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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Indonesia sees at least 15 dead in floods and landslides
Rescuers search for the victims of a landslide in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, 17 February 2013 Search-and-rescue teams are in the areas affected by the landslide Flooding and landslides in the
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Six killed as rain plays havoc in KP
Rain on Monday lashed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the adjoining tribal areas killing six people and injuring 15. Weather pundits forecast more rain and snowfall. Snowfall and landslide in the province
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Large landslide collapses 35 houses in SW China
A large-scale landslide has collapsed 35 residential houses in mountainous Zhenxiong county in Southwest China's Yunnan province, local authorities said Thursday. Starting Monday, the gradually deteriorating
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3 killed in mudslide
Three youths were killed on Thursday in a mudslide in a ditch dug for gambling in a bamboo orchard at Mahibag Balatari in Rangpur. Locals and the police said that Limon, 16, son of Azad Miah, Shakil,
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Indonesia landslides leave several dead
At least 11 people have died and several others have been injured in two separate landslides in western Indonesia, officials have said. In Agam district, in West Sumatra province, 15 houses were buried
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Green signal to Gadgil panel suggestions
State Accepts Majority Proposals, Rejects Those On Building Code, Dams Thiruvananthapuram: The state government has accepted a majority of recommendations made by the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel. This was conveyed to Dr K Kasturirangan committee that visited the state last week. The expert review committee is reviewing the Madhav Gadgilchaired WGEEP report after states, including Kerala, raised several objections to it. Kerala has in principle accepted that there would be no development in water bodies, biodiversity rich areas and sacred groves. It would also conserve wetlands in accordance with the Wet Land Conservation Rule 2010 and the Kerala Conservation of Wetland and Paddy Land Conservation Act, 2008.
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Govt earmarks relief funds for landslide-hit Yunnan
Fifty million yuan ($8.06 million) has been allocated for disaster relief in Southwest China's Yunnan province where a landslide killed 46, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced Wednesday. The emergency
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2 killed, 3 missing in landslides in Indonesia
Landslides hit Bogor district of West Java on Tuesday morning, killing two people and leaving three others missing, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the disaster management and mitigation agency, told
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China’s landslide death toll rises to 46 - state media
At least 46 people, including children, are now known to have been killed by a landslide in China's southern Yunnan province, state media report. The bodies of the last two missing residents of the Gaopo
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China landslide kills 18, many more buried
A landslide in southwestern China on Friday killed at least 18 people, including seven from one family, while more than two dozen others were trapped, local authorities and state media said. A total