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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Arunachal sounds red alert, flood situation worsens
Itanagar: While Chief Minister Nabam Tuki sounded a red alarm on the deteriorating flood situation with unabated flood fury by nonstop heavy downpour, Bordumsa ADC Kento Riba has sought helicopter service to rescue about 300 people marooned in Vijaypur-III village in Bordumsa circle of Changlang district since midnight of June 23 after swollen Noa-Dehing river tore apart the village into two breaking its embankment.
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Landslides leave 2,500 in four trains stranded in Assam dist
Nearly 2,500 passengers in four trains have been stranded at three places on the metre guage Assam Hill Section since Monday midnight following landslides at numerous spots that were triggered off by incessant
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Assam flood situation turns worse
Incessant rainfall in Assam has led to worsening of the flood situation in the State on Wednesday triggering fresh inundation and landslides in 23 districts that left 10 more dead, taking the toll in this
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40 missing in mudslide in SW China
About 40 workers at a power station went missing in a rain-triggered mudslide Thursday morning in southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to local authorities. The disaster occurred at 6:14 am
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100 dead, 250,000 stranded in B’desh floods, landslides
At least 100 people have died and 250,000 left stranded by flash floods and landslides in Bangladesh set off by the heaviest rain in years, police and officials said on Wednesday. The low-lying and
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Rain-triggered landslides claim one in Gajuri; many houses, schools damaged
One person died in Gumdi VDC, Gajuri after his store house collapsed in landslides triggered by constant rainfall. Fifteen houses and three schools have also crumbled to the ground in various parts
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Uganda: 100 Missing in Landslide
Rescue workers equipped only with hand-held tools gave up their search on Tuesday and waited for bulldozers to help find about 100 people who residents said were missing the day after landslides struck
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Landslides kill 15 amid downpour
At least 15 people were killed in landslides in Chittagong and Cox's Bazar amid heavy downpour yesterday, with much of the port city going under knee-deep to waist-deep water. Eleven of the victims
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Army, Air Force called in as Assam flood scene worsens
The flood situation in Assam has suddenly turned from bad to worse overnight with the Brahmaputra damaging embankments and inundating over 200 villages, affecting over 1.5 lakh people in just two districts.
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At least 18 killed in Uganda landslide
At least 18 people were killed in eastern Uganda on Monday after a landslide buried several settlements in a coffee-growing area on the slopes of Mount Elgon straddling the Kenyan border, the Uganda Red