Keywords: Landslides


Floods and Landslides: 19 Dead in India and Nepal, Several Areas Under Surveillance

Exceptionally heavy rains are causing new floods and landslides in several regions of India and Nepal. The preliminary toll reports at least 19 dead, while ten Nepalese workers remain missing after an avalanche. The rapid rise in water levels has also placed several dozen districts under surveillance. A......

California declares state of emergency as powerful El Niño threatens severe winter storms

California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a statewide state of emergency as a strengthening El Niño climate pattern raises concerns about potentially severe weather across the state during the coming fall and winter. The emergency proclamation is intended to mobilize state resources ahead......

Typhoon Saudel makes its third landfall in China

Typhoon Saudel made landfall on the coast of Fujian province on Thursday morning, marking the storm’s third landfall in China after striking the eastern province of Zhejiang twice in recent days. The storm prompted authorities to suspend in-person classes in the cities of Fuzhou and Quanzhou and......

Nepal moves to restore early warning system along China border

Nepal is preparing to rebuild and upgrade its early warning network along the border with China after devastating floods and landslides exposed major weaknesses in the country’s disaster-monitoring infrastructure, according to sources cited by Reuters. Authorities are expected to install satellite-based......

Nepal police races to recover gold and cash-filled bank vaults swept away by floods

Nepalese authorities are racing to locate and secure bank vaults carried away or buried by devastating floods and landslides that have struck parts of the country. The unusual recovery operation is unfolding alongside a much larger search for people still missing after the disaster. At least 20 banks......

Nepal rescues more than 323 foreign nationals after devastating floods

Nepalese authorities have rescued more than 10,000 people from areas affected by severe flooding, including more than 323 foreign nationals, according to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In a statement, the ministry said rescue teams had evacuated thousands of people from areas hit by......

Nepal-China floods death toll rises to 781 as search operations continue

The death toll from the devastating floods and landslides that struck areas along the Nepal-China border has risen to 781, while 2,502 people remain missing, according to the latest figures released by Nepal’s disaster risk reduction authorities. Five days after the disaster, Nepalese authorities......

Hundreds of workers remain missing after devastating floods in Nepal

Nepal is facing a major humanitarian emergency after catastrophic floods and landslides struck several areas near the Chinese border, leaving hundreds of workers from hydropower facilities unaccounted for and thousands of people missing across the country. According to Nepal's Independent Power......

South Korea reports more than 2,500 damage cases as heavy rains trigger mass evacuations

South Korea is facing severe consequences from exceptionally heavy rainfall that has affected the southeastern part of the country since Saturday, with thousands of reports of damage and hundreds of residents forced to leave their homes. According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters,......