At least 16 dead, several stranded as blizzard sweeps through US

The winter storm also left more than 7,00,000 persons without power supply on Christmas eve.

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· Dec 25, 2022 · 11:14 am

Indonesia earthquake toll rises to 310, over 36,000 residents displaced

The tremors of magnitude of 5.6 hit Cianjur region in the country’s West Java province on Tuesday.

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· Nov 26, 2022 · 12:57 pm

The devastation in Java shows how dangerous shallow earthquakes can be

Though the Cianjur quake measured 5.6 on the Richter scale, its shallow depth of 10 km ended up causing far more destruction.

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Mudrik Rahmawan Daryono, The Conversation

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· Nov 25, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Two earthquakes strike coast off Solomon Islands, buildings damaged

A tsunami warning that was issued in the morning was withdrawn in the afternoon.

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· Nov 22, 2022 · 09:44 am

Indonesia earthquake: Toll rises to 268, over 13,000 taken to evacuation centres

The country’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency has said that 151 persons are still missing while 1,083 are injured.

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· Nov 22, 2022 · 09:28 am

Uttarkashi avalanche toll rises to 26 as seven more bodies recovered

Three trainee mountaineers are still missing.

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· Oct 07, 2022 · 02:12 pm

Uttarkashi avalanche toll rises to 16, trekking banned for three days due to rain alert

Twenty-nine trainees of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering are stranded in the hills.

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· Oct 06, 2022 · 01:49 pm

Uttarakhand: Woman who climbed Mt Everest among those killed in Danda-2 peak avalanche

Nehru Institute of Mountaineering has said that 10 bodies have been spotted out of which four have been recovered.

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· Oct 05, 2022 · 06:36 pm

Uttarakhand: 10 mountaineers dead as avalanche hits Danda-2 peak

Eight persons have been rescued.

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· Oct 04, 2022 · 04:01 pm

China: 66 killed due to earthquake in Sichuan province

Landslides hampered traffic movement. Power connection and communication lines in villages near epicentre have been snapped.

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· Sep 06, 2022 · 12:41 pm

At least 13 dead after cloudburst near Amarnath cave in Jammu and Kashmir

The cloudburst occurred around 5.30 pm on Friday, resulting in heavy discharge of water in a canal adjoining the cave.

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· Jul 08, 2022 · 08:51 pm

155 children dead, 250 injured in Afghanistan earthquake, says UN

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake had hit southern Afghanistan provinces on June 22, leaving 1,150 dead and at least 1,600 injured.

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· Jun 27, 2022 · 06:44 pm