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Landslides hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, claiming 15 lives
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
At least 15 people are killed after landslides hit central Indonesia, Al Jazeera reported citing the local authorities.
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Gilgit-Baltistan faces landslides due to destruction of local ecosystem
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
According to the accounts of the residents, the flooding, which started on Saturday at midnight, continues and has damaged many critical water supply lines.
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PoK: Tourists stranded after heavy snowfall in Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The closure of major roads in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) following recent snowfall and landslides has significantly reduced the movement of daily travellers, tourists, and supply goods.
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Severe snowfall, rain increases woes for locals in Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Several areas like Hopar in the Gilgit Baltistan now face severe snowfall causing hindrances in day to day activities in the life of locals, making daily tasks too difficult. The ongoing snowfall has also resulted in landslides causing problems for the movement of traffic.
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Researchers create method to detect landslides and whether they pose tsuna
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers have developed a method for remotely detecting massive landslides within minutes of their occurrence and determining whether they are near open water and pose a tsunami hazard.
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J-K: Indian Army rescues stranded students in Banihal
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Indian Army on Thursday rescued 81 personnnel including 74 students from Udaipur who were stranded in Banihal area of Jammu and Kashmir due to landslide, stone shooting and heavy snowfall, Officials said.
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Centre to release Rs 152 crore for repair, upgradation of national highway
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Public Works Minister Vikramaditya Singh met Union Road, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Jairam Gadkari in New Delhi on Thursday and discussed various issues relating to damages and losses due to incessant rains and landslides in Himachal.
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US-Indian satellite to monitor frozen surfaces in Earth's ice and snow-cov
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) observatory being jointly developed by NASA and ISRO. NISAR will map the entire globe in 12 days and provide spatially and temporally consistent data for understanding changes in Earth's ecosystems, ice mass, vegetation biomass, sea level rise
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PoK: Human interference triggers environmental crisis in Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The infrastructure of the local towns has suffered significant damage due to flash floods, landslides and other calamities that have occurred in the past few years.
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MHA approves Rs 633.73 cr for Himachal which faced floods, landslides duri
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday approved the financial assistance of Rs 633.73 crore for Himachal Pradesh, which was severely affected due to floods, cloudbursts, and landslides during the southwest monsoon during the current year.
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Tanzania: At least 65 killed in landslides, flooding triggered by heavy ra
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
At least 65 people have lost their lives in northern Tanzania following landslides and flooding brought on by heavy rains on Tuesday, Al Jazeera quoted Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa as saying.
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Death toll from floods, landslides in Tanzania rises to 23
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has expressed condolences for the deceased and instructed relevant authorities to mount an immediate response. She directed the Prime Minister's Office responsible for disaster management, security agencies and the Ministry of Health to relocate to Man
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