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 …
A series of avalanches claimed the lives of four skiers and snowboaders over the weekend on mountain slopes in Nagano and Niigata prefectures. The latest avalanche, off the designated run at Ryuoo Ski Park in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Sunday killed two Argentine nationals, including Esparica Mario Roberto, 50. According …
Those missing are believed to be near the Annapurna trail, a route located about 100 miles northwest of the capital of Katmandu, where October is peak trekking season because of the favorable weather. Officials are worried the death toll could rise after a massive snowstorm Tuesday left hikers stranded. Search …
At least 85 climbers are still unaccounted for after a blizzard dumped snow and triggered avalanches along a mountain trekking route popular with backpackers, the Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal said on Thursday. At least 20 people were killed in the storm. Army and civilian rescue workers say the number …
Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (PDMA-KP) and Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) in Bangkok have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that sets forth a framework for a collaborative alliance between the two parties. The cooperation would be based on the Road Map for Disaster Risk Management 2014-2019, a comprehensive …
Mountaineering tourism in Nepal faces a threat from global warming as melting glaciers feed the risk of more deadly disasters such as the avalanche on Mount Everest that killed 16 people last month, scientists said on Tuesday. More than 2,000 foreign mountaineers flock to the Himalayan nation sandwiched between India …
The Seven Summits Actions for Sustainable Society (SSASS) is to donate $100,000 for the education of the children of the 13 mountaineering guides killed and three missing in the Everest avalanche at on April 18. Chairman of SSASS Ken Noguchi signed a letter of commitment to this end at a …
The government has decided to provide a financial assistance of Rs 500,000 each to the families of those killed in the avalanche at Mount Everest base camp on April 18. Altogether 13 mountaineers had lost their lives while three are still missing in the incident. At a programme organized by …
An avalanche has martyred four soldiers while 22 others have been rescued after heroic efforts by the Army. According to ISPR, about 26 troops came under a huge flow of snow late on Tuesday night near Astore in Gilgit Baltistan. Despite extreme weather condition, 22 soldiers were evacuated by the …
The disastrous Seti flash flood that claimed 72 lives and left dozens homeless less than two years ago was the result of a rockslide in the Seti-River gorge which created an artificial reservoir, according to the latest field research by the US-based National Aeronautical System Administration (NASA). The deadly event …
The UNISDR’s early assessment of disaster trends across Asia for 2012 shows that flood event mortality has declined, but economic losses remained significant. Asia is the most disaster-prone region in the world, with 36% of worldwide reported disasters occurring there from 2000-2011. According to UNISDR, floods were the most common …
Kathmandu: An avalanche swamped climbers on a high Himalayan peak in Nepal on Sunday, leaving at least nine dead and eight others missing. Many of the climbers were French or German. Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man were recovered and …
An avalanche hit climbers on a high Himalayan peak in Nepal on Sunday, leaving at least nine dead and six missing, officials said. Many of the climbers were French or German. Ten other climbers survived, but many were injured and were flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, said a police …
All the ten workers buried in Tuesday's avalanche in northwest China's Gansu province were confirmed dead as bodies of the last six were retrieved late Thursday afternoon, rescuers said. The avalanche occurred late Tuesday night in a remote part of Subei County, burying the campsite of the Heicigou Antimony Ore …
At least two students were killed due to avalanche at Reshun goal area here on Tuesday. According to Booni police, the victims were playing at Reshun goal water nulla when hit by an avalanche. The villagers and rescue workers rushed to the spot and retrieved the bodies of Sadam Hussain …
ISLAMABAD, Apr 17 (Agencies): Toxic gases Tuesday hampered the search for 138 people buried by an avalanche at a high-altitude Pakistan army camp, as teams from the United States and Norway arrived at the site to help operations. A huge wall of snow crashed into the remote Siachen Glacier base …
Pakistani troops are set to dig a 130-feet tunnel in their search for 138 people buried in an avalanche in the Siachen sector, close to Indian borders, as the rescue operation entered its fifth day Thursday with no signs of survivors. Rescuers were focussing on six “priority points” at the …
Hope was fading fast for surviors buried under tonnes of ice after military rescuers were hampered by fresh snowfall in an increasingly desperate search for 139 people, mostly soldiers, buried in an avalanche in Siachen sector, close to the Indian border. Almost 52 hours after the avalanche at the remote …
Racing against time, Pakistani troops, aided by sniffer dogs and mechanical equipment, on Sunday frantically searched for 135 people, mostly soldiers, buried under dozens of feet of snow after a massive avalanche slammed into a key army camp in the Siachen sector near Indian border. Rescuers resumed the desperate search …
Pakistan's military hoped for a miracle on Sunday as rescue teams searched for 124 soldiers and 11 civilians buried by a Himalayan avalanche near the Indian border, with no sign of survivors more 24 hours later. The avalanche engulfed a Pakistani army battalion headquarters near a glacier early on Saturday, …
An avalanche has killed at least 45 people and buried 15 houses in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nuristan, Press TV reports. Nuristan's Deputy Governor Qazi Mohammad Nabi said the avalanche hit villages of Poshan and Ghadoor in Mandol district Sunday night. He said most of the victims were women and …
