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A landslide triggered by heavy rains destroyed Tarasin village in Sudan’s Central Darfur, killing over 1,000 people, according to the Sudan Liberation Movement-Army. The village was completely wiped out, with only one survivor. Appeals for international aid have been made

Wayanad tragedy yet again calls for urgent restructuring of development strategies to better preserve the ecological integrity of these areas

The combined death toll in both countries surpassed 28,000 and incidents like these throw light on what impact a natural disaster can have.

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has expressed shock over the floods in Uttarakhand. Terming the natural disaster as an unfortunate incident, he expressed profound condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the disaster. He prayed that the people in the flood-affected areas escape the fury and reach safer areas.   […]

The storm triggered floods, landslides and blackouts before moving out to sea early Friday, where it rapidly weakened to a Category Three system.

Rocks rained down on the barracks of a military station in Quang Tri province, with 22 soldiers believed to have been buried underneath thick mud, an official government website said.