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3 killed in Turkey landslides
Rize :: Turkey | 6 days ago
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Landslides razed several houses in mountainous north-eastern Turkey on Saturday, killing at least three people, Anatolia news agency reported. Two victims were crushed to death when a large rock smashed their house in the Black Sea port city of Trabzon,...
Tags: Turkey, Rize, Landslide, Trabzon, Black Sea Region, Anatolia, Rize Province, Giresun, Disaster Accident, Environment
Cumbria, England, devastated by flood
Cockermouth :: United Kingdom | 6 days ago
Credibility A massive cleanup operation was under way in Cumbria, England, after a foot of rain smashed bridges and left craters in roads, officials said. The town of Cockermouth, on the River Cocker, was particularly devastated, said emergency officials, who set...
Tags: Cumbria, England, Workington, urgently checked, United Kingdom, Cockermouth, Environment, Disaster Accident, Weather, Brecon, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service, River Usk, Flood, Home insurance, Rize, Human Interest, Landslide, United Kingdom floods, River Derwent Cumbria, River Cocker, Floods, Comparative mythology, Hydrology, Fertile Crescent, Environmental soil science, Environment Agency, Deluge myth, Flood warning, Insurance, Powys, Mesopotamian mythology
Bid for cluster approach
Lami :: Fiji Islands | 7 days ago
Credibility United Nations Office of Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs), during a four-day Disaster Management Exercise held at the Novotel Convention Centre in Lami yesterday. In this approach, each cluster comprises agencies whose mandates complement the mission...
Tags: Disaster Management Exercise, Fiji Islands, Lami, Aid, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Sanitation, Emergency management, Disaster Accident, Environment, Disasters, Humanitarian aid, Weather, Landslide
China's Three Gorges dam in trouble
Shanghai :: China | 8 days ago
Credibility It will now require $25bn more than the initial cost of $25bn to resettle people displaced by the project and to fill the reservoir with enough water.
Tags: China, Hubei Province, Gorges Dam, Shanghai, Yangtze River, Three Gorges Dam, Chongqing, Dam, Environment, Three Gorges, Hubei, Provinces of the People's Republic of China, Social Issues, Hydropower, Yuan, Caijing, Landslide, Environmental issues with the Three Gorges Dam, Disaster Accident, Industry of China
Families to flee The Great Crack of Pennan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 8 days ago
Credibility Published Date: 19 November 2009 THE residents of the Local Hero village of Pennan were last night told they may have to leave their homes for up to a week because of the threat of a landslide blocking the only access road to the coastal community.
Tags: Pennan, cliff face, Afghanistan, Kabul, Aberdeenshire, Disaster Accident, Local Hero, Landslide
Local Hero village may be evacuated over landslide
Glasgow :: United Kingdom | 9 days ago
Credibility Residents in Pennan, Aberdeenshire, were warned that cliffs above the village were on the verge of collapse after heavy rain, with a 25 metre long crack appearing. The cliffs collapsed in 2007, covering the village in tonnes of mud and rock. Yesterday...
Tags: United Kingdom, Glasgow, Environment, Pennan, Local Hero, Landslide, Disaster Accident, Aberdeenshire, Hospitality Recreation, Entertainment Culture
Floods inundate thousands of homes
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 10 days ago
Credibility A resident of the regency capital Pasir Pengarayan Junianto said floods as high as an adult's waist and incessant rain in a number of areas had disrupted the daily activities of thousands of residents. "In several villages on the outskirts of Pasir Pengarayan,...
Tags: Pasir Pengarayan Junianto, Indonesia, Jakarta, Landslide, Flood, Rokan Hulu, Banyumas Regency, Disaster, Disaster Accident, Environment, Weather, Pekanbaru, Kampar Regency, Subdistricts of Riau, Provinces of Indonesia, Riau
PHILIPPINES: Storm-Hit City under Constant Threat of Landslides
Baguio :: Philippines | 10 days ago
Credibility The storm has long subsided, and the torrential rains�which battered this city known for its pristine charm and stately pine trees last month�have been gone for weeks. Yet fear still looms large over a community that had lost their homes from the onslaught...
Tags: Baguio City, city government, Philippines, development plans, Faye Apil, Baguio Agenda, Baguio Congressional, local government, Baguio, Pacific typhoon season, Typhoons in the Philippines, Landslide, Disaster Accident, Environment
Massive landslide kills 23 in North China
Beijing :: China | 10 days ago
Credibility The 'massive' landslide, which took place Monday morning, buried five homes in the Zhangzishan township of Zhongyang county, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. Rescuers retrieved 12 bodies Monday, and by early Tuesday, had found an additional 11. Two...
Tags: Xinhua News Agency, North China, China, Beijing, Environmental soil science, Landslide, Shanxi, Disaster Accident, Social Issues, Environment, Shanxi mine blast, Media of the People's Republic of China, Luliang
Thousands of Banyumas residents demand relocation site
Banyumas :: Indonesia | 11 days ago
Credibility Kartono, one of the residents, said that he feared heavy rainfall might cause a landslide in the village. “Land movement at Gandusari village has caused some parts of my home to crack,” Kartono said. Another resident Tarsiyah said that she could not sleep...
Tags: Banyumas, relocating site, Indonesia, Natural disaster, Emergency management, Banyumas Regency, Landslide, Disaster, Disaster Accident, Environment
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