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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Himalaya Environment & Employment Co-operative Society Ltd. Vs. State of Uttarakhand & Ors. dated 11/08/2015 regarding construction of roads in Uttarakhand which will cause destruction of greenery and trees as it is a soft soil and …
Three people were killed when a severe rainstorm in the Italian Alps caused a landslide that swept down a mountain and across roads and parking lots, authorities said on Wednesday. The landslide occurred late on Tuesday near San Vito di Cadore, close to the ski resort town of Cortina d'Ampezzo. …
With the Centre recently revising items and norms of assistance to be provided from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), the state disaster management department has received the first instalment of Rs 90 crore under the centrally-sponsored scheme. The grant will be used to provide immediate relief to people affected …
DEHRADUN: To ensure safety of defence personnel deputed at strategic places in landslide-prone areas of the state, the defence ministry has asked the Geological Survey of India (GSI) to conduct a study and set up early warning devices in such places. The pilot project - to be funded by the …
Heavy monsoon rains have continued to lash much of southern Asia, threatening further casualties and more destruction after a week of lethal floods and landslides. More than 100 people have died and up to 1 million fled their homes as land from Pakistan to Burma was deluged. In Burma, opposition …
Reports from Liberia’s western Grand Cape Mount County say that 14 illicit miners have died in a landslide in Gola Konneh District in Grand Cape Mount County. According to the only survivor of the tragedy, all the 14 illicit miners were from neighbouring Sierra Leone, who were searching for gold …
The death toll in the devastating flood of Manipur has increased to 23. Meanwhile a 20 member NDRF team, who rushed to Imphal carried out rescue operation in the worst affected villages of Jourmoul in Chandel district along the international border on Sunday. It has been also learnt that the …
At least 500 people were left stranded after a landslip blocked a highway in Uttarakhand on Saturday. Triggered by rain, Gangotri highway was blocked by stones and rocks falling from a hill, causing tourists and pilgrims to wait for hours for it to be reopened. “We were coming from Gomukh …
At least 100 people were killed in incidents caused by landslide, flood and rains in several states in India, mostly in the eastern state of West Bengal, said officials Sunday. Meanwhile, over 8 million people were affected in fresh floods due to excessive rains in several states, including the western …
75 Killed As Landslides, Flooding Cripple Life In Bengal And Manipur The toll of the recent heavy rains and floods in eastern India crossed 75 on Sunday . Fifty deaths have been reported in West Bengal, owing to lightning, wall collapse, electrocution, snake bite and drowning. Odisha reported a total …
A death toll of 27 from flooding across Myanmar was expected to rise as rescue workers struggled on Monday to reach some of the hardest-hit and most remote inundated areas, officials said. More than 150,000 people have been affected by severe flooding after weeks of torrential monsoon rains caused rivers …
Landslides triggered by torrential rain in Nepal swept through villages on Thursday, killing at least 30 people close to the nation's most popular trekking circuit, home ministry officials said. The landslides struck the villages near the resort town of Pokhara, 125 km (77 miles) west of Kathmandu shortly after midnight. …
Flooding in northern Vietnam has killed at least 17 people, with the continuing rain prompting concerns of landslides and of pollution from inundated coal mines reaching one of the country’s most famous sites of natural beauty. A Vietnamese Navy vessel was sent to Co To Island, off the northeast coast, …
A landslide triggered by torrential rain killed 15 people in western Nepal and the death toll could rise, the home ministry said on Thursday.The landslide struck two villages near the resort town of Pokhara, 125 km (77 miles) west of Kathmandu. At least 22 houses were destroyed, the ministry said. …
PALANPUR/BHUJ: Heavy rain coupled with gusts paralyzed four districts of north Gujarat even as at least 27 people died across the state in rain-related incidents in the 48 hours until 4pm on Tuesday. Banaskantha district was the worst hit as incessant rain caused a flood-like situation, especially in towns bordering …
It was a most pathetic and heart-rending sight at Tarapore tea garden under Lakhipur sub-division last night. Five members of a family were buried alive under the debris of landslide as their hatched house was just below a tall tilla or hillock. The tea garden is under Banskandi police station, …
PUNE: Deforestation and destruction of important flora that binds the soil on slopes have damaged the hill slopes along the Pune-Mumbai expressway, says environmentalists and scientists. A shrub called 'Karvi', which attains a height of almost 20 ft and has deep and strong roots, keeps the soil intact even if …
Rocks, boulders and mud debris falling from Varunavat Parvat over the Tambakhani Tunnel shocked Mamta (5), a resident of the Gyansu area in Uttarkashi, as she woke up around midnight a few days ago. For her mother Kamla, the latest landslide incident has brought back the horrifying memories of a …
DEHRADUN: Experts have discovered that the massive crack on Varunavat Parvat near Uttarkashi was formed because of the poor quality of slope treatment methods used on the mountain after an earlier landslide. Meanwhile, Uttarkashi residents live in fear of landslides after the crack was formed. On September 24, 2003, a …
Two cloudbursts in Ganderbal and Shehnag last week have once again brought into focus the extreme weather phenomenon, which is becoming frequent in the fragile Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir. A deadly mix of heavy rain and landslides every year is leaving a trail of destruction with weather scientists …
