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DISASTER5h agoNepal’s Deadly Floods Put China and India on EdgeGeopolitical conflict will only get worse with climate change.Foreign Policy
DISASTER5h agoNepal-China floods highlight a growing front of the climate change crisisOn August 26, a section of glacier collapsed at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres on the Nepalese side of the Himalayas. The falling ice and rock accelerated down a steep valley at about 50 metres per second, scouring debris and transforming into a high-speed mudslide that slammed into Gyirong Port on the Chinese side just seven minutes later. The force of the flow largely buried and obliterated the border facilities. Hundreds of people, many of them travellers, remain missing on the Chinese...South China Morning Post
DISASTER12h agoPower failure halts trams running between Hong Kong’s Wan Chai and AdmiraltyTram services between Wan Chai and Admiralty in Hong Kong were suspended Tuesday night due to a power failure, the second such incident in two days. The Transport Department issued a special traffic bulletin at 9.37pm, saying it had been notified by Hong Kong Tramways that eastbound and westbound services between Admiralty MTR station and Tonnochy Road were suspended because of an electricity fault. It marked the second consecutive day of tram disruptions. On Monday night, services on the...South China Morning Post
DISASTER13h agoChina-Nepal floods: first research shows that no one could have outrun debris flowNot even the world’s fastest sprinters could have outrun the devastating floodwaters that struck a border crossing between China and Nepal last week, according to one of the first peer-reviewed assessments of the disaster. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) calculated that the surface velocity of the debris flow was 19 metres per second (62 feet per second) when it struck the checkpoint at Gyirong Port in Tibet. This is almost twice Usain Bolt’s average speed when he set the...South China Morning Post
DISASTER14h agoPhilippine capital’s ‘acutely unhealthy’ air due to Indonesian haze spurs warningsSouth China Morning Post
DISASTER15h ago‘Literally Tasting The Smoke’, Malaysians Lament As Haze WorsensChannels TV
DISASTER15h agoGlacier risk hangs over China-Nepal border as region remembers mudslide victimsResidents and rescuers in the Tibet autonomous region paused for three minutes on Tuesday morning to remember the victims of last week’s mudslide disaster. Sirens sounded for three minutes from 9.55am at the Gyirong Port police station, with similar memorials at rescue and road-reopening sites throughout the region, according to state broadcaster CCTV. More than 1,000 people died and thousands remain missing along the China-Nepal border area after a glacier collapsed at Langtang Lirung on the...South China Morning Post
DISASTER16h agoHeavy rain in Fukui, number of flooded homes increases to 165; acceptance of disaster waste beginsAsahi Shimbun
DISASTER18h ago103 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake, bereaved families attend a grand memorial service; a memorial ceremony for the Korean massacre also heldAsahi Shimbun
DISASTER18h agoAll students of the fire-damaged Takinogawa Third Elementary School begin attending 'temporary school building' in Kita Ward, TokyoAsahi Shimbun
DISASTERBREAKING18h agoChina-Nepal flood toll tops 1,000 as tunnel rescue offers last hopeLe Monde [en]
DISASTERBREAKING19h agoMie, Ise shopping street fire, 58 buildings damaged, 4300 square meters burnedAsahi Shimbun
DISASTER19h agoDeath toll from devastating floods in China and Nepal surpasses 1,000Al Jazeera [en]
DISASTER20h ago‘Unprecedented’ path: revived Typhoon Saudel eyes eastern and southern ChinaSouth China Morning Post
DISASTERBREAKING20h agoDeath toll passes 1,000 from catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China, officials sayEuroNews [en]
DISASTER21h agoHow catastrophic flash flood unfolded at remote Nepal-China border pointBBC World
DISASTERBREAKING21h agoMore than 1,000 dead from catastrophic Nepal-China floodsJapan Today
DISASTER23h agoSouth Korea to send 44 - member disaster relief team to Nepal after floodsSouth Korea plans to deploy a 44-member disaster relief team to Nepal following floods. This action provides international humanitarian aid in response to a natural disaster.whtc.com · United States