Landslip

The arterial Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the second day on Friday due to landslip at various places, officials said.

With the death of a woman in a landslip early Friday, the death count in rain-related incident in the twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi this week has risen to eight.

Incessant rains lashed several parts of Kerala since November 12 night, causing water-logging in low lying areas and minor landslips in high ranges as weatherman sounded an 'orange alert' for six districts predicting very heavy rainfall there.

At first they are all looking skywards, mobile phone cameras pointed in the same direction and then it happened: triggered by a landslip, boulders are seen rolling downhill on a national highway in Uttarakahnd with people scrambling to safer areas.

Two people died in Italy and eight were missing in France on Saturday after storms, torrential rain and flash floods battered the border area, washing away roads and houses, cutting off whole villages and triggering landslips, as hundreds of rescuers raced to find stranded survivors.

Monsoon 2020: Flood-like situation and landslides ravaged several parts of Karnataka. Many places in coastal and north interior regions of the state have been affected. While most of the rivers in these regions are swollen due to continuous showers in the catchment areas, there are reports of landslips in hilly regions of Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru.

At least ten people were killed on Sunday in landslides caused by incessant rains across Nepal, taking the total number of fatalities due to landslips to 54 in last three days.

Fifteen people were killed in a landslide caused by incessant rains in western Nepal on Saturday, taking the total number of fatalities due to the landslips in the last 48 hours in the country to 37, the home ministry said.

A red alert, warning about likelihood of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall, has been issued for fourdistricts in Kerala where heavy rains, gusty winds and widespread landslips have wreaked havoc in several areas, including tourist destinations of Wayanad and Idukki, after the second spell of the south-west monsoon intensified.

As water levels continue to rise in rivers and reservoirs of Kerala, a third red alert has been issued for Idukki reservoir and the shutter of one of the dams will be opened again today to maintain the water level. Four naval teams and a Sea King helicopter have been sent to Wayanad to evacuate stranded people. Army has deployed over 200 personnel ...

The train services in Asansol division of the Eastern Railway were today affected following a landslip at the edge of a minor road overbridge near Kulti station due to rain, an ER spokesperson said today.

A landslip caused by heavy rains Tuesday caused three carriages of a Paris suburban RER train to overturn, slightly injuring seven people, France's transport minister said.

At least 5,000 people in New Zealand's South Island were cut off by massive landslips and hundreds of tourists stranded on Wednesday after former cyclone Gita whipped through the country, sparking a state of emergency in several southern towns.

Heavy rains continued to batter Kerala on Sunday causing widespread damage, landslip and waterlogging in various parts with the state government announcing a holiday today in educational institutes.

Heavy rain today lashed Kerala causing widspread damage, landslip and waterlogging in various parts. With the South West monsoon active over the state, incessant rains triggered landslip in the tribal hamlet of Attappady and adjacent areas in Palakkad district this morning but no one was injured, officials said.

The arterial Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the second day on Friday due to landslip at various places, officials said.

With the death of a woman in a landslip early Friday, the death count in rain-related incident in the twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi this week has risen to eight.

Incessant rains lashed several parts of Kerala since November 12 night, causing water-logging in low lying areas and minor landslips in high ranges as weatherman sounded an 'orange alert' for six districts predicting very heavy rainfall there.

At first they are all looking skywards, mobile phone cameras pointed in the same direction and then it happened: triggered by a landslip, boulders are seen rolling downhill on a national highway in Uttarakahnd with people scrambling to safer areas.

Two people died in Italy and eight were missing in France on Saturday after storms, torrential rain and flash floods battered the border area, washing away roads and houses, cutting off whole villages and triggering landslips, as hundreds of rescuers raced to find stranded survivors.

Monsoon 2020: Flood-like situation and landslides ravaged several parts of Karnataka. Many places in coastal and north interior regions of the state have been affected. While most of the rivers in these regions are swollen due to continuous showers in the catchment areas, there are reports of landslips in hilly regions of Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru.

At least ten people were killed on Sunday in landslides caused by incessant rains across Nepal, taking the total number of fatalities due to landslips to 54 in last three days.

Fifteen people were killed in a landslide caused by incessant rains in western Nepal on Saturday, taking the total number of fatalities due to the landslips in the last 48 hours in the country to 37, the home ministry said.

A red alert, warning about likelihood of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall, has been issued for fourdistricts in Kerala where heavy rains, gusty winds and widespread landslips have wreaked havoc in several areas, including tourist destinations of Wayanad and Idukki, after the second spell of the south-west monsoon intensified.

As water levels continue to rise in rivers and reservoirs of Kerala, a third red alert has been issued for Idukki reservoir and the shutter of one of the dams will be opened again today to maintain the water level. Four naval teams and a Sea King helicopter have been sent to Wayanad to evacuate stranded people. Army has deployed over 200 personnel ...

The train services in Asansol division of the Eastern Railway were today affected following a landslip at the edge of a minor road overbridge near Kulti station due to rain, an ER spokesperson said today.

A landslip caused by heavy rains Tuesday caused three carriages of a Paris suburban RER train to overturn, slightly injuring seven people, France's transport minister said.

At least 5,000 people in New Zealand's South Island were cut off by massive landslips and hundreds of tourists stranded on Wednesday after former cyclone Gita whipped through the country, sparking a state of emergency in several southern towns.

Heavy rains continued to batter Kerala on Sunday causing widespread damage, landslip and waterlogging in various parts with the state government announcing a holiday today in educational institutes.

Heavy rain today lashed Kerala causing widspread damage, landslip and waterlogging in various parts. With the South West monsoon active over the state, incessant rains triggered landslip in the tribal hamlet of Attappady and adjacent areas in Palakkad district this morning but no one was injured, officials said.