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 …
Chinese authorities raided the offices of a company managing the dump site where a killer landslide left 76 people missing, while government records showed the firm was not qualified to do the job. A Reuters reporter saw police at two premises of Shenzhen Yixianglong Investment Development on Tuesday and no …
The number of missing people in a massive landslide in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province stood at 85 on Monday as State authorities and local governments vowed to look into the cause of the tragedy. Authorities revised down the number of missing people from 91 to 85 Monday evening, while reporting that …
At least 91 people were missing after a huge mound of mud and construction waste collapsed at a business park in southern China and buried 33 buildings in the country's latest industrial disaster. Premier Li Keqiang ordered an official investigation into Sunday's landslide in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen, just …
Nepal's earthquake in April 2015 was frightening. It killed thousands of people and left others without homes. Now, though, researchers have announced that there were far fewer landslides from this devastating earthquake than expected-and have found out why that is. "It was a really bad earthquake-over 9,000 fatalities in four …
The impacts stemming from the big earthquakes that struck Nepal earlier this year could have been much, much worse, say scientists. An international team has just published a review of the events, showing the number of landslides was far lower than people had feared. And the group could find no …
The devastating magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck Nepal in April caused surprisingly few landslides, researchers say — confirming the early impressions of scientists who raced to map collapsed terrain in the quake’s aftermath. However, there is still hot debate over just how severe the event’s impacts were.
The study proposes a number of policy options for the Urban Poor Poverty Reduction Working Group (led by Phnom Penh Municipality and UNICEF) and Joint Action Group for DRR to consider: mainstream DRR into urban planning, implement regulations that limit the negative environmental impacts of rapid urban development, increase the …
HYDERABAD: More than 50 per cent additional rainfall than forecasted across Rayalaseema and rest of South India over the past two weeks, have got the scientific community worried about major climate changes occurring in the region. While the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted 12 percent above normal rainfall in …
YANGON, Myanmar—The death toll from a landslide near a jade mine in northern Myanmar passed 100, local authorities say, and there are fears that the number will rise further. As of Monday morning 105 bodies had been recovered from the site of the landslide, said Zin Mar Aung, an official …
Others were left homeless after their homes were destroyed and 300 cattle were swept away by the floods in Mulot area. Deputy county commissioner Justus Musau said the residents, aged four to 23, were asleep. "The rains started at 2pm and continued throughout the night," he said. The bodies were …
The main aim of this paper is to test economic benefits of landslide prevention measures vs. post-event emergency actions. To this end, detailed- and large-scale analyses were performed in a training area located in the northeastern Italian pre-Alps that was hit by an exceptional rainfall event occurred in November 2010. …
Landslides in mountainous northern Pakistan caused by unseasonably heavy rain and snow have left thousands of tourists stranded, officials said on Monday, while record October rainfall hit the capital, Islamabad. The northern Kaghan, Swat and Neelum valleys were the worst hit. "For October, this has been the worst rainfall we …
Current models to explain regional-scale landslide events are not able to account for the possible effects of the legacy of previous earthquakes, which have triggered landslides in the past and are known to drive damage accumulation in brittle hillslope materials. This paper tests the hypothesis that spatial distributions of earthquake-induced …
DEHRADUN: Two years after the devastating floods in Uttarakhand, with three months to go before the UN-led climate conference in Paris, a workshop on 'Stocktaking for Sub-National Adaptation Planning' was held on Wednesday at the Wildlife Institute of India. The Uttarakhand Action Plan on Climate Change (UAPCC), submitted to the …
Uganda is strengthening its capacity to build the systems and resilience required to counter the effects of climate change as well as reduce the vulnerability of communities. "Many parts of Uganda are already experiencing the impacts of climate change such as frequent droughts, famine, floods and landslides, and their knock …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Bharat Jhunjhunwala Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/09/2015 regarding Vishnu Prayag Hydro Electric Project located on the upper reaches of River Alakananda in Uttarakhand. The Applicant prays for restitution of the environmental damage resulting …
One person has been killed and 14 others are missing after rain-triggered flooding hit a county in southwest China's Yunnan Province. Downpours swept Huaping County from Tuesday night to the small hours of Wednesday, with precipitation of 282.4 mm, said the information office of Lijiang City. The storm caused the …
Piacenza was once of the areas hit by flash floods and landslides on Monday One man has died and two brothers are missing after torrential rain caused foods and landslides in northern Italy. The body of a 56-year-old security guard was found close to his car near Piacenza, a town …
The execution of Renuka Dam project in Sirmaur district to quench the thirst of Delhi, already delayed by over a decade, is now facing another hurdle. Chulli Dadahu panchayat, about two kilometres from Renukaji, has refused to give no-objection certificate to the project, arguing that blasting for tunnels and other …
Typhoon Etau made landfall Wednesday morning on the Chita Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture. The weather agency warned of mudslides, flooding and high winds and waves. Some trains and flights were canceled. There were partial closures on some highways and thousands of evacuations were in force. Local authorities in the city …
