Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India 2019
<p>The deaths due to accidents have been classified into two broad groups - accidental deaths due to causes attributable to nature and accidental deaths due to causes not attributable to nature. Causes
Landslides
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Heavy rainfall, landslide wreak havoc in Bageshwar
Bageshwar: Heavy rainfall followed by landslide wreaked havoc in Bageshwar. Several parked vehicles were buried under rubble near Saryu river on Tuesday. Following heavy rainfall of 277 mm in Kapkot tehsil
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CM seeks Army assistance
Tripura flood situation grim Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday sought the Army’s assistance in rescue operations in the flood-hit State as incessant rains continued for the third day
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Heavy rain: 28 houses partially damaged in district
KOCHI: Heavy rains continue to wreak havoc causing damage to 28 houses in the district on Monday. Officialswiththedisaster managementsaid47houseshadbeen partially damaged over the past two days. According
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How size and trigger matter: analyzing rainfall- and earthquake-triggered landslide inventories and their causal relation in the Koshi River basin, Central Himalaya
<p>The aim of this study is to investigate the differences in the mappable characteristics of earthquake-triggered and rainfall triggered landslides in terms of their frequency-area relationships, spatial
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Rain wreaks havoc across Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The monsoon brought winds gusting up to a maximum speed of 81kmph on Saturday triggering widespread tree fall and power failure in various parts of the state. As many as 13 people,
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At least 32 dead in Ethiopia landslides: official
Landslides caused by heavy rain killed at least 32 people in southern Ethiopia over the weekend, the government said on Monday. The Government Communication Affairs Office (GCAO) said nine people died
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Landslide kills 23 in central Ethiopia
Twenty-three people were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in central Ethiopia, local media reported on Sunday. The landslide, in the central Oromia region, occurred on Saturday after several
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Dozens missing, five killed as Cyclone Mekunu lashes Oman
MUSCAT, Oman - The powerful Cyclone Mekunu hit the southern region of the Gulf Arab country of Oman and the neighboring Yemen on Saturday, leaving at least five people dead and dozens missing. According
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Heavy rains, landslides kill five in Sri Lanka
Heavy monsoon rains in Sri Lanka have killed five people, prompting authorities to warn against landslides and floods in low-lying areas after spill gates had to be opened across the Indian Ocean island.
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Sierra Leone mudslide survivors live in fear of fresh disaster
Kadiatu Koroma only narrowly escaped the mudslide that engulfed her home in Sierra Leone's ramshackle capital last August, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the worst flooding-related disasters