment
Authorities are facing unusual criticism over mining projects Chinese authorities are facing unusual criticism over mining projects in Tibet from both Tibetan writers and a number of prominent Chinese public figures, in the wake of landslips on Friday that left at least 83 people buried in a county near Lhasa. As of Sunday, 11 bodies had been recovered from the site near the mining centre of Maizhokunggar, Xinhua news agency reported, leaving at least 72 people missing under piles of debris and rocks.
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Hope fades, 83 China miners feared dead
Beijing: With rescuers finding 11 bodies more than two days after a goldmine subsided in Tibet, hopes of saving the remaining 72 miners receded with unnamed officials saying on Sunday they were feared dead. Hampering operations was the break down of the excavator and severe damage to the narrow roads leading to the mine following the landslide. The workers are buried 30 metres deep into the mine. Many rescuers were found digging into the debris with bare hands, state media said, adding that two of the buried workers were Tibetans, and that two were women. The administration said all the workers in the gold mine in Maizhokunggar County, 68 km from the regional capital of Lhasa, had been identified. The landslide covers an area of three sq km at the Jiama Copper Gold Polymetallic Mine.
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Landslide buries 83 in China mine
Beijing: A massive landslide swept through a gold mining area in mountainous Tibet early on Friday, burying 83 workers believed to have been asleep at the time, Chinese state media said. About 2 million
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6 killed, 18 missing in Indonesia landslide
Six people were killed and 18 were missing today after they were buried in a landslide caused by heavy rain on Indonesia’s Java island. “Heavy rains early this morning in West Bandung district triggered
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USD 4M to mitigate Rinchending slide
Should that work, it will bring in an additional USD 250,000 for other landslide-prone areas across the country With approaching monsoon months, landslides and roadblocks along highways cutting across
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Landslides in Rio mountains kill 24
Landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 24 people in the mountains above Rio de Janeiro and prompted Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to call for tougher action to eradicate precarious dwellings.
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Rains cause deadly landslides in Petropolis, Brazil
At least 16 people have been killed in landslides in a mountainous area north of Rio de Janeiro, after heavy rains. The landslides hit the city of Petropolis, about 40 miles (65km) north of Rio, after
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Tawang erupts in protest against mega hydro projects
Itanagar: Thousands of people led by the Buddhist monks and nuns descended on the streets of Tawang yesterday demanding scrapping of mega hydro projects and to protest against corrupt dealings in the district. This was third and the biggest in the series of protests which started in April last year initiated by the members of Save Mon Region Federation and Society for Development of Cultural & Education, Sera Monastic University, Karnataka.
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State to check illegal mining in rural areas
A regional squad of the Revenue Department will conduct intensive checking in various locations of Vadakara taluk following complaints from people’s representatives that illegal mining thrives in the area
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Indonesia floods, landslides kill 17
Four children were among 17 people killed over the weekend in central Indonesia after heavy rains triggered floods and landslides, officials said on Monday. The children, aged between two and nine, died