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Landslide & Avalanche

Rain, rain, go away

thestar.com.my
yesterday
        

Only one of the two lanes in Jalan Tun Sardon is currently opened to the public as repair work is underway to build retaining wall and gabion wall to prevent further landslides. RESIDENTS in Balik Pulau, Penang, are living in...

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Judge approves cost of La Conchita erosion study

tmcnet.com
yesterday
        

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 11--A Ventura County judge on Friday authorized the expenditure of $75,000 for an engineering study in preparation for a November court hearing over residents' demands for erosion-control work...

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A Reporter’s Investigation Exposed a Scandal

chinadigitaltimes.net
Oct 11, 2008
        

A Reporter's Investigation Exposed a Scandal Originally from Dayang Net. Partially translated by Wu Nan. Last week China's State Council formed a special investigative team to examine a landslide accident in Loufan county of...

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Dan Botwe consoles family of landslide victims

ghanaweb.com
Oct 10, 2008
        

Nyensi, (E/R), Oct. 10, GNA - Mr Dan Kwaku Botwe, New Patriotic Party Parliamentary Candidate for Okere, on Thursday visited the family of the three people who were killed by a landslide to console them. The three, Doris Yaa...

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Severe Storms Bring Gusty Winds, Rain To Area

cfnews13.com
Oct 10, 2008
        

SEMINOLE COUNTY -- Central Florida took a pounding with severe storms Thursday. The owner of a carwash at French Avenue and 24th Street said it took just 15 minutes before the whole lot was flooded. Car Swallowed Up By Sinkhole...

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Can’t top this

thenewstribune.com
Oct 9, 2008 2 related
        

Climbers celebrate summit of Rainier with reflection, cartwheels – and a nap CRAIG HILL; The News Tribune It’s 9 a.m., and we can see for 100 miles in any direction. When this group of novice climbers set the goal of summiting...

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NEPAL: Huge challenges in preparing for natural disasters

irinnews.org
Oct 8, 2008 1 related
        

KATHMANDU , 8 October 2008 (IRIN) - Nepal is becoming a disaster hotspot, with natural hazards increasing over the past two decades, according to aid agencies. Floods, landslides, fire, cyclonic winds, hailstorms, drought and...

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Cyclones in the Indian Ocean: Facts and figures

scidev.net
Oct 8, 2008 1 related
        

High winds during cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, May 2008 Greg O'Hare explains the what, why, when and how of cyclones, and reviews their effects in South Asia. Yet despite these common features, tropical cyclones in South Asia...

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Landslide killed three

ghanaweb.com
Oct 7, 2008
        

Yensi(E/R), Oct. 7, GNA - Three hours of rain on Monday at the Akuapem North District led to a landslide, which killed two women and a child at Yensi , a village off the Koforidua to Adukrom road. The dead were Doris Yaa...

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Gabion wall for landslide-prone stretch

thestar.com.my
Oct 7, 2008
        

THE Public Works Department (JKR) is building a retaining wall at the 4.9th kilometre of Jalan Tun Sardon in Penang to prevent a recurrence of landslides there during heavy rain. Penang Public Works, Utilities and...

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