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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Japan provides Rs 9,940 m rehabilitation loan
Socio economic activities of people in the North Central, Central and Eastern Provinces were badly affected due to floods and landslides caused by heavy rain during December 2010 - February 2011. The
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Disasters claim 71 lives in Mizoram in 8 years
Aizawl: Natural disasters have claimed the lives of altogether 71 persons and injured 82 others during the last eight years, Disaster Management and Rehabilitation officials said here on Thursday.
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Landslide displaces dozen families in Gorkha
At least 12 families have been displaced due to landslip occurred after the earthquake on September 18 in Sirdibas VDC of Gorkha district. A huge hill if the village had fallen down into the Budhigandaki
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Four dead, one missing in Thai mudslide
At least four people were killed when a mudslide swept away houses in a village in northern Thailand, raising the death toll from two months of flooding to 173, the government said Wednesday. The victims,
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HC: Ensure there are no landslides at SRA site
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to ensure that there is no untoward incident or landslide on the
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Landslide in Lebong Cart Road, traffic disrupted
DARJEELING, 26 SEPT: A major landslide in Lebong Cart Road, Darjeeling near Sharma Garage that took place last night has snapped road connectivity in the interiors of Darjeeling. Traffic in the road that
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Heavy rains leave 28 dead in U.P.
Heavy rains have wreaked havoc in eastern Uttar Pradesh leaving 28 people dead, while the water level in major rivers is rising. While 18 people were killed in incidents of wall and house collapse in Jaupur district, 10 deaths were reported from Mirzapur district which received 120 mm and 150 mm respectively since Saturday, officials said on Sunday.
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Japan typhoon kills 11, spares nuclear plant
A powerful typhoon that barrelled through Japan and threatened the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant killed at least 11 people including a woman aged 101, officials and reports said Thursday. Typhoon
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5 die in landslide
Five women were killed and 13 others injured in a landslide at Sanghukhola in Resh VDC-3, Baglung, on Thursday. The lanslide buried them while they were clearing a blocked irrigation canal, police said.
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Himalaya Quake Death Toll Hits 104
Rescuers on Thursday finally reached some of the villages in India's remote northeast that were cut off by a powerful earthquake that rattled the Himalayan region last weekend, as the death toll in the