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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4 miners die in Arusha landslide
The Arusha Regional Police Commander, Charles Mkumbo, confirmed the incident yesterday, saying the bodies of the deceased had been taken to the regional Mount Meru Hospital for preservation. The Officer
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Gaumukh lake formation: HC asks state govt to file reply by February 16
Nainital: The Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday asked the state government to file its reply on the formation of a lake in Gaumukh, due to landslides in October and December, by February 16. The court,
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Hydrological perspectives on precipitation intensity-duration thresholds for landslide initiation: proposing hydro-meteorological thresholds
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Landslide displacement prediction using the GA-LSSVM model and time series analysis: a case study of Three Gorges Reservoir, China
<p>Landslide displacement prediction is one of the focuses of landslide research. In this paper, time series analysis was used to decompose the cumulative displacement of landslide into a trend component
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Cyclone kills 19, most under landslide, on Indonesian island of Java
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A tropical cyclone killed 19 people on the Indonesian island of Java, officials said on Wednesday, with most of the victims caught under a landslide. Video footage showed rivers
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Kenya: Landslide Destroys One Acre in Mt Kenya Forest
About one acre of Mt Kenya Forest was destroyed by a landslide, following heavy rains on Saturday night. Residents of Kangiri Village in Nyeri County on Sunday expressed fear that wildlife and livestock
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Post-seismic landslides, the tough lesson of a catastrophe
<p>The rock avalanche that destroyed the village of Xinmo in Sichuan, China, on June 24th, 2017, brought the issue of landslide risk and disaster chain management in highly seismic regions back into the
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Gulf storm could cause floods, mudslides in Central America: NHC
(Reuters) - A new tropical depression at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides over portions of Central America, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said
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After deadly mudslide, Sierra Leone vaccinates against cholera
Sierra Leone will vaccinate half a million people against cholera as thousands risk infection in emergency shelters with limited access to clean water and sanitation, an official said three weeks after
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Orphaned by the mudslide in Sierra Leone's Freetown
Freetown, Sierra Leone - In the blue hour of dawn, brothers Isaac and Idris picked their way back home along the mud and stone track from morning prayers at their local mosque. The rain was heavy and there