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Displaying 120 of about 800 resultsData released by aid groups shows that floods could submerge one third of the land in the cramped Kutupalong-Balukhali mega-camp, which is now home to more than half a million Rohingya refugees.
Using drone images, historical rainfall data and interviews with local residents, researchers have estimated the risks of floods and sudden “landslid…
For over a decade, the European Union has funded disaster risk reduction initiatives across Central Asia, which is one of the most disaster prone regions in the world, vulnerable to earthquakes, floods, yearly landslides, mudflows, and droughts. In central Tajikistan’s Rasht Valley the NGOs Mercy Corps and Welthungerhilfe have been providing awareness t…
This document provides a source of inventory for those who are interested in the landslide subject or willing to do research on it. It is a compilation of the available literature and research work pursued on Indian landslides.
It uses American Psychological Association (APA) citation style, one of the most used citation method, to reference the resear…
By Jean Duron-Abangan
Tagum CIty, Davao del Norte -- Improper small scale mining operation increases the vulnerability of Compostela Valley to landslides and flooding as wet weather condition is expected to prevail this year.
Guesting in the recent Kapihan sa Kapitolyo, Mining Environment Safety Division Chief Noel Angeles of Mines and Geo-sciences Bu…
Nearly 70 percent of the 63 municipal governments in Nara and Wakayama prefectures hit by typhoon-induced mudslides did not have hazard maps prepared for such disasters, reports the Japan Times. It highlights the lack of public awareness of mudslides versus earthquakes and tsunami, although landslides have become the more likely threat in recent years b…
Two Philippines-based engineers from the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College (MPSPC) believe that with the use of the non-recordable standard rain gauges, the government can localize areas where floods and landslides are most likely to occur and prepare to reduce the risk of disasters, reports the Manila Bulletin.
By Rob McBride
Almaty, Kazakhstan – It is clear from the enthusiasm of the five- and six-year-old students in Kindergarten No. 53 that this lesson in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is the most popular of the week. Hands shoot up in response to questions about a disaster scenarios, the children eager explain the how to survive each situation.
And then,…
Sorsogon City - The onslaught of torrential rains that battered the province of Sorsogon since late December 2010 to early January 2011 lasting for almost a month now, was a trying test to find out how well the disaster risk reduction program implementation in the province of Sorsogon was well-enforced and in-placed.
The La Nina Contingency Plan presen…
Un rapport a été publié par l’institut national d’études démographique sur la hausse de la population mondiale d’ici 2050. Cette hausse démographique aura un impact sur plusieurs territoires après les catastrophes naturelles subies selon Témoignages.
Le rapport de l’INED met en avant le besoin de se préparer aux changements climatiques qui ont pour co…
Afghanistan is highly prone to intense and recurring natural hazards such as flooding, earthquakes, avalanches, landslides, and droughts due to its geographical location and years of environmental degradation, resulting in the frequent loss of lives, livelihoods, and property. Since 1980, disasters caused by natural hazards have affected 9 million peopl…
The Gorkha earthquake that struck Nepal a year ago this week killed nearly 9,000 people. It also unleashed more than 10,000 landslides. Many buildings and other key pieces of infrastructure survived the shaking only to be crushed by rockfalls and debris flows.
The most violent such event occurred in the Langtang Valley, a popular tourism destina…
Tokyo, Japan - NEC Corporation, in collaboration with Thailand's National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC), announced today the completion of a trial for a system that identifies areas where there is danger of a landslide occurring. The effectiveness of the system was confirmed as the trial was conducted in Chiang Mai Province in Northern Thailand during…
By Dr. Richard Munang
The misfortune that comes with landslides and flooding has hit Sierra Leone, one of the jewels of Africa. May this moment of pain forever be etched in our memories as Africans as a lesson and moment of wisdom.
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In early 2017, new data from the U.K Met Office, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows…
At least 46 people lost their lives in massive landslides in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district on August 13. Likewise, thousands of people were stranded after a landslide near Vishnuprayag on the Badrinath route on May 19. Had Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) been able to develop a satellite-based early warning system (EWS), the country would h…
This study introduces a new statistical approach for quantifying the weights used in landslide susceptibility mapping and their associated uncertainty. Mitigating the impacts of landslides requires quantifying the susceptibility of different infrastructures to this hazard through landslide susceptibility mapping. The mapping requires overlaying the spat…