MANALI: Heavy snowfall has led to collapse and damage of several houses in Solang village of Manali. With further landslides predicted, several houses have been vacated and more are on the verge of collapse. Solang village has received over 20ft of snow since December and is still covered with over …
MANALI: Heavy snowfall has led to collapse and damage of several houses in Solang village of Manali. With further landslides predicted, several houses have been vacated and more are on the verge of collapse. Solang village has received over 20ft of snow since December and is still covered with over …
Winters are getting warmer in northwest Himalayas, which is increasing the risk of avalanches, two new studies have found. Winter temperatures in the northwestern Himalayas have risen by 0.65 degrees Celsius on average over a period of 25 years, a team of Indian researchers found, which is higher than the …
"The adverse impact of climate change are in the form of avalanches, cold injuries like frost bite and chilblains, snow slides and scarcity of water," he said. Admitting that climate change in high altitude areas was having an impact on soldiers stationed there, the government told the Lok Sabha on …
Trees impacted by the forces of natural processes such as flash floods, snow avalanches, landslides, rockfalls or earthquakes, record these events and exhibit growth disturbances in their growth-ring series. As a consequence, these disturbances provide an excellent signal for the spatio-temporal reconstruction of past natural hazard activity and a means …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gauri Maulekhi Vs. State of Jammu & Kashmir & Others dated 14/12/2017 regarding lack of infrastructural facilities for devotees visiting Amaarnath Shrine. NGT makes it clear that its order dated 13th December, 2017 has neither intended nor actually declared the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gauri Maulekhi Vs. State of Jammu & Kashmir & Others dated 13/12/2017 regarding preservation of Amarnath Cave in Himalayas. NGT directs that no pilgrim/devotee/person would be permitted to carry any article from the last stairs leading to the holy cave …
The rock avalanche that destroyed the village of Xinmo in Sichuan, China, on June 24th, 2017, brought the issue of landslide risk and disaster chain management in highly seismic regions back into the spotlight. The long-term post-seismic behaviour of mountain slopes is complex and hardly predictable. Nevertheless, the integrated use …
Rescuers struggle to reach survivors feared trapped under snow as aid is sent by helicopter to worst-hit Nuristan province. Rescuers are battling to reach survivors of avalanches in Afghanistan’s remote, mountainous north, as the death toll exceeds 100 and fears grow for dozens of people still believed to be trapped …
Dozens of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan were killed after heavy snow and avalanches hit over the weekend. In eastern Afghanistan, at least 50 people died and dozens more were missing on Sunday after an avalanche buried a village in Nuristan, provincial governor Hafiz Abdul Qayum said. "Based on information …
Increased frequency of avalanches threatens troops at Siachen; 10 killed in Feb In the wee hours of February 3 this year, an unprecedented ‘ice avalanche’ hit the northern part of the Siachen glacier. It killed 10 soldiers and put spotlight on the new risk posed to troops by global warming …
Five soldiers died in an avalanche while on a training exercise Monday afternoon in Savoie, eastern France, Le Figaro has reported. About 11 soldiers were caught up in the avalanche at around 2 p.m. local time (1300 GMT), which happened at an altitude of 2,200 meters, Le Figaro added. Six …
Every year, in all mountainous regions, people are victims of avalanches. One way to decrease those losses is believed to be informing about danger levels. The paper presents a study on current practices in the development of smartphones applications 5 that are dedicated to avalanche risk communication. The analysis based …
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, …
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 …
Three foreign tourists — two Austrians and an Italian — have died in an avalanche in the French Alps, and a fourth tourist has been taken by helicopter to a hospital in Grenoble with unspecified injuries. Hautes-Alpes department officials said that the snow slide took place mid-afternoon Wednesday in the …
Huge new avalanches have hit Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley, closing off areas that were already difficult to reach, the provincial governor says. Abdul Rahman Kabiri told the BBC that new avalanches 40m (130ft) high have inundated new areas n the north-eastern province. President Ashraf Ghani said on Saturday that at least …
Globally, disasters due to natural hazards takes an enormous toll in terms of human lives, destruction to crops and livelihoods, and economic losses. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) has therefore become a critical part of sustainable development strategies. Over the past decades, the role of healthy ecosystems in providing cheap, reliable …
The number of those who have lost their lives in the snowfall and avalanches in Afghanistan have soared to 216, chief of Natural Disaster Management Authority ( NDMA) Deam Kakar said Friday. "Our data collected so far confirms the death of 216 people including women and children in the avalanches …
Avalanches caused by a heavy winter snow have killed at least 124 people in north-eastern Afghanistan, an emergency official said on Wednesday, as rescuers clawed through debris with their hands to save those buried beneath. The avalanches buried homes across four north-east provinces, killing those beneath, said Mohammad Aslam Syas, …
A series of avalanches has struck north of the Afghan capital, Kabul, leaving at least 85 dead, officials have said. Heavy snow in recent days in Panjshir province and the Salang Pass has blocked roads, cut off villages and caused several avalanches. Acting provincial governor Abdul Rahman Kabiri told the …
