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124 shelters opened in Khagrachari amid landslides risk

Amid fears of landslides triggered by heavy rain the local administration has opened 124 shelters in Khagrachari district to facilitate relocation of the residents of the hill area and ensure their safety...

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Landslides kill 4 as rain wreaks havoc

The death toll from disasters unleashed by the latest depression from the Bay of Bengal climbed to 15 on Sunday amid record rainfalls that triggered landslides and flash floods in the country’s northeast region, especially in Sylhet.

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Lessons from Nepal’s landslides

A TEAM of Bangladeshi development professionals recently visited Nepal to study its disaster risk management strategies, particularly in managing landslide risks through anticipatory action. The aim was...

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Indonesia landslide toll rises to 22 as search paused

The death toll from a landslide on Indonesia’s main island of Java rose to 22 with four people still missing on Thursday, officials said, as rescuers raced against time and bad weather to find survivors.

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Nine killed in Vanuatu quake

Rescue teams dug for survivors trapped in crumpled buildings in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday after a powerful earthquake killed at least nine people, burying some in rubble and landslides...

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6m children in SE Asia affected by Yagi disaster

Deadly floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have affected nearly six million children across Southeast Asia, the UN said Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster rose...

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Landslides kill six amid heavy rain

At least six people, three each from two families, including four children, were killed in two separate landslides triggered by extremely heavy rain that continued in the coastal district of...

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Hanoi river level hits 20-year high as SE Asia typhoon toll nears 200

Residents of Vietnam’s capital waded through waist-deep water on Wednesday as river levels hit a 20-year high and the toll from the area’s strongest typhoon in decades rose to at least 179, with neighbouring nations also enduring deadly flooding and landslides...

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Ten dead in Ethiopia landslide

Ten people have been killed in a landslide in northern Ethiopia’s Amhara region, according to local state media, the latest natural disaster to strike the country.

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China landslide kills 15

A landslide caused by flooding in central China’s Hunan province destroyed a guesthouse and killed 15 people on Sunday, state media reported.

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11 dead in Vietnam landslide 3 die in Japan

A landslide triggered by heavy rains buried and killed at least 11 people who were travelling in a van in northern Vietnam, the country’s disaster management authority...

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Govt negligence accounts for much of reasons for hill landslide

THE construction of settlements at the foot or on the slope of hills without proper planning, the cutting of hills and the felling of trees on or around the hills are three major reasons for landslide that leaves people dead every year. Experts sound warnings almost every year. The authorities responsible for preventing such disasters all know this...

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11 people dead, 35 missing after Indonesia landslide

At least 11 people are dead and 35 more are missing after heavy rains caused a landslide near an illegal gold mine on Indonesia’s central island of Sulawesi, an official said Monday....

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Floods, landslides kill 14 in Nepal

Lashing rains in Nepal causing flash floods and landslides have killed at least 14 people across the country, with disaster teams searching for nine missing, police said on Sunday....