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As the remnants of Cyclone Remal went towards Northeast India, heavy rainfall triggered landslides, killing 40 people. [48] Damage was particularly severe in the state of Mizoram where 30 people died, [49] including 17 due to the collapse of a stone quarry in Aizawl, with six others missing. [50] Landslides also blocked the National Highway 6. [51]
A stone quarry collapsed Tuesday in India’s northeast due to heavy rain triggered by a tropical storm, killing 17 quarry workers and leaving 12 missing, officials said. Senior police officer ...
On 23 August 2023, an under-construction railway bridge collapsed in northeastern Mizoram state of India. [1] At least 26 labourers working on the site were killed in the accident that took place around 9:30 a.m. local time at Sairang, a town about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Aizawl, the state capital.
Bangladesh(Rangamati, Chittagong and Bandarban),Northeast India Part of the 2017 North Indian Ocean cyclone season On 12 June 2017, heavy monsoon rain triggered a series of landslides and floods in Rangamati , Chittagong and Bandarban - three hilly districts of Bangladesh - and killed at least 152 people.
The Mizoram government expected that the cyclone could cause landslides and floods, so warnings were issued which advised residents to take precautions and preventive measures. The Indian Navy's Eastern fleet had was put on high alert to extend aid into Bangladesh.
A landslide in which the sliding surface is located within the soil mantle or weathered bedrock (typically to a depth from few decimeters to some meters) is called a shallow landslide. Debris slides and debris flows are usually shallow. Shallow landslides can often happen in areas that have slopes with high permeable soils on top of low ...
A large landslide entered Sullorsuaq Strait, generating a megatsunami which struck Alluttoq Island, where it had a run-up height of 45 to 70 metres (148 to 230 ft). [15] ~2800 BCE Zion Canyon, Utah, US: 0.286 km 3: Landslide created the currently level floor of Zion Canyon inside Zion National Park. [21] ~1920 BCE Jishi Gorge, Qinghai Province ...
Heavy rains battered Bangladesh beginning in early July, with the monthly rainfall in Cox's Bazar reaching 585 mm (23.0 in) by July 14. [1] Hundreds of makeshift tents collapsed in the Kutupalong and Nayapara refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. At least two children drowned in floods and 40,000 families were affected in the camps.