State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>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
Landslides
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Tehri dam oustees to be rehabilitated again; threat of landslides
People living near the Tehri dam on the Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand are in trouble. Villages on the slopes overlooking the reservoir are threatened by increasing landslides and those living
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Water strikes the poor, says report
Water-related disasters include flood, windstorms, drought, water epidemics, famine and landslides. These combine with other water-related hazards such as pollution and chemical spills, aquifer
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Dam on Teesta spells doom
<font class="UCASE">according</font> to the National Highway (<font class="UCASE">nh</font>) 31A Bachao Committee (<font class="UCASE">nhbc</font>), traffic disruption, due to a landslide in August, continues on <font class="UCASE">nh</font> 31A in Kalimpong, West Bengal. <font class="UCASE">nhbc</font> claims that construction on the Teesta Low Dam Stage III project at 27th Mile led to the landslide. About 50 metres of the highway got washed away, hitting the local economy during the tourist season.<br>
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Soft quarries
If soil quarrying is a threat in the <i>terai</i>, mining poses huge hazards in the hills of Kumaon. Soapstone or talc and magnesite quarries have been taking over commons for over two decades, depriving local people of large tracts of the forestland, pasture, watersheds and farming land.<br>
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Aftershock, rebuliding after Pakistan earthquake
Aftershock, Rebuilding after the Earthquake
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Extreme rainfall events and associated natural hazards in Alaknanda Valley，Indian Himalayan region
Entire Himalayan region is vulnerable to rain-induced (torrential rainfall) hazards in the form of flash flood, cloudburst or glacial lake outburst flood. Flash floods and cloudburst are generally caused
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South Asia
power boost: To overcome power shortage, Pakistan has recently given approval to the country's five independent power companies to set up plants at an estimated cost of us $1 billion. These power
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Kidnapped!
<font class="UCASE"><b>Deforestation </b></font>
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Slippery ground
Quake hit areas of Pakistan threatened by landslide
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Ready to roll
Debris, into Karnaprayag