Landslides have blocked the Baltistan Highway in Gilgit-Baltistan, cutting off key districts and resulting in casualties. A foreign woman tragically lost her life, and four others were injured in separate incidents over the past 24 hours, according to local police sources. The latest landslide occurred at the Muloopa area, completely halting traffic and isolating four […]
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Tajikistan says eight killed in landslides
Dushanbe: Tajikistan’s government said on Wednesday that eight people had died and many properties were devastated in landslides in different parts of the country following heavy rainfall. Fatal landslides affect mountainous Central Asian Tajikistan every year around springtime, blocking off important roads in a country lacking transport infrastructure and forcing families to rebuild homes from […]
Disaster-hit Japan braces for powerful typhoon
JIJI PRESS/AFP/File / – Typhoon Jongdari is expected to cross parts of Japan already devastated by floods and landslides A powerful typhoon hurtled towards Japan Saturday, with western areas recently devastated by floods and landslides in the storm’s cross-hairs. Typhoon Jongdari, packing winds of up to 180 kilometres (110 miles) an hour, is forecast to make […]