Hundreds of vehicles were stranded as road clearing operations were underway, said the officials.
Three persons have been killed in the mudlslide in Haflong revenue circle and 57,119 people are affected in seven districts of Assam.
According to the state disaster management authority, two people, identified as Rohit Kshiar and Dilibon Tangsang, were killed while two houses and two shops...
The landslide struck the highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, at Dewal near Samroli around 2.45 am, the officials...
The Rio de Janeiro state government confirmed the rising loss of life, with many feared buried in mud beneath the German-influenced city nestled in the...
Many of the houses in the neighborhood hit are of wooden construction, and more than 60 homes were evacuated as teams assessed the damage and risks.
Pilgrimage through the new track to the shrine was also affected due to landslides triggered by overnight rains.
Climate-linked geological changes like iceberg calving, landslides, sea-level rise can increase the threat of tsunamis
Over 100 trucks are stranded between Chanderkote and Ramsu and efforts by the road clearance agencies are on to make the road trafficable.
The train service between the 136-km Banihal-Baramulla Section was also suspended due to the inclement weather conditions, the officials said.
Four people were killed, two injured and at least one more is still feared trapped under the debris at the mining site following a landslide at the site on...
The additional assistance is over and above the funds released by the Centre to the states in the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), already placed at the...
Active cases jumped from 31,493 on April 3 to 4,38,913 on May 14 in Kerala and the huge spike in infections put the health system at risk.
The disastrous landslide was primarily caused by the mountain cutting which is being carried out near Kandaghat by the contractors and agencies engaged by NHAI...
The corpses were pulled out of the rubble by rescuers a short distance away from their village on Thursday.
The Jammu-Srinagar national highway is the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country.
At least 88 people lost their lives in the recent incidents of flood, landslides and inundation that hit different parts of Nepal, following incessant rains...
Incessant rains continued to lash various parts of the state, razing houses to the ground and leaving many trapped in the debris.
Kerala has reported 22 deaths in incidents related to heavy rains, including landslides and flash floods, since Saturday.
The toll from disastrous flooding caused by heavy rains and landslides in hilly areas of two central Kerala districts rose to 23 as rescue workers recovered...
A recent book revisits Y.S. Parmar’s vision of development for the ecologically sensitive hill state that favoured small hydro-power projects over mega dams
Dr Rachna Gupta, a journalist-turned–member of Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC), looks at Dr YS Pradahan's model for the development of the...
Thick fog engulfing the hills for the past 24 hours created havoc trouble for the travellers which also resulted in several road accidents. Few of these were...
A section of mountain on the outskirts of Mexico City gave way Friday, plunging rocks the size of small homes onto a densely populated neighborhood and leaving...
The National Highway remains blocked due to the debris falling on the road and also caving in a portion of the NH at the affected site.