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 …
Lima - Floods and landslides in Peru have killed 15 people and displaced more than 36 000 this month, authorities said on Monday. The latest casualties were six people caught in a mudslide in the southern Arequipa region, the National Civil Defence Institute said. Among others, six miners were trapped …
Through investigation and analysis of geological conditions and mechanical parameters of the Taziping landslide, the finite volume method was adopted, and, the rheological model was adopted to simulate the landslide and avalanche entire mass movement process. The present paper adopted the GIS platform to simulate the mass movement process before …
A typhoon weakened as it cut across the Philippines on Monday after bringing down trees and power lines, and authorities warned of flash floods and mudslides although casualties were few with police reporting only two deaths. Typhoon Nock-ten's wind speed eased to 130 kph (80 mph) as it headed west …
August 2014 saw a major landslide strike in a densely populated district 80 km northeast of Kathmandu, in Sindhupalchok district. This study combines evidence from surveys and interviews to assess impacts and preventive and coping measures taken. The impacts relative to annual income show that lower-income households lost up to …
Landslide is one of the most ravaging natural disaster in the world and recent occurrences in Nigeria require urgent need for landslide risk assessment. A total of nine samples representing three major landslide prone areas in Nigeria were studied, with a view of determining their liquefaction and sliding potential. Geotechnical …
COIMBATORE: The process of mapping landslide-prone zones in the Nilgiris, which began three years back, has reached its final stages. The complete map is likely to be submitted before the Nilgiris district collectorate in the next four months, said senior officials attached to the Geological Survey of India (GSI). Nilgiris, …
Rescuers have pulled 15 people alive from a landslide that slammed into a village in China's eastern Zhejiang province after a typhoon but 32 people are still missing there and in another nearby village, state media said on Thursday. Heavy rains brought by the remnants of Typhoon Megi caused the …
KATHMANDU – A Spanish national and three Nepalese Sherpas were killed in a landslide in north-central Nepal, local authorities told EFE on Thursday. Thirteen others sustained injuries of varying degrees of seriousness – including six in critical condition – and were airlifted to a Kathmandu hospital. “They have suffered injuries …
KUNMING - One person went missing and six were injured in two landslides in Southwest China's Yunnan Province on Saturday. Torrential rains triggered two landslides in the Yuanmou county in northern Yunnan. A quake lake was formed along the Longchuan River in the upper reaches of the Jinsha River. Roughly …
Landslides have large negative economic and societal impacts, including loss of life and damage to infrastructure. Slope stability assessment is a vital tool for landslide risk management, but high levels of uncertainty often challenge its usefulness. Uncertainties are associated with the numerical model used to assess slope stability and its …
The Himalayas look idyllic from a distance but communities living in their shadow fear flash floods India and Nepal say a lack of information from China about glacial lakes and rivers in Tibet could hamper their ability to plan for flash floods. Sources say there has been a rise in …
At least nine people died and two people were missing from a small town near Guatemala City on Wednesday after intense rains the night before caused a mudslide, emergency workers said. Around 50 people were affected and various homes were damaged in Santa Isabel II, a town 30 kilometers (19 …
China's Qinghai province reported the hottest month in 55 years, 3.4 degrees Celsius above the average August temperature. Data provided by the local climate centre on Saturday showed the average temperature in Qinghai last month was 16.4 degrees Celsius, the highest since records began in 1961, Xinhua news agency reported. …
Sri Lanka and the World Bank today signed three loan agreements amounting to US$ 187 million for three projects to advance disaster recovery efforts, to protect Sri Lanka's eco systems and for growth and jobs. World Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka and the Maldives Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough and Dr. R.H.S. …
Incidents of flood and landslide triggered by heavy rains in Syangja, Mahottari, Sunsari and Sarlahi in the last 48 hours killed at least six people. Three people are missing and feared dead. In Syangja, four members of a single family were buried alive in a landslide triggered by torrential rain …
DEHRADUN: With heavy rain and frequent landslides blocking more than 130 roads in various districts of Uttarakhand, patients from far-flung areas are struggling to reach hospitals. The state government seems helpless as reports trickle in of the sick and the dead. As many as five patients have lost their lives …
Emergency workers in Mexico are searching for survivors after landslides killed dozens in the wake of Tropical Storm Earl. The worst-affected state was Puebla in central Mexico, where at least 28 people were killed after torrential rains set off mudslides. Puebla Governor Rafael Moreno Valle said dogs had been brought …
Two State Forest Corporation (SFC) labourers were among three persons killed and six others were injured on Sunday in three separate cases of house collapse triggered by the overnight heavy rainfall across Jammu region. The pilgrimage to Amarnath cave shrine was suspended due to inclement weather while it was partially …
Itanagar: Landslides triggered by torrential rainfall in the past couple of days washed away eight residential buildings in Tawang district, bordering China on Friday night. Though no casualty was reported, three persons sustained minor injuries. A car and a bike were damaged in the landslide that occurred at Barbara village …
Mudslides triggered by intense rainfall in eastern Mexico killed 40 people at the weekend as saturated hillsides collapsed onto modest homes in the wake of now-dissipated Tropical Storm Earl. The death toll rose late on Sunday after state governors in the two most affected states confirmed two more deaths from …
