Retaining walls are designed to protect homes and roads from unstable slopes. However, when poorly designed or constructed without proper soil testing and drainage, they can become a major hazard, ...

From a 1kg micro-satellite dubbed the “Vietnamese dragon” to silent laboratories and high-level policy resolutions, Vietnam ...

The State’s economy is heavily dependent on its growing tourism sector, which contributes around 10% of the State’s gross domestic product (GSDP).

Torrential rains have triggered landslides and flooding in the southeastern Philippines, killing seven people and forcing ...

Emergency services are at the Ekapa Mining Joint Shaft, Kimberley, where 5-8 miners are trapped underground after a mudslide.

Extreme weather disasters are increasingly devastating South and Southeast Asia, causing billions in losses annually. Despite ...

At least 20 people are dead after Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall in Madagascar’s main port city and collapsed houses ...

In Southeast Asia, floods, typhoons, and landslides repeatedly disrupt lives, jobs, and economic activities. Between 2015 and 2020, disasters cost ASEAN countries more than $11 billion. As climate ...

A deadly landslide tore through Pasirlangu village in West Bandung, West Java, on January 24 in the pre-dawn hours. At least 74 people have been confirmed dead. The number of dead will almost ...

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited a southern town in Sicily on Wednesday that has been left teetering on the edge of a cliff after days of heavy rains from a cyclone triggered a huge landslide ...

Martin Brook receives funding from the Natural Hazards Commission. In the days since last week’s fatal landslides at Mount Maunganui, there has been widespread discussion about what may have caused ...

On Sunday evening about 200 people attended a vigil in Mount Maunganui to mourn the deaths of six people in a horrific landslide at the Beachside Holiday Park at 9.30 a.m. on January 22. They were ...