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 …
KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD) has sought an additional budget of Rs 4.5 billion from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to compensate flood and landslide affected farmers across the country. Floods and landslides destroyed agricultural output worth Rs 4.35 billion and livestock valued at Rs 148 million, according …
A southwestern monsoon over the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand brought heavy downpours, strong winds and high tides in several southern provinces. The Meteorological Department had warned residents that flash floods and mudslides were likely from Saturday until today. Trang governor, Somsak Parisuktho Heamtanon, said a mudslide in Huai …
A massive landslide that occurred today evening at Umling, about 43 kms from Guwahati on National Highway 40 that connects the Assam capital with Shillong, has brought traffic to a standstill, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on both sides for several kilometres. Ri Bhoi district deputy SP (Traffic) Rymphang Pde …
SHILLONG: In view of the recent devastation caused by floods and landslides, especially in certain parts of Garo Hills, the Government of Meghalaya has decided to issue instructions to the Deputy Commissioners of the Districts to accept contributions in kind from any members of the public who want to join …
SHILLONG:The death toll in the recent flash floods and landslides in the state has risen to 55 with the recovery of three more bodies, even as the flood waters are slowly receding in some areas, official sources said on Monday. There is light rain in some places in the State. …
SHILLONG, September 29: The death toll in the recent flash floods and landslides in Meghalaya has risen to 55 with the recovery of three more bodies, even as the flood waters are slowly receding in some areas, officials said on Monday. Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Monday started ground–zero inspection …
Two massive landslides have struck the Dharamsala region since 2012. Last year, Terra lines village was finished in a massive landslide. All residents lost their houses and had to be shifted by the district administration. This year an entire habitation in Chola village had to be shifted out after a …
SHILLONG: The dead toll in the devastating flash floods and landslides in the State rose to 52 on Sunday with the recovery of one more body from Balalggri village in South West Garo Hills. In addition, three persons from Menadoba village in North Garo Hills Districts are reported still buried …
The Southern Province of China, Yunan, has provided Rs 31 million to the government of Nepal as part of its assistance to the flood and landslides victims in Nepal. Chinese ambassador to Nepal Wu Chuntai handed over a check worth Rs 31 million to Acting Prime Minister Bamdev Gautam at …
WUHAN - At least four people died and another four were injured after several houses in a suburban community in central China's Hubei province were buried in a landslide on Saturday morning. The landslide struck Xuan'en County of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture at about 6:10 am. Local government …
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat today said the government will pay a compensation of Rs five lakh to the next of kin of those killed in this year's cloudburst and decided to bring the commercial establishment damaged in the calamity under the ambit of the package. An announcement to this …
The U.S. mission in Nepal has announced to increase its grant amount, to be made available through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), for the flood affected people. “An additional contribution of US$ 190,000 to increase protection for vulnerable women and children in three flood-affected districts of Nepal: Banke, …
Infrastructure of 1,662 water drinking schemes damaged in Jammu region With the entire government machinery engaged in restoring services in the Kashmir valley, thousands of flood-affected people in the Jammu region are forced to drink polluted groundwater in the absence of mobile water purification plants. The recent floods that destroyed …
The flood situation in Meghalaya remained grim on Tuesday though water level in some parts of Garo Hills receded even as death toll due to the devastation caused by flash flood and landslides rose to 25. As many as 24 people are still reported missing. According to official sources, seven …
SHILLONG: Eight persons including a pregnant woman and her mother-in law were killed and many others injured when a massive landslide buried them alive at Barapathar, in city in the early hours of Tuesday. With this death toll in the flood-related incidents has gone up to 25. The mud slipped …
Guwahati: Seven people were killed in Meghalaya's South West Garo Hills district on Monday after eight hours of rain led to flash floods. More than a lakh have been affected. Deputy commissioner of South West Garo Hills district Ram Singh said six people were killed by a landslide and one …
Madan Lal Sharma former Member Parliament today said Rajouri & Poonch are doubly hit by the natural calamity and has caused extensive devastation to the area. He demanded more focus of Central and State Government as no help has reached to the internal cut off areas so far. Sharma voiced …
Despite a massive loss of life and property by floods in Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir, people continue to raise structures along the banks of rivers in the state. In Dharamsala, a large number of structures have been raised on the banks of rivulets. These suffer destruction during monsoon. The …
Large scale rescue efforts are under way in Jammu on Tuesday to rescue lakhs of people trapped in flood-ravaged areas, with IAF choppers and transport aircraft undertaking non-stop sorties overnight to carry men and relief material to submerged parts. As most of the areas remain inaccessible due to cutting off …
Pakistani soldiers use an inflatable boat to rescue flood-affected residents from a village at Jalalpur Bhattian in the Hafizabad district in Punjab province on September 8, 2014. The death toll from floods in India and Pakistan has passed 375 as authorities continue efforts to rescue hundreds of thousands of stranded …
