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 …
This is in response to the recent deadly landslips in the state of Rio de Janeiro. GETTING READY: Brazil's disaster readiness strategy includes using maps of high-risk areas, better training and improved collection of data on meteorological conditions. A scene in Teresopolis after a landslip. The Brazilian government said on …
At least 6,050 people lost their homes and another 7,780 had to be evacuated temporarily to shelters set up in public schools Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 18: The number of dead from downpours that have deluged the south-eastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has climbed to 665, authorities said …
Rains that devastated a mountainous region north of Rio de Janeiro have killed at least 626 people, Brazil's Civil Defense agency said on Sunday, as fears of more storms and disease outbreaks overshadowed rescue operations. Nearly five days after rains sparked floods and massive landslides in one of Brazil's worst …
Teresopolis (Brazil): Walls of earth and water swept away homes in the mountains north of Rio de Janeiro, wiping out families and leaving survivors scrambling on Thursday to reach still-trapped neighbors. At least 378 people died in three towns after the slides hit on Wednesday, and 50 or more were …
Over one million people have been marooned and 22 deaths reported due to the floods and landslides in several parts of the country. According to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) the Batticaloa, Ampara, Trincomalee, Polonnaruwa, Nuwara Eliya, Moneragala, Kandy, Badulla and Kegalle districts are the worst hit by the floods. …
Guwahati: Massive landslides in the Tibetan Buddhist-dominated Tawang area and West Kameng areas of Arunachal Pradesh has triggered a scare that the 400-year-old monastery that
ITANAGAR, Jan 7: Young monks Tenzing Gensen, Lopsang Sherab, Jampa Lobsang and Genden Tsering of Tawang monastery are a very worried lot these days. Their concern is not for any external danger but for the continuous landslides around the monastery which is posing a serious threat to its existence! The …
Land degradation, synonymous to desertification in arid, semi arid and sub-humid region, covers the processes adversely affecting productive capacity of land under different land use systems. Present paper reports the extent, type and severity of land degradation in south Asian countries. Impact of land degradation contributing factors including population and …
SUDDEN landslides near Tehri Dam in Uttarakhand have forced residents of nearly four dozen villages to launch an agitation against the Tehri Hydroelectric Development Corporation (THDC). The corporation increased water level of the 35-km reservoir beyond 832 metres between September 18 and 20 before bringing it down. The sudden move …
Soil erosion is a natural process accelerated by human activities. Each year, erosion of surface soil from river basins amounts to 60 billion tons, resulting in 24 billion tons of sediment flux to the oceans in the world and almost 25 billion tons of soil lost from agricultural land. From …
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: The cracks developed on the ground near Neyyar Dam on Saturday was the result of a minor landslide in the area, according to the scientists from the Centre For Earth Science Studies (CESS), who visited the site on Monday. The CESS scientists also revealed that the crack appeared only …
At least 15,914 persons have been displaced and 61 houses have suffered extensive damages and another 232 houses were severely affected due to the prevailing heavy showers and flood conditions, the Disaster Management Center said. At least 3404 families have been displaced due to the heavy rain in Kandy, Matara, …
Massive landslides triggered by incessant rains in the past few days have cut off road links between Nagaland and Manipur with several stretches of the NH 39 being washed away or buried under debris. While a major landslide took place in Nagaland capital Kohima, the national highway was also cut …
Activists and many residents blame a hydel project for the growing frequency of landslides in some Uttarakhand villages. THE nearly 3,500 residents of Bhatwadi village along the Uttarkashi-Gangotri highway in Uttarakhand saw their world come crashing down around them on the night of August 12/13. A massive landslide that hit …
THE nearly 3,500 residents of Bhatwadi village along the Uttarkashi-Gangotri highway in Uttarakhand saw their world come crashing down around them on the night of August 12/13. A massive landslide that hit the village formed cracks up to five metres wide on the highway and these crept up the hills …
