Heavy rain threw normal life out of gear in several parts of the state, triggering landslides, uprooting trees and disrupting power supply.

Cloudburst at two places in Chamoli district led to extensive damage to property and blockade of 32 internal roads early on Monday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An interim report submitted by a team of scientists to study landslides in Kozhikode revealed that the landslides were man-made though intense rains added to the woes.

A landslide destroyed nearly 300 homes, killing at least 10 people, as it swept through an Afghan village where residents were using only basic digging tools to search for survivors, officials said

While the Uttarakhand government is keen to encourage tourists, it needs to figure out how many people the hills can withstand at once

Bageshwar: Heavy rainfall followed by landslide wreaked havoc in Bageshwar. Several parked vehicles were buried under rubble near Saryu river on Tuesday.

Tripura flood situation grim

The aim of this study is to investigate the differences in the mappable characteristics of earthquake-triggered and rainfall triggered landslides in terms of their frequency-area relationships, spatial distributions and relation with causal factors, and to evaluate whether separate susceptibility maps generated for specific landslide size and triggering mechanism are better than a generic landslide susceptibility assessment including all landslide sizes and triggers.

KOCHI: Heavy rains continue to wreak havoc causing damage to 28 houses in the district on Monday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The monsoon brought winds gusting up to a maximum speed of 81kmph on Saturday triggering widespread tree fall and power failure in various parts of the state.

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