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 …
Every year, like clockwork, India is caught between the spectre of months of crippling water shortages and drought and months of devastating floods. In 2014, there has been no respite from this annual cycle. But something new and strange is indeed afoot. Each year, the floods are growing in intensity. …
BSF officer, Army jawan among dead; NH blocked for 8 hours Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in Jammu & Kashmir killed seven persons, including a BSF officer and an Army jawan, on Wednesday. Over two dozen villages have been flooded in the Jammu region and authorities have …
Floods and landslides have damaged standing paddy and vegetables on 35,804.1 hectares in 17 districts, including the rice-bowl districts of the country such as Bardiya, Banke, Dang, Kanchanpur, Siraha and Rautahat. The Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD) has projected a loss of Rs 2 billion in the production of rice …
TANAHUN: As many as 100 houses in Tanahun are at high risk of landslide due to continuous land erosion by the Seti River. Secretary of Seti River control and Bhimad Market Management Committee Raju Pariyar said locals work at Bhimad Bazaar of Tanahun in the daytime and seek shelter at …
August was a month of destruction as Nepal floods and landslides, triggered by severe monsoon rains, affected over 200,000 people. Gospel for Asia (GFA) is one of the groups responding to this disaster, giving food and the hope of Christ to flood survivors. In one village, flood waters completely destroyed …
All 11 miners buried in a rainstorm-triggered landslide are confirmed dead as the last body was retrieved on Wednesday night, said the rescue headquarters. The last body of the 11 workers of a mine in Yunyang county, Chongqing municipality, was found at 9:12 pm. They were moving from their dormitories …
Jajarkot, Sept 2: Property worth over Rs 60 million was damaged by landslides that hit three villages of Barekot in Jajarkot recently. The landslides triggered by incessant rain for many days had adversely affected the life of Ramidanda, Rokaya Gaun and Sakla, according to the Chief District Officer Heera Lal …
Three houses were buried in a landslide that occurred Sunday evening at Gokuleshwor VDC-1 Bangabagar of Baitadi district, police said. Of the buried three houses, two were of Shaniram Sarki and one of Chandraram Sarki. However, no human casualties were reported while some livestock were killed in the landslide, police …
CHONGQING - Eight people have died and 24 others are missing by early Tuesday after rainstorms brought landslides to Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, said the local rescue headquarters. More than 500 professional rescuers, including fire-fighters and armed police, have evacuated over 7,000 residents in nine rain-drenched townships in Yunyang County …
CHONGQING - Twelve people were missing after a rain-triggered landslide occurred on Monday morning in Yunyang county, Southwest China's Chongqing municipality.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide financial assistance to control landslide at Lampata of Babiyachour-5 in Myagdi district. A mission team under the leadership of ADB representative Laxmi Adhikari reached in the district one week ago to monitor the landslide agreed to provide financial assistance through DecentralisedRural Infrastructure …
At least six people were killed and 21 remained missing as of Thursday morning after a landslide struck a village in southwest China's Guizhou province on Wednesday night. The accident happened at around 8 p.m., when a landslide hit Yingping Village in Fuquan City. Twenty-two people were injured as of …
Eight people were killed and one went missing in several incidents of landslides and floods in Sindhupalchok , Parbat and Syangja on Wednesday. Four members of a single family were killed when a landslide buried their house at Mahankal VDC-6 in Sindhupalchok on Wednesday. The deceased--Dil Bahadur Tamang, his grandfather …
HIROSHIMA – The death toll from mudslides in the city of Hiroshima jumped to 71 on Wednesday, with at least 15 people still missing. Classes resumed at one of the elementary schools in Hiroshima’s Asaminami Ward — the area hit hardest by the mudslides that first occurred a week ago …
Several districts of Arunachal Pradesh were put on alert on Monday as almost all the major rivers are on high spate. The mighty Siang flowed over the red mark in Upper Siang and East Siang districts since Sunday. The Subansiri and Lohit are also flowing over the danger level, official …
Out of the Rs 250 million donations collected from various organizations in the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, Rs 150 million has been released to the Ministry of Home Affairs so far for providing relief to the victims of floods and landslides across the country. Officials at the Prime Minister’s Office …
Five people died and three are missing in different incidents of landslide in various districts, on Wednesday. Five people suffered injuries in the landslide incidents. A landslide buried the house of Dil Bahadur Tamang in Mahankal-6, Sindhupalchowk, killing Dil Bahadur and three others. Chief District Officer of Sindhupalchowk, Gopal Parajuli …
Forty-nine individuals missing in the floods and landslides that ravaged Surkhet district in mid-August have been declared dead. The missing people were out of contact for at least two weeks, following three days' incessant rainfall that resulted in massive flooding and landslides. The families of those who went missing performed …
HIROSHIMA – The death toll from rain-induced landslides in the city of Hiroshima rose to 66 on Tuesday, with at least 21 people still missing, about a week after the first of the landslides. Searches involving some 3,300 rescue workers, including local firefighters, and police and Self-Defense Forces personnel, continued …
Three persons were killed and two others went missing when a mudslide swept away a house at Baramchi VDC-1 in the district on Monday noon. The deceased have been identified as Mahadev Thapa, 19, Ganeshkumari Thapa, 38, and Chandrawati Thapa, 18, while Dambar Bahadur Thapa, 50, and Nir Bahadur Thapa, …
