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LANDSLIDES

Officials from the Meteorological Agency and the land ministry hold a news conference on Saturday and urge people in Tohoku to be on alert for Tropical Storm Maria, which is forecast to make landfall in the region on Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2024
Tropical Storm Maria set for rare Tohoku landfall from Pacific coast
Total rainfall in the area could exceed the average amount seen for the entire month of August in a normal year, the Meteorological Agency said.
Members of rescue teams cross a temporary bridge after multiple landslides in the hills in Wayanad district, in the southern state of Kerala, India, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2024
Indian soldiers building metal bridge to area affected by landslides
Landslides in the Kerala area destroyed the original bridge, then rising waters washed away a makeshift bridge.
An excavator digs next to a damaged building after several landslides hit the southern state of Kerala, India, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 1, 2024
Hopes of finding survivors fade in India's Kerala following landslides
India's weather department has forecast more heavy rain over the next 24 hours for the area.
A rescuer walks past a damaged car at a landslide site in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 31, 2024
Over 100 killed after landslides strike India tea estates
Climate change has exacerbated the monsoon rains that are crucial to the water supplies in the southern India state.
Rescue workers help residents move to a safer location after multiple landslides in India's southern state of Kerala on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 30, 2024
Landslide death toll in India's Kerala jumps to at least 41
India's southern Kerala state is prone to heavy rain and flooding.
A photo provided by a local resident shows buildings in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, damaged by a landslide on Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2024
Three found dead after landslide near Matsuyama Castle
Rescue workers had been searching for three people who were living in a wooden house that collapsed after the landslide in Ehime Prefecture.
A photo supplied by a local resident shows buildings in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, damaged by a landslide on Friday.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 12, 2024
Search on for family of three after landslide in Matsuyama
Heavy rain since late Wednesday led to the 4 a.m. landslide that originated from the eastern side of Matsuyama Castle's main keep, which is under restoration.
National Route 226 in the city of Kagoshima is seen covered in debris from a landslide on Friday morning.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2024
Warnings of heavy rain, flooding and landslides issued for Kagoshima
The Meteorological Agency said there is a risk of rain-induced disasters due to the formation of linear rain bands driven by an active seasonal rain front.
Locals dig during search-and-rescue efforts at the site of a landslide at Yambali village in the region of Maip Mulitaka in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province on May 30.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2024
'High likelihood' of more landslides at Papua New Guinea disaster site
Locals' continued recovery efforts could provoke another landslide in the area, and relocating them should be "non-negotiable," government experts said.
This handout photo taken on May 28 shows locals digging at the site of a landslide at Yambali village in the region of Maip Mulitaka, in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 29, 2024
'A mountain fell on them,' says rescue worker at PNG landslide site
Rescue officials say chances of finding survivors are slim.
Locals gather amid the damage after a landslide in Maip Mulitaka, Enga province, Papua New Guinea, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 27, 2024
More than 2,000 buried alive in Papua New Guinea landslide
Treacherous terrain, a remote location and water flowing under the debris, make it extremely dangerous to search for survivors.
Locals gather to help in the search effort after a landslide that hit in Papua New Guinea's Enga province on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 26, 2024
More than 670 estimated dead in Papua New Guinea landslide: U.N.
The unforgiving terrain, damaged roads and an outbreak of tribal violence nearby have seriously hamstrung efforts to get help into the disaster zone.
A monument for the Great Kanto Earthquake on the premises of the education ministry in Tokyo
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2024
Use of disaster monument symbols expanding five years after launch
As of March, the number of these symbols put on maps maintained by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan has surpassed 2,000 nationwide.
Jamoliddin Makhmaliyev sits with his grandson and granddaughters in front of his new house in the village of Khuroson, some 70 kilometers south of the Tajikistan capital Dushanbe, on March 26. “We lived in fear, until the day the mountain collapsed and destroyed our house,” recalls his wife Yodgoroy. Tajikistan is the Central Asian country most vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Apr 17, 2024
Tajikistan builds villages for climate migrants fleeing fatal landslides
The former Soviet country says it relocated 45,000 people between 2000 and 2017, and that tens of thousands of others are waiting their turn.
Palm trees in strong winds as the second and more powerful of two atmospheric river storms arrives to Santa Barbara, California, on Sunday
WORLD / Society
Feb 6, 2024
Pacific storm batters California with high winds, flooding and mudslides
The storm system, caused by dense moisture from the subtropical waters around Hawaii, is affecting areas that are home to some 35 million people.
According to the Nara Prefectural Police and other sources, a slope about 5 meters high and 20 to 30 meters wide along National Route 169 collapsed, blocking the road with mud.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 25, 2023
Multiple cars may be caught in landslide in Nara Prefecture
According to authorities, a slope collapsed, blocking areas along the national road with mud.
Flooding from heavy rains is seen in Mobara, Chiba Prefecture, on Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2023
Record rain in parts of Japan after tropical storm
Mobara, Chiba Prefecture, recorded 392 millimeters of rain overnight into Saturday — the largest amount to hit the city in a 24-hour span since 1976.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 15, 2023
Heavy rains and flooding leave at least 22 dead in South Korea
South Korea is at the peak of its summer monsoon season and there has been heavy rainfall for the last three days, triggering widespread flooding and landslides.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2023
Death toll from southwestern Japan rain rises to seven
Five were found dead in Fukuoka Prefecture, and the other two were found in neighboring Saga Prefecture.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
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