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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Calamity fund cover for erosion likely: CM
GUWAHATI, July 3 – Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has assured that the problem of erosion would be covered by the schemes under the National Calamity Relief Fund and henceforth funds would be released
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PM announces Rs 500 cr assistance
Guwahati: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday announced an ad-hoc financial assistance of Rs 500 crore to flood-ravaged Assam, where floods and landslides have claimed 81 lives so far. The PM made the announcement here after making an extensive aerial survey of flood induced damages in three districts of Assam – Jorhat, North Lakhimpur and Dhemaji — along with the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.
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Floods, landslips claim 77 lives in Assam
The death toll in the Assam floods has gone up to 61, while landslips have claimed the lives of 16. Besides, 10 others were reported missing in four districts. Of the 16 landslip deaths, 10 died in the city and six in Dima Hasao district. An earthquake of5.8 magnitude, with its epicenter at Phek in Nagaland, rocked the State on Sunday around 9.44 a.m. There was, however, no report of any damage.
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Flood, landslides claim 77 lives in Assam
Guwahati: The current wave of flood in Assam has so far claimed 61 lives while another 16 persons were killed in rain-triggered landslides in Kamrup and Dima Hasao districts. Ten persons have been reported
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Man-made factors behind city landslides
GUWAHATI, June 29 – The landslides taking place in the city hills are mainly man-made. The soil of the city hills lack the binding capacity and due to the greed and ignorance of the land hungry people
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50 dead, 42 missing in China floods
Floods triggered by strong rainfall that has been battering many parts of China since June 20 have left 50 people dead and 42 missing, new figures from the Ministry of Civil Affairs have showed. According
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40 missing after China mudslide
Torrential rains in mountainous southwest China triggered a mudslide that left about 40 workers building a hydroelectric dam missing on Thursday, state media reported. The mudslide occurred overnight
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Rain-triggered landslides claim seven lives in Tanahu; three more go missing in Banglung
Seven persons were killed in Jamune-1, Tanahu district on Thursday night after their houses were swept away in landslides triggered by constant rainfall for the past few days. The victims have been
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Landslips leave over 2,000 rail passengers stranded
About 2,400 passengers of four trains were stranded due to landslips at over 50 locations along the Lumding-Badarpur hill section of southern Assam’s Dima Hasao (erstwhile North Cachar Hills) district since the early hours of Tuesday. The trains were stranded at three places in the hill section. The Up Cachar Express proceeding from southern Assam’s Silchar town to central Assam’s Lumding is stranded at Maibang station and Down Cachar Express at Harangajao.
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Heavy rains, landslides kill 56 in Bangladesh
More than 55 people have been killed in landslides in southeast Bangladesh after three days of rains that triggered flash floods and severed transport links, officials said on Wednesday. The army has been deployed to help with search and rescue efforts in the affected hill region of Chittagong, said the region's chief administrator, Sirajul Haq Khan, who warned that the toll could rise.