Landslides & Mudslides

4+ hour, 26+ min ago   (382+ words) Heavy rainfall has intensified landslide activity in Sikkim’s Gyalshing district, prompting authorities to evacuate 128 residents from 28 vulnerable houses in Rimbi as a precaution, officials said on Tuesday. The Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority said landslides had been reported in Singlitam…...

4+ hour, 26+ min ago   (652+ words) CHINA and Nepal have taken different approaches to information after a Himalayan flood, shaping what the public saw of a disaster that killed more than 1,400 people. The Aug 26 tsunami-like surge of water, mud and debris from a glacial mountain collapse…...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago   (295+ words) The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In the last few days, two really interesting and useful updates have been published covering the 3-4 October…...

4+ hour, 36+ min ago   (292+ words) An active landslide posing a severe risk to residents has forced 38 families to evacuate from Rimbi village in West Sikkim, as authorities stepped in on Tuesday to prevent further danger in the vulnerable area. Earlier on Monday, two houses were…...

42+ min ago   (189+ words) GANGTOK: Landslides were reported from Karmatar and Upper Bullung areas of West Sikkim, prompting rescue teams and local authorities to take precautionary measures, officials said on Tuesday. At Karmatar village, a landslide occurred beneath a local school at around 10.20 am…...

5+ hour, 34+ min ago   (168+ words) Garhwal Post DEHRADUN, 13 Sep: Social worker Anoop Nautiyal has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention following the August 13 incident inside an under-construction tunnel of the THDC Vishnugad–Pipalkoti Hydroelectric Project in Chamoli, Uttarakhand. He has sought an…...

5+ hour, 27+ min ago   (678+ words) Tauranga City Council is holding a Mauao recovery community update this Thursday where recovery manager Charlie Rahiri, Deputy Mayor Jen Scoular and Mayor Mahé Drysdale will speak. Tauranga City Council is hosting a Mauao recovery community update this Thursday evening…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (383+ words) Gangtok: Heavy rainfall has triggered heightened landslide activity in Sikkim’s Gyalshing district, particularly at Singlitam and Rimbi, forcing authorities to evacuate 28 houses comprising 128 people from vulnerable locations at Rimbi as precautionary measures, officials said on Tuesday. The Sikkim State Disaster…...

5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (130+ words) A landslide buried a house in Baitadi district on Monday night, putting an entire village at high risk and prompting authorities to urge ten families to move to safer ground. The landslide struck around 9pm in Lamuni village of Purchaudi Municipality…...

5+ hour, 39+ min ago   (382+ words) Heavy rainfall has triggered heightened landslide activity in Sikkim’s Gyalshing district, particularly at Singlitam and Rimbi, forcing authorities to evacuate 28 houses comprising 128 people from vulnerable locations at Rimbi as precautionary measures, officials said on Tuesday. The Sikkim State Disaster Management…...