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 serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
ISLAMABAD: Global Climate Risk Index-2015 said that five out of top 10 countries most affected by climate change-induced disasters during 1994-2013 are located in Asia Pacific. Climate Change Minister Mushahidullah Khan said that in UN’s recent report “Economic Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific” almost all Asia-Pacific countries - …
Panic-stricken people get ready to spend nightin the open Just when life was returning to normal in the cities after the earthquakes of April 25 and 26 and the affected people in the villages were trying to build temporary shelters, a 7.3 magnitude temblor rocked parts of Nepal on Tuesday, …
The 7.3 magnitude event and the subsequent tremors that rocked Nepal on Tuesday were aftershocks and could not be construed as fresh earthquakes, a seismological expert said. Head of the Seismological Observatory at the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Dr. D. Srinagesh said there were nine aftershocks till 19.30 hrs on …
A major earthquake has struck eastern Nepal, near Mount Everest, two weeks after more than 8,000 people died in a devastating quake. At least 48 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured, officials say. At least 17 have also died in India. The latest earthquake hit near the …
National Planning Commission Vice-chairman Govinda Raj Pokharel has said that a detailed programme for rehabilitation of earthquake victims would be ready by Friday. The NPC is preparing the plan in coordination with various government agencies after taking stock of the situation such as the destruction of houses and properties and …
Nineteen people were killed in Nepal and 981 injured in an earthquake on Tuesday, home ministry official Laxmi Prasad Dhakal told Reuters, giving a first national estimate. The quake, with a magnitude of 7.3, struck less than three weeks after a 7.8 temblor killed more than 8,000 people and damaged …
Over 50 people, including at least 20 school children, were injured in northern West Bengal, as tremors were felt in most parts of the state including capital Kolkata on Tuesday, officials said. However, there were no reports of any death so far, said state home secretary Basudeb Bandopadhyay. Chief Minister …
IAF, NDRF put on standby if Nepal seeks help Less than a month after a devastating earthquake hit Nepal, another earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale epicentred in the neighbouring country shook Delhi, most of northern and eastern India, including Bihar and West Bengal, and even some places in …
Climate warming is expected to induce treelines to advance to higher elevations. Empirical studies in diverse mountain ranges, however, give evidence of both advancing alpine treelines and rather insignificant responses. The inconsistency of findings suggests distinct differences in the sensitivity of global treelines to recent climate change. It is still …
“Temblor might occur tomorrow, or 50 years later, but it will hit the State” In the wake of the recent Nepal earthquake, the possibility of a temblor of magnitude 8 striking Uttarakhand has come up for discussion. A research article, “Geomorphology reveals active décollement geometry in the central Himalayan seismic …
Nepal has been hit by another earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1, forcing people in the capital and beyond to rush out on to the streets, only weeks after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed more than 8,000 people. The US Geological Survey said it struck 68 km west of the …
मंगलवार को आए भूकंप के जोरदार झटकों ने नेपाल, भारत और चीन को हिला दिया। 7.1 तीव्रता के इस भूकंप से बिहार में 10 और नेपाल में 16 लोगों के मरने की खबर है। भूकंप की वजह से इस पूरे इलाके में अफरातफरी का माहौल बन गया था। भारत में …
काठमांडू। नेपाल-भारत समेत दक्षिण एशिया में मंगलवार को भूकंप के तेज झटके महसूस किए गए। 25 अप्रैल को आए भूकंप की त्रासदी से उबरने की कोशिश कर रहा नेपाल भी इन झटकों से हिल उठा। नेपाल में अब तक 28 लोगों के मरने की खबर है। वहीं, घायलों की संख्या …
The UN has revised its flash appeal amount to $423 million to carry out humanitarian relief in the quake-hit Nepal, where eight million people require urgent assistance. The global body has received just 10 per cent of the appeal amount even as the number of houses being destroyed has reached …
The search for missing trekkers, guides and residents feared buried in Nepal village by a massive landslide and avalanche triggered by last month's magnitude 7.8 earthquake has been suspended due to bad weather, officials said on Sunday. The suspension of the search in Langtang underscores the challenging conditions facing rescuers, …
The death toll from the April 25 devastating earthquake also known as the 'Gorkha Earthquake' has reached 8,020 as of Sunday evening. As per the information provided by Nepal Police on Sunday, the highest number of fatalities are from Central region that stands at 5,833 out of which 1,713 are …
KATHMANDU: A new Disaster Management Bill registered at Parliament Secretariat on May 5 proposes to create National Disaster Management Centre under the Ministry of Home Affairs with broader mandate to mitigate the risk of natural calamity and carry out search, rescue and rehabilitation works. The Bill, if enacted into law, …
KATHMANDU: Multiple avalanches have struck the Langtang valley in Rasuwa posing a serious threat to Kyanjin Gompa area that shelters more than 200 survivors of the recent earthquake, according to an official at district administration office. Assistant Chief District Officer Gautam Rimal said multiple avalanches since Friday night had not …
Gaighat (Udayapur), May 11: At least 15 people originally from Udayapur have lost their lives to devastating earthquake in different parts of the capital city of Kathmandu. The deceased are Tara Kumari Ale Magar of Udayapur, Rauta-9, his son and Ramita Tamang of the same place, informed Udayapur's Chief District …
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake took place this afternoon. The quiver occurred at 3.23 pm with its epicenter in Kavrepalanchowk district. According to the National Seismological Centre chief Lok Bijaya Adhikari, four aftershocks above four Richter scale were recorded today itself. He further shared that 160 aftershocks above four Richter scale …
