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Japan Weather Agency Warns of Heavy Rainfall in Tokyo and Seven Other Regions | Ratopati

Tokio. Japan’s Meteorological Agency has warned of heavy rainfall in seven regions including the capital Tokyo until Monday.…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Tokyo #Crovanh #floods #heavyrainfall #Landslides #MeteorologicalAgency #riverlevels #seasonalrainsystem #Typhoon #weatherwarning
https://www.europesays.com/japan/86891/

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’
By Andrew Gumbel in Big Sur, California

The coastal community in California had already been devastated by landslides and wildfires before a fatal crash

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism

#California #Overtourism #Californiawildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #USnews #Wildfires #Extremeweather #TheGuardian #AndrewGumbelinBigSur #California

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’
By Andrew Gumbel in Big Sur, California

The coastal community in California had already been devastated by landslides and wildfires before a fatal crash

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism

#California #Overtourism #Californiawildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #USnews #Wildfires #Extremeweather #TheGuardian #AndrewGumbelinBigSur #California

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’
By Andrew Gumbel in Big Sur, California

The coastal community in California had already been devastated by landslides and wildfires before a fatal crash

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism

#California #Overtourism #Californiawildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #USnews #Wildfires #Extremeweather #TheGuardian #AndrewGumbelinBigSur #California

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism #California #Overtourism #CaliforniaWildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #UsNews #Wildfires #ExtremeWeather

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism #California #Overtourism #CaliforniaWildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #UsNews #Wildfires #ExtremeWeather

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism #California #Overtourism #CaliforniaWildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #UsNews #Wildfires #ExtremeWeather

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism #California #Overtourism #CaliforniaWildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #UsNews #Wildfires #ExtremeWeather

After overtourism besieged Big Sur, the worst finally happened: ‘People kept saying someone is going to die’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/california-big-sur-overtourism #California #Overtourism #CaliforniaWildfires #Landslides #WestCoast #UsNews #Wildfires #ExtremeWeather

Lesson learned?

Galchi, Nepal
A mark shows the mud level on a wall in a classroom at Bageshwori secondary school after flash floods in Galchi. The Himalayas – spanning Nepal, India, China, Bhutan and Pakistan – are warming twice as fast as the global average, putting the region at increased risk of avalanches, landslides and floods.

Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#schools

Lesson learned?

Galchi, Nepal
A mark shows the mud level on a wall in a classroom at Bageshwori secondary school after flash floods in Galchi. The Himalayas – spanning Nepal, India, China, Bhutan and Pakistan – are warming twice as fast as the global average, putting the region at increased risk of avalanches, landslides and floods.

Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#schools

Lesson learned?

Galchi, Nepal
A mark shows the mud level on a wall in a classroom at Bageshwori secondary school after flash floods in Galchi. The Himalayas – spanning Nepal, India, China, Bhutan and Pakistan – are warming twice as fast as the global average, putting the region at increased risk of avalanches, landslides and floods.

Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#schools

Lesson learned?

Galchi, Nepal
A mark shows the mud level on a wall in a classroom at Bageshwori secondary school after flash floods in Galchi. The Himalayas – spanning Nepal, India, China, Bhutan and Pakistan – are warming twice as fast as the global average, putting the region at increased risk of avalanches, landslides and floods.

Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#schools

Lesson learned?

Galchi, Nepal
A mark shows the mud level on a wall in a classroom at Bageshwori secondary school after flash floods in Galchi. The Himalayas – spanning Nepal, India, China, Bhutan and Pakistan – are warming twice as fast as the global average, putting the region at increased risk of avalanches, landslides and floods.

Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#schools

Aftermath

Devighat, Nepal
Rescue workers inspect damaged structures after the recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Devighat. The disaster was triggered by a glacier collapse that sent a deluge of ice, rock and mud through Nepal’s border region with China.

Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#mud

Aftermath

Devighat, Nepal
Rescue workers inspect damaged structures after the recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Devighat. The disaster was triggered by a glacier collapse that sent a deluge of ice, rock and mud through Nepal’s border region with China.

Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#mud

Aftermath

Devighat, Nepal
Rescue workers inspect damaged structures after the recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Devighat. The disaster was triggered by a glacier collapse that sent a deluge of ice, rock and mud through Nepal’s border region with China.

Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#mud

Aftermath

Devighat, Nepal
Rescue workers inspect damaged structures after the recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Devighat. The disaster was triggered by a glacier collapse that sent a deluge of ice, rock and mud through Nepal’s border region with China.

Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#mud

Aftermath

Devighat, Nepal
Rescue workers inspect damaged structures after the recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Devighat. The disaster was triggered by a glacier collapse that sent a deluge of ice, rock and mud through Nepal’s border region with China.

Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

#photography
#Nepal
#GlacierCollapse
#landslides
#floods
#rivers
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChange
#mud

The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world | Bill McGuire
By Bill McGuire

In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggered

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/01/nepal-tibet-flood-alaska-himalayas-andes-greenland-alps

#NepalTibetflooddisaster #Climatecrisis #Flooding #Earthquakes #Tsunamis #Landslides #Naturaldisasters #Volcanoes #Glaciers #Environment #Extremeweather #TheGuardian #BillMcGuire

The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world | Bill McGuire https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/01/nepal-tibet-flood-alaska-himalayas-andes-greenland-alps #NepaltibetFloodDisaster #ClimateCrisis #Flooding #Earthquakes #Tsunamis #Landslides #NaturalDisasters #Volcanoes #Glaciers #Environment #ExtremeWeather

Nepal–Tibet floods in maps, photos and videos
By Jessica Riga, Ben Spraggon, Simon Elvery, and Matt Liddy

In a still-unfolding disaster, verified videos and images show widespread destruction — and a desperate rescue mission.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/nepal-tibet-floods-landslide-maps-photos-videos/107083300

#Landslides #Floods #JessicaRiga #BenSpraggon #SimonElvery #MattLiddy

@LaNaehForaday Ummmm... I'd say #BigOilAndGas has done that for them already!

Declassified CIA files reveal secret #WeatherManipulation projects to 'control world'

Previously top-secret CIA files allege that the US plans to control the world by manipulating the weather.

by Olivia Beeson, June 10, 2026

"The documents surrounding weather modification were declassified in 2003, and discuss the tactic of launching rockets or planes to release chemicals into the atmosphere that alter the climate and storm systems.

"These documents resurfaced from 1965, and highlighted how this tactic could be use as a weapon of war in the future.

" 'However, it did not specify what chemicals were used in the experiments.

"The documents stated that federal funding for weather modification was due to be four times higher in 1967 - the year the US began spraying #toxins over #Vietnam to cause #floods and #landslides."

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/declassified-cia-files-reveal-secret-weather-manipulation-projects-to-control-world/ar-AA258lrg?cvid=6a29c77f0aec4bda8fa03878a4f5dfe1&ei=15

#USPol #ClimateChange

Detection And Spatial Modelling Of Trends In UK Rainfall Frequency
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https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2026.2622458 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #extremeweather #rainfall #pluvial #frequency #trends #nonstationarity #extremevalue #model #modeling #monitoring #UnitedKingdom #UK #Britian #England #Scotland #Wales #precipitation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #drainage #monitoring #planning #resilience #naturalhazards #flooding #flood #water #hydrology # #sewerage #sewage #wastewater #waterways #pollution #spills #releases #stormwater #erosion #massmovement #landslides #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #climatic #covariates #raingauges #maximums #duration #winter #NorthernEngland #NorthAtlanticOscillation #NAO #index #metrics #annualmaximum #AMAX #seasonalmaximum #SMAX #peaksoverthreshold #POT #statistics #geostatistics #MetOffice #weather #climate

Underwater #landslides are a #geohazard across many #submarine slopes. Some of these are retrogressive, evolving upslope as a sequence of migrating collapse on a single basal failure occurring one after the other, only a few millennia apart.

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X25003836

Landslide Susceptibility Assessment In The Marin Khola Watershed Of The Sub Himalaya, Central Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.3126/jist.v30i1.76264 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #engineeringgeology #massmovement #landslides #Nepal #susceptibility #MarinKhola #watershed #InfoVal #Siwaliks #Himalayas #risk #hazard #cost #infrastructure #publicsafety #lossoflife #propertydamage #damage #geomorphology #water #hydrology #geomorphometry #casestudies #spatialanalysis #water #hydrology #factors #topography #geology #soil #landuse #landcover #model #modeling #accuracy

Climate Change Key Driver Of Catastrophic Impacts Of Hurricane Helene That Devastated Both Coastal And Inland Communities [technical report]
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http://alturl.com/5n38k <-- shared technical report
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #hurricane #hurricanehelene #spatiotemporal #risk #hazard #naturaldisaster #impact #climatechange #precipitation #seasurfacetemperature #Appalachia #damage #loss #infrastructure #deaths #rainfall #precipitation #flood #flooding #engineeringgeology #erosion #massmovement #mudslides #landslides #debrisflows #disastermanagement #prediction #mitigation #climatemodels #model #modeling #spatiotemporal #IRIS #winds #extremeweather #weather #storm #humanimpacts #costs #economy #SST #warning #weatherprediction #dams #reservoirs #loss #lossoflife

Algorithm Raises New Questions About Cascadia Earthquake Record
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https://phys.org/news/2024-08-algorithm-cascadia-earthquake.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1130/B37343.1 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #sedimentology #geology #structuralgeology #platetectonics #CascadiaSubductionZone #PNW #PacificNorthwest #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #forests #tsunamis #earthquake #risk #hazard #timing #naturaldisasters #geomorphology #geomorphometry #turbidite #corrleation #causation #model #modeling #massmovement #landslides #algorithm #machinelearning #AI

Tropical Storm Jebi and Typhoon Krathon are approaching Japan this week, threatening to unleash strong winds and heavy rainfall on Okinawa as well as Kanto and islands south of the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/30/japan/two-typhoons-approaching-japan/ #japan #typhoons #landslides #typhoonjebi #typhoonkrathon

Alpine Catchments’ Hazard Related To Subaerial Sediment Gravity Flows Estimated On Dominant Lithology And Outcropping Bedrock Percentage
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https://doi.org/10.3390/geohazards5030034 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #debrisflow #gravityflow #hyperconcentrated #flow #alluvialfan #rainfall #threshold #ItalianAlps #italy #engineeringgeology #massmovement #landslides #water #hydrology #rheology #soil #model #modeling #morphology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #sedimentgravityflow #risk #hazard #alpine #mountain #catchments #elevation #slope #steepness #trigger #lithology #geomechanics #geomorphology #geomorphometry #morphology #sediment #SusaValley #history #geology #bedrock

So, it seems the #SeabrookNuclearPlant survived the recent storms without incident, but if there was a problem, there is NO WAY nearby residents would have been able to evacuate. I came across this letter to the #NRC from the group #NoMoreFukushimas expressing their concerns about #ClimateChange and #NuclearPlants in 2012!

Concerns regarding the #SeabrookStation

No More Fukushimas letter to the NRC.

The Honorable Allison M. Macfarlane, Chair
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
11555 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852

November 8, 2012

Dear Chairwoman Macfarlane:

We appreciated receiving a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) response to the August 28, 2012, letter that we sent to the NRC concerning Seabrook Station relicensing. The NRC's response (October 17, 2012) came from Dennis Morey, Chief, Project Manager 1, Projects Branch Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (Docket No. 50-443).

In our letter, we highlighted a concern openly discussed NRC meeting April 26, 2012, on Seabrook relicensing held in Hampton, New Hampshire. Data indicates that due to climate change there could be an increase in #SeaLevels and storm surges that would affect the Seabrook plant. Obviously, the flooding of the Seabrook plant campus should be a cause for concern, especially since it the flooding is projected to occur within the timeframe of the relicensing period, 2030-2050.

In his response to our letter, Mr. Morey categorically rejected the idea that this rising sea level information was of any relevance to the relicensing of the Seabrook plant:

"Regarding your concerns about the current design-basis flood level calculations.... please note that these issues are not part of the NRC's review of a license renewal application. A license renewal review is not a re-review of the facility licensing basis; rather, it is focused on managing
the age-related degradation of passive systems, structures, and components to ensure they will fulfill their safety-related functions, as specified in the current licensing basis.

"The NRC has multiple processes to evaluate the adequacy of current plant operations and licensing bases. Should the NRC become aware at any time of information calling into question the continued safe operation of any nuclear power plant, including Seabrook Station, the NRC will take the appropriate actions as part of the agency's ongoing safety oversight, regardless of
whether those plants have sought or are seeking a renewed license."

In the twists and turns of bureaucratic thinking, Mr. Morey may be technically correct that climate-
change-related flooding is not an "age-related" deterioration artifact. But, Mr. Morey seems to brush off the fact that new global climate conditions could completely reconfigure the safety profile of the plant. We believe that whether or not climate-change-related flooding falls within "design-basis flood calculations" is a hairsplitting issue for bureaucrats. However, for those of who live near the plant it's a major safety issue. Therefore, if necessary, we respectfully recommend that NRC modify its relicensing concerns to include global climate change/rising sea levels in its license renewal framework.

Furthermore, Mr. Morey must know that the NRC has identified "alkali-silica reaction (ASR)" as a potential long-term threat to the reliability of the Seabrook plant and that structural degradation due to
#ASR is currently under the NRC's relicensing review. The flooding water will obviously raise levels of saltwater saturation, which will accelerate concrete degradation so, on that basis alone, the flooding should be within the Seabrook relicensing purview.

Finally, since Mr. Morey did not identify the steps the NRC plans to take to address flooding at the Seabrook plant, we surmise that the NRC does not consider flooding due to sea-level rise to be a problem. Our concern has escalated since researchers at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University in an October 31, 2012, piece in the Washington Post reported that they had conducted a study that assessed the vulnerability of #NuclearPlants flooding around the world.

The Stanford researchers collected information on plant height, #SeaWall height and the location of emergency power generators for 89 nuclear plants that lie next to water. They compared this to
historical information on high waves triggered by various sources, such as #earthquakes, #landslides and #hurricanes. The study found that the U.S. plants most vulnerable to inundation are the Salem and #HopeCreek plants on the New Jersey / #Delaware border; the #Millstone plant in Connecticut; and the Seabrook plant in New Hampshire (italics added). We strongly urge you to contact the researchers and obtain this invaluable information from them directly.

That said, we ask the NRC-as we did in our August letter-to review the risk that rising sea levels, #StormSurges or increased groundwater saturation of concrete poses to residents who live in the vicinity of the Seabrook nuclear power plant. As we have stated, we believe it is entirely appropriate to do so within the purview of the license renewal process. But, in the spirit of public safety, which we believe should be paramount-we urge the NRC to use whatever regulatory tools are needed to investigate this critical issue.

Sincerely yours,
Bruce Skud and Joanna Hammond
Co-founders, No More Fukushimas!

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1232/ML12321A328.pdf

#SeaLevelRise #HamptonNH #SeabrookNH #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #ClimateCrisis #Flooding #ClimateCatastrophe #WaterIsLife #AlkaliSilicaReaction #GlobalSeaLevelRise #SeabrookNuclearPlant #MillstoneNuclearPlant #HopeCreekNuclearPlant #NewJersey #Connecticut

"The deadliest #landslides in Swiss history"

Der #Permafrost taut seit Jahren und die #Gebirge bewegen sich dadurch schneller. #Muren, #Bergstürze, bröckelnde Hänge, #Evakuierungen und #Zerstörungen sind die Folge.

Wer sich einlesen möchte, dem sei das Buch "Der #Klimawandel für Einsteiger" empfohlen.
ISBN: 978-3738637823
https://buchshop.bod.de/der-klimawandel-fuer-einsteiger-tino-eberl-9783757895099

#Werbung #Klimaschäden

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/the-deadliest-landslides-in-swiss-history-/48516038