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 …
Six people have died and 25 remain missing after rain-triggered mudslides hit two villages in southwest China's Yunnan Province early on Wednesday, said local authorities. In Shawa Village, Fugong County, a mudslide destroyed a silicon mining site at around 3 am, leaving 17 people missing and another injured, said Li …
Typhoon Neoguri bore down on the Japanese mainland today after slamming into the southern Okinawa island chain, killing two people and leaving a trail of damage. Packing gusts of up to 180 kilometres per hour, the typhoon could hit the southern main island of Kyushu as early as tomorrow, before …
Floods, storms and other natural disasters claimed more than 2,700 lives and caused around $42 billion in damage worldwide in the first half of 2014, but this was well below the first half of last year and a 10-year average, reinsurer Munich Re said on Wednesday. The world's biggest reinsurer …
KUNMING - Seventeen people were missing after a mudslide hit Fugong County in southwest China's Yunnan Province early Wednesday, said local authorities. The disaster occurred at around 3 a.m. at Shawa Village in Fugong, administrated by Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Nujiang, said a spokesman with the county's publicity bureau. One …
Forestry practices can play a vital role in landslide disaster management especially in view of the landslides in the Himalayan regions. The officiating director of the Forest Research Institute, Jayshree Ardey said this after inaugurating a national level training programme on forestry in landslide risk management which began at the …
KUNMING - The death toll in a landslide in southwest China's Yunnan Province has risen to five with ten still missing, local authorities said on Friday. Rescuers retrieved three more bodies as of Thursday evening after the landslide on Monday in Latudi Village, Shangpa Town, Fugong County, the emergency response …
The area of inland lakes in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau has expanded 26 percent in the past 20 years, according to new research results. The area of inland lakes in the region, which has an average altitude of 4,500 meters, has expanded to 32,300 square kilometers from 25,600 square kilometers 20 …
GUWAHATI: Premchand Shah (60) has no option but to look to the government for financial help after his family's sole bread winner, his 18-year-old son Bivek, drowned in the overflowing Bharalu river during one of the worst flood the city experienced on Friday. Nine persons, including Bivek, were killed in …
Itanagar: Landslides triggered by incessant rains in the past couple of days have wreaked havoc in several districts of Arunachal Pradesh throwing life out of gear. While flood-like situation prevailed in low-lying areas of various districts, road link between Nirjuli and Banderdewa near here has been snapped due to damage …
Can a family make do with two litres of potable water a day? The residents of a number of areas in Guwahati get only two litres of potable water, supplied by the administration, a day. Barring Anil Nagar and Pub–Sarania, flood waters have receded in most of the areas in …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday convened a high–level meeting to discuss the post–flood scenario in Guwahati. As an immediate measure, as many as 377 areas in the city have been declared landslide prone and measures initiated to bring about awareness in these areas. Gogoi asked the Kamrup metropolitan district …
The newly formed Rastrapati Chure-Tarai Mades Conservation Development Committee (RCTMCDC) has started incorporating scientific information into the conservation strategies to make the Chure conservation more effective. Chure conservation is facing challenges from the government authorities due to lack of adequate scientific information on Chure such as geological formation, status and …
The Economic Development Ministry signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on June 25 to support the Divi Neguma Livelihood Development Programme to withstand climate related shocks. The agreement was signed between Ministry Secretary, Dr. Nihal Jayathilaka and UNDP Country Director, Sri Lanka Razina Bilgrami to implement …
A landslide killed one person on Monday morning in Southwest China's Yunnan province, leaving two injured and 15 missing. The incident took place at 9:20 am. 10 firefighters and two fire trucks have arrived at the scene in a brickyard in Fugong county, and more help is on the way.
Govt has completely forgotten to develop its own disaster management policy in wake of repeated disasters striking hill state since 2010 After the catastrophic floods that caused widespread devastation in Uttarakhand last year, the state government seems to have learnt no lesson. The government seems to have forgotten to develop …
Away from all the attention being focused on the temple towns of Kedarnath and Badrinath, temples at Yamunotri and Gangotri, which compete the ‘char dham’ pilgrimage, are facing a serious risk. The temple committee and priests say a disaster waiting to happen. Cracks have appeared on Kalindi Parvat just above …
Though one year has passed since the flood disaster wreaked havoc in Uttarakhand, the situation in the affected areas in Tehri district has not improved. The residents of more than two dozen villages threatened by landslides continue to live in danger as the State Government has not yet facilitated their …
Recurrent landslides at Urni The formation of an artificial lake on the Sutlej near Urni, 25 km from here, on the Hindustan-Tibet National Highway, following two massive landslides within a week has stirred up the anger of villagers. They are blaming the hydro-power projects for destabilising the fragile hills by …
Following the blast, law enforcers recovered among other things 18 bottles of picric acid used to make explosives Two committees, formed after a series of landslides on June 11 in 2007 which killed 126 people, made 36-point recommendations to avert such incidents, but many of the recommendations have not been …
BAJURA: Incessant rainfall with landslides claimed three lives while six houses were swept away in Kolti VDC of Bajura, on Saturday night. The deceased have been identified as Kar Budha, 45, his grandson Dinesh Budha, 5, and a guest, Gore Rokaya, 58, of Kolti VDC, Inspector Hikmat Bohora of Bajura …
