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 …
Heavy rains and flooding since the weekend killed six people, destroyed thousands of hectares of crops and damaged homes in Vietnam’s north and central regions, the government said Wednesday. Among the dead was a child buried in a landslide in Lao Cai province bordering China, it said. More than 72,000 …
There is a need to safeguard every water body, every channel, drain and nullah, and every catchment area Even as I was writing this, my city, Delhi, was drowning. It had been raining since early morning and four hours of rainfall brought the city to a standstill. The Meteorological Department …
Season’s Toll: 30 Dead, 233cr Property Damaged, Major Roads Hit Shimla: Rivers in spate, mega hydropower plants shut down at short notice, dams filled to the brim, cloudbursts and road networks having suffered heavy damages, a vigorous monsoon in August this year has left a trail of destruction in Himachal …
Manali: Three cloudbursts have hit Manali region since July 21, claiming 11 lives and triggering dozens of landslides which caused traffic snarls and trapped thousands of tourists. Frequent landslides near Hanogi temple in Mandi too have been regularly blocking the Delhi-Manali highway. Kalath village near Manali has emerged as a …
Thousands of people remained stranded in western Japan Tuesday as the death toll from a fierce typhoon rose to 42, heaping more misery on a nation recovering from the March earthquake and tsunami. Torrential rain brought by powerful Typhoon Talas, which made landfall Saturday and was the deadliest in seven …
Seven people, five of them children, were killed in a landslide that took place in a village in Rukum District on Monday night. Chief of the District Police Office, Rukum, Kishan Singh Thapa said 52-year-old Jagamari Budha, 19-year-old Sunita Gharti, her daughter, three-year-old Anita and her son, one-year-old Himanshi were …
Seven persons including five minors, who had gone missing in a landslide that hit remote Hukam VDC-7 in impoverished Rukum district on Monday night, have been declared dead. Rapti Zonal Police Office declared Jakamari Budha, 52, Sunita Gharti, 19, and her one-year-old son Himansu Gharti and three-year-old daughter Anita, 10-year-old …
About 1,500 pilgrims are stranded on the Rishikesh-Gangotri route since Thursday. Over 20 villages still cut off. The toll on life and property is rising as monsoon wreaks havoc in the hills. The scale of destruction goes up with each passing year Dehradun: On Thursday morning, about 160 vehicles carrying …
Six persons including four minors have gone missing in a landslide that hit remote Hukam VDC-7 in impoverished Rukum district on Monday night. All six have been buried in the landslide and are feared dead. The missing have been identified as Jakamari Budha, 52, Sunita Gharti, 19, and her one-year-old …
Heavy rains and mudslides from powerful Typhoon Talas killed at least 27 people in Japan as the storm moved northward past the country Sunday. Scores more are missing, local media said. Evacuation orders and advisories have been issued to 460,000 people in western and central Japan, Kyodo News agency reported. …
A typhoon that pummelled western Japan left at least 20 people dead and more than 50 missing, said reports on Sunday, after swollen rivers swept away buildings and landslips crushed houses. One of the victims drowned after flood waters gushed into his car and streets were submerged in scenes that …
The death toll from devastating landslides in eastern Uganda rose to 30 on Tuesday as bodies were retrieved from piles of sludge and rock, and officials warned that unseasonably heavy rains could cause more mudslides and floods. The landslides occurred early on Monday, engulfing the villages of Mabono and Meru …
At least 15 people were killed across Maharashtra over the last two days due to heavy rains, which continued to lash large parts of the state for the fourth consecutive day Monday, officials said. While one person was killed in a minor landslide in Tardeo, south Mumbai, four persons were …
Landslides killed at least 29 people on Monday in an eastern district of Uganda, including children buried in their homes, officials said. The bodies of 6 children and 13 others had been found, the Red Cross said, and the government said it had sent crews to help recover any remaining …
Are the routes on Konkan Railway (KR) a huge drain on the exchequer? Can they ever be financially viable? These are the questions being raised following repeated disruptions of rail traffic. In the last two months alone, rail traffic had to be suspended on three occasions due to waterlogging, landslides, …
Typhoon Nanmadol began blowing toward Taiwan on Sunday after leaving at least 10 people dead and scuttling a visit by a U.S. Navy carrier group in the Philippines, officials said. Taiwan issued sea and land warnings and planned to evacuate about 6,000 people in its eastern and southern regions as …
A landslide triggered by torrential rainfall swept away six houses in Bhagawati VDC-3 in Jajarkot district on Tuesday, killing three members of a family. Devkali Pariyar, her son Ramesh and granddaughter Reshma were buried to death in the landslide, police said. Security personnel fished out the bodies from the mud …
ITANAGAR, Food crisis hit remote Kurung Kumey district in Arunachal Pradesh with many places remaining cut off since July 19 following massive landslides triggered by incessant rainfall. Parsi Parlo Zilla Parishad Member (ZPM) Sangha Tagik, who toured many disconnected areas of the district, said in a statement “there is acute …
Four people have been killed and other five injured in a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall in Rukum on Tuesday morning. The landslide swept away the house of one Jayaram Oli at Khara VDC ward-2 of Rukum this morning. Jayaram Oli’s 16 year-old son Yagya Bahadur Oli and Sete Oli, …
National Highways leading to Badrinath, Kedarnath and Gangotri hit by landslips Rains triggered landslips in Uttarakhand and claimed two lives in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday as most parts of the northern region remained under the influence of monsoon. The national highways leading to Badrinath, Kedarnath and Gangotri were hit by …
