A fun day on the mountain turned into a life-or-death situation when a massive avalanche struck—burying one of our own. With ...

The avalanche that buried the village of Langtang was similarly catastrophic, as the avalanche fell over 3,000m and carried nearly as much force as the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Unfortunately, the people ...

Studying this kind of disaster isn't easy, partly because such "ice-rock-debris" avalanches often occur in isolated areas so gathering good data is a challenge.

Scientists had foretold the tragedy of Dharali and Harsil, but heedless governments see only tourism moolah, writes Rashme ...

The Interior Department is spotting fires and plans to quell avalanches with its new flock of unmanned aerial vehicles cast off by the Defense Department, Federal Times reported Feb. 9. “We got some ...

In August 2024, a landslide at Kampala's largest landfill killed at least 34 people. But there's still been no compensation ...

Shillong, August 20 (IANS): Meghalaya has emerged as the frontrunner among Northeastern states in adopting and effectively using the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)-based integrated disaster warning ...