The word tsunami comes from the Japanese for "harbor wave ... meteotsunami because they are caused not by underwater earthquakes or landslides but by metrological conditions.
He appealed to the people to extend all support to the govt to prevent catastrophes such as landslides. He said the govt has asked experts from Madras IIT to undertake soil test in the locality.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the northern Philippines on Wednesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said, as authorities warned of damage and aftershock from the tremor.
The earthquakes weren’t the only threat. They triggered a cascade of landslides, particularly in the picturesque Nam Tra My district. The force of nature was raw and terrifying. Large boulders, ...
Ashok Dahal, a young researcher from Nepal, together with an international team at the University of Twente, has developed a new method to better predict landslides after severe earthquakes.
The Philippines and Japan are some of the countries that are considered most vulnerable to landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunami, and typhoons. The Takino Filter uses mat made of water ...
KAMPALA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The death toll from a landslide triggered by heavy rain in eastern Uganda has climbed to 17, a government spokesperson said on Friday, with more than 100 others missing.
Indonesian rescuers are searching for passengers trapped in a minibus buried in mud after flash floods and landslides hit several locations in North Sumatra province, killing at least 27, an official ...