More than 3,000 persons were rescued in quake-hit areas of Sikkim by defence forces which scrambled hard to clear debris of collapsed structures and landslides as the death toll in Sunday's powerfu

Gangtok: Battling landslides and torrential rains in quake-hit Sikkim, rescue teams got into full swing on Monday as the death toll in the 6.8 magnitude temblor mounted to 72, including 41 in the Himalayan state.

Nine persons have been killed including four in Kathmandu Valley in the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Nepal Sunday evening.

There persons of a family were killed and another one injured when their house was swept away by a landslide in Rasnalu VDC in Ramechhap district on Saturday night.

A landslide caused by heavy rain plowed into two small factories in northwestern China, killing at least 10 people and leaving 22 others missing, state-run media reported.

At least seven people were killed and over a dozen injured when their houses were hit by landslides triggered by torrential rainfall in Ruinibang bazaar in Rolpa district in the wee hours of Saturd

Monsoon rains, floods and mudslides in Thailand have killed at least 98 people since July, including a French tourist, authorities said on Friday, posing a test for the new government of Prime Mini

Heavy rains and flooding since the weekend killed six people, destroyed thousands of hectares of crops and damaged homes in Vietnam’s north and central regions, the government said Wednesday.

The National Institute of Infotech & Management (NIIM), Shillong is holding the 2nd National Congress on Indian Landslides with a two-day programme from tomorrow at the Indian Institute of Entr

There is a need to safeguard every water body, every channel, drain and nullah, and every catchment area
Even as I was writing this, my city, Delhi, was drowning. It had been raining since early morning and four hours of rainfall brought the city to a standstill. The Meteorological Department recorded 60 mm of rainfall in just about six hours, 90 mm in 24 hours, and with this the city made up its deficit of rainfall of the season. In other words, in just about 24 hours, Delhi and its surrounding areas got half as much rain as they would in the entire month of September.