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 …
At least 25 people were killed and about 100 others missing in the southern Philippines on Thursday after a landslide struck a community of gold prospectors, officials said. The landslip hit a remote mountain community on Mindanao island that was declared off-limits last year due to the ever-present danger of …
The FAO and the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) have released a brief that describes the role of forests and forestry in the prevention and rehabilitation of landslides in Asia, noting that landslides may increase over the coming decades, in part due to climate change. The brief outlines the …
Jalpaiguri, Dec. 26: An IIT Madras team of experts has pointed out a series of lapses in various quarters that multiplied the extent of damage to buildings, roads and monasteries in Sikkim during the September earthquake. The experts laid stress on immediate rectification of such faults in case there are …
A Central panel has assuaged fears surrounding the Kudankulam nuclear project, in Tamil Nadu. The 15-member panel, appointed in October, said the design of the 2,000-Mw nuclear project meets safety standards. The group’s observations had came handy to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while announcing during his recent Russia visit that …
Rescuers searched for more than 800 people missing in the southern Philippines on Sunday after flash floods and landslides swept houses into rivers and out to sea, killing more than 650 people in areas ill-prepared to cope with storms. Cagayan de Oro and nearby Iligan cities on Mindanao island were …
Landslide is a common natural hazard that usually occurs in mountainous areas. Rapid urban development and high traffic intensity movements have been hampered to a great extent by phenomenon of landslides. In the present study, Maco Landslide Hazard Zonation was carried out in the Bodi-Bodimettu ghats section, Western Ghats, Theni …
An increase in heat waves is almost certain, while heavier rainfall, more floods, stronger cyclones, landslides and more intense droughts are likely across the globe this century as the Earth's climate warms, U.N. scientists said on Friday. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) urged countries to come up …
In a place like the Nilgiris, natural calamities cannot be prevented but if sincere and concerted efforts are made their impact can be minimised. This was emphasised by D.V. Singh, Senior Scientist and V. Selvi, Scientist of the Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute (CSWCRTI) while speaking …
Relief for damage to huts, death of cattle also hiked The State government hiked the compensation paid to the families of those who die in rain-related incidents to Rs.2 lakh even as the death toll touched 34 on Monday. It also increased the relief amount payable to the families for …
Italy’s cabinet declared a state of emergency on Friday for the areas devastated by torrential downpours in Italy’s Tuscany and Liguria regions, as the number of people killed by the floods rose to seven. Rescue workers struggling to clear villages hit by mudslides and floodwater were still looking for seven …
GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi stressed on the need of conservation of water bodies for a better Guwahati. He also emphasized on demarcation of the Guwahati Metropolitan region to control the fringe area development during a presentation by the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad, on ‘Carrying Capacity …
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea's remote New Britain region on Tuesday, but was unlikely to cause a tsunami, Australian seismologists said. The US Geological Survey said the quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles), about 163 kilometres east-northeast of Kandrian, New Britain and some 576 …
The Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea was jolted by a 6.7-magnitude earthquake today, but no tsunami warning was issued. The US Geological Survey said the quake occurred at a depth of 45 kilometres, 103 kilometres east of the mountain city of Lae and 326 kilometres north of the …
Workers and soldiers raced to finish defensive walls around inner Bangkok on Thursday as floodwater that has covered about a third of Thailand threatened the capital. At least 283 people have been killed around the country by heavy monsoon rain, floods and mudslides since late July and in the past …
Hurricane Jova flooded the streets of Mexico's main Pacific port with torrential rain on Wednesday, inundating popular beach resorts and killing at least two people in a mud slide. Streets in the port of Manzanillo were underwater, coastal communities were flooded and roads were blocked due to fallen trees and …
Hurricane Jova eased on Tuesday as it was about to reach Mexico's Pacific coast, threatening one of the country's busiest cargo ports and tourist resorts with high waves, heavy rainfall and flooding. Downgraded to a Category 2 storm, with top winds reaching 100 miles per hour, Jova was about 85 …
Five women were killed and three injured in a landslide incident in Kahrore Pakka area in Lodhran district on Monday. Rescue sources said that eight women labourers in Khanka Koh area of Kahrore Pakka were digging mud for construction of walls when they were buried under a heap of soil …
Thailand raced on Tuesday to build floodwalls on the outskirts of Bangkok to prevent the worst floods in half a century from inundating parts of the capital later this week when water flowing from the north reaches the low-lying city. At least 269 people have been killed by heavy monsoon …
Climate change is one of the most important global environmental challenges that affect all the natural ecosystems of the world. Due to the fragile environment, mountain ecosystems are the most vulnerable to the impact of climate change. Mountains have been recognized as important ecosystems by the Convention on Biological Diversity. …
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 Emergency Natural Disaster Rehabilitation Project will be implemented with the aim of restoring socio economic activities and providing …
