Every morning, Nepali primary school teacher Bina Tamang steps outside her home and checks the rain gauge, part of an early warning system in one of the world's most landslide-prone regions. Tamang ...

A recent study found that the number of reported landslides started to increase in the 1980s and has skyrocketed in recent ...

Local and visiting researchers, along with city and state agency representatives, discussed landslide hazard mitigation and demonstrated a community sharing of knowledge during a forum held last week ...

The Barry Arm landslide is enormous—about 500 million cubic meters of rock, roughly the size of a city block and enough material to bury Manhattan under a 200‑foot layer of debris. The slope has been ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 (Bernama) -- Nearly 3,000 square kilometres (km²) of landslide-prone areas nationwide have been mapped as part of the government’s efforts to strengthen slope management and ...

The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) held discussions with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) to establish a collaborative partnership to strengthen rainfall forecasting ...

Nepal is especially vulnerable due to unstable geology, shifting rainfall patterns and poorly planned development - Copyright AFP Prakash MATHEMA Nepal is especially ...

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Eventually, the system will deliver a continuously updated landslide risk map, helping decision makers and residents take preventive actions and make evacuation plans. The system "need not be ...

Every morning, Nepali primary school teacher Bina Tamang steps outside her home and checks the rain gauge, part of an early warning system in one of the world's most landslide-prone regions. The ...