#landslides — Public Fediverse posts

#Swiss villages in melting #Alps are reluctant to move

https://www.dw.com/en/swiss-villages-in-melting-alps-are-reluctant-to-move/video-78992282 #climate #landslides

https://www.europesays.com/africa/424894/ KDF partners with WHO to tackle floods, landslides during El Nino #DecemberRains #ElNino #Floods #KDF #Kenya #KenyaNews #landslides #rainfall #star #StarNews #StarNewsKenya #StarNewspaper #StarNewspaperKenya #TheStar #TheStarKenya #TheStarNewspaper #WHO

Chiba Prefecture's record rainfall in August came from an uncharacteristically slow-moving storm, say experts who are planning further analysis to determine more precisely what caused the rain clouds to linger. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/09/11/climate-change/chiba-rain-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #chiba #floods #landslides #japanmeteorologicalagency #meteorologicalresearchinstitute

A landslide struck one of the main starting points for climbers on Mount Fuji, broadcaster TBS reported, after heavy rain inundated large parts of Japan's center. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/09/japan/mount-fuji-landslide-heavy-rain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mountfuji #landslides

Though the scale and mechanisms may vary, Japan is not immune to the risk of catastrophic mudslides hitting mountainous communities like the one that hit Nepal last month, experts say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/09/09/climate-change/japan-avalanche-risk-nepal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #climatechange #nepal #glaciers #floods #landslides #rain

Search continues for hundreds trapped in hydro-plant after Nepal floods

Four 'miracle' rescues in the aftermath of the Nepal-Tibet floods, have renewed hopes for more than 900 missing from a hydro-plant.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/search-for-missing-workers-continues-in-nepal/107126368

#DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Floods #Landslides

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

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

The mission to find survivors in Nepal's underground 'Goldilocks zones'
By Hanan Dervisevic, Jarrod Fankhauser, Jessica Riga, Joshua Byrd, and Matt Liddy

Scenes from the floods in Nepal and Tibet are catastrophic. But another disaster is unfolding underground and out of sight.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/nepal-hydroelectric-tunnels-rescue-interactive/107101108

#Floods #Landslides #HananDervisevic #JarrodFankhauser #JessicaRiga #JoshuaByrd #MattLiddy

More frequent #landslides in #mountains are a fact, They are often due to global warming, because deep ice and permafrost are the glue of many rocks in high mountains, such as the Alps.

We cavers are testimonials of another change: in many caves average temperatures are changing of one or more degrees, this is another fact. And that is impacting as well entire ecosystems and deep limestone survival.

Stop madness, and act to manage these changes properly, as soon as possible.

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

Breaking: Australian feared missing contacts family

An Australian woman feared missing in the flooding disaster in Nepal makes contact with her family.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/woman-presumed-missing-nepal-flood-makes-contact-with-family/107091996

#Floods #Landslides

Breaking: Nepal rescue operations suspended

Rescue operations to look for survivors following devastating flooding have been temporarily halted, according to Chinese state media.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/nepal-tibet-rescue-suspended-barrier-lake-overflows/107091540

#Floods #Landslides

Flood risk forces halt to rescues in Tibet, as Nepal death toll rises to 469 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/28/flash-flood-risk-halt-rescue-tibet-nepal-death-toll-china-lake-burst #NepaltibetFloodDisaster #Nepal #SouthAndCentralAsia #Tibet #China #Flooding #Landslides #AsiaPacific

Flood risk forces halt to rescues in Tibet, as Nepal death toll rises to 469
By Staff and agencies

Lake has formed at epicentre of flood, forcing rescue teams to withdraw, Chinese state media report

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/28/flash-flood-risk-halt-rescue-tibet-nepal-death-toll-china-lake-burst

#NepalTibetflooddisaster #Nepal #SouthandcentralAsia #Tibet #China #Flooding #Landslides #AsiaPacific #TheGuardian #Staff #agencies

Survivors fear all is lost after Nepal-Tibet floods
By Ahmed Yussuf

Some survivors say they have lost everything after the Nepal-Tibet floods that killed at least 469 people and left thousands missing.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/thousands-search-for-suvivors-nepal-tibet-floods/107088316

#DisasterandEmergencyResponse #Floods #Landslides #AhmedYussuf

Nepal-Tibet flash flood live updates: debris-clogged river at risk of flooding again; rescuers race to find survivors
By Adam Fulton

The catastrophic flash flood has killed at least 389 people and left more than 1,300 missing, with hundreds of tourists unaccounted for

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/aug/28/nepal-tibet-flash-floods-hundreds-dead-missing-day-three-live-updates

#NepalTibetflooddisaster #Nepal #Tibet #China #Flooding #Landslides #AsiaPacific #SouthandcentralAsia #TheGuardian #AdamFulton

Nepal-Tibet flash flood live updates: debris-clogged river at risk of flooding again; rescuers race to find survivors https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/aug/28/nepal-tibet-flash-floods-hundreds-dead-missing-day-three-live-updates #NepaltibetFloodDisaster #Nepal #Tibet #China #Flooding #Landslides #AsiaPacific #SouthAndCentralAsia

Survivors say family members were swept away by Nepal-Tibet floods
By Ahmed Yussuf

Survivors fear the death toll will grow as more than 160 people are known to be dead, and at least 1,500 are missing following the Nepal-Tibet floods.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/survivors-family-swept-away-flood-nepal-tibet/107085010

#DisasterandEmergencyResponse #Floods #Landslides #AhmedYussuf

Nepal-Tibet flash flood: what we know so far
By Guardian staff and agencies

At least 165 dead and hundreds missing as huge torrent of mud and debris engulfs towns, villages and countryside along Nepal-Tibet border region

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/nepal-tibet-flash-floods-what-we-know-so-far-flooding

#Nepal #Tibet #China #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Landslides #Flooding #Glaciers #Environment #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

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

1,500 people missing as wall of mud and rock devastates Nepal-Tibet border

Devastating flooding struck the Nepal-Tibet border after a massive mudslide collapsed into a Himalayan river, sweeping away villages and leaving hundreds missing as rescue teams race to reach affected areas.

https://www.reuters.com/pictures/hundreds-missing-wall-mud-rock-devastates-nepal-tibet-border-2026-08-26/

#newa
#photography
#Nepal
#landslides

An Australian among hundreds missing in deadly Nepal floods
By Allyson Horn

The flash flood in the Himalayan border region has killed at least nine people in Nepal. Nearly 300 foreign nationals, including an Australian, have been reported missing.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/australian-missing-in-nepal-flood/107082672

#Floods #Landslides #AllysonHorn

Landslide at Guinea landfill kills at least 30

Authorities say a mountainous heap of refuse has collapsed following heavy rain Sunday morning, local time, with the landslide swamping nearby houses.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/guinea-rubbish-landfill-landslide/107069872

#AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Landslides #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents

The death toll from record rainfall in Chiba has risen to nine, while one man remains missing, according to the prefecture's disaster response team. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/16/japan/chiba-rain-death-toll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chiba #floods #landslides #death

Authorities are urging residents of Chiba Prefecture to remain alert for landslides and flooding even after emergency warnings were downgraded on Friday after record-breaking rain left at least four people dead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/14/japan/heavy-rain-chiba/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chiba #floods #landslides #tochigi #ibaraki #rail #jr

How to help WA flood victims (with links to Relief organizations)

A week of heavy flooding has devastated communities across Western Washington, destroying homes and forcing evacuations. And it’s not over yet: The National Weather Service on Saturday forecast more rainfall and wind in the coming days, as well as risk of additional flooding and landslides this week.

Paywalled (for shame!): https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/how-to-help-washington-flood-victims/
Unpaywalled link: https://archive.ph/xx8Sp

#Flood #Flooding #Levee #Breach #Rain #Rainfall #Landslide #Landslides #Wind #Evacuation #Seattle #KingCounty #Washington

Read my piece, "#Earthquakes, #Evolution, and Darwin’s Exploits in #Chile" https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/11/05/earthquakes-evolution-and-darwins-exploits-in-chile/ #tectonics #concepcion #science #darwin #greenland #norway #bronzeage #santiago #geology #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #voltaire #candide #lisbon #tsunami #glaciers #landslides #tierradelfuego #mining #Aegean #Hittites #Mycenae

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

#2024PresidentialElection Crucial As Were 1864 And 1964 #Elections, And They Were #Election #Landslides

https://www.theprogressiveprofessor.com/2024/01/02/2024-presidential-election-crucial-as-were-1864-and-1964-elections-and-they-were-election-landslides/?amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=2024-presidential-election-crucial-as-were-1864-and-1964-elections-and-they-were-election-landslides

#abrahamlincoln #lyndonBjohnson #joebiden

The Recipe for Disaster That Is Causing Destruction in Himalayan States

The disasters unfolding in the hill states are a result of unplanned development on unstable mountains that are already facing extreme weather events, scientists and environmentalists said. Without planned, resilience-friendly development and adaptation measures such as district-level micro plans to deal with the changing climate, there may be no respite for the people or the environment in these regions.

https://science.thewire.in/environment/recipe-disaster-destruction-himalayan-states/

#himalayas #ExtremeWeatherEvents #HimachalRains #rains #floods #landslides #construction #infrastructure #RealEstate #DevelopmentProjects #HimachalPradesh #uttarakhand #ClimateChange #environment #india

The Recipe for Disaster That Is Causing Destruction in Himalayan States

The disasters unfolding in the hill states are a result of unplanned development on unstable mountains that are already facing extreme weather events, scientists and environmentalists said. Without planned, resilience-friendly development and adaptation measures such as district-level micro plans to deal with the changing climate, there may be no respite for the people or the environment in these regions.

https://science.thewire.in/environment/recipe-disaster-destruction-himalayan-states/

#himalayas #ExtremeWeatherEvents #HimachalRains #rains #floods #landslides #construction #infrastructure #RealEstate #DevelopmentProjects #HimachalPradesh #uttarakhand #ClimateChange #environment #india

The Recipe for Disaster That Is Causing Destruction in Himalayan States

The disasters unfolding in the hill states are a result of unplanned development on unstable mountains that are already facing extreme weather events, scientists and environmentalists said. Without planned, resilience-friendly development and adaptation measures such as district-level micro plans to deal with the changing climate, there may be no respite for the people or the environment in these regions.

https://science.thewire.in/environment/recipe-disaster-destruction-himalayan-states/

#himalayas #ExtremeWeatherEvents #HimachalRains #rains #floods #landslides #construction #infrastructure #RealEstate #DevelopmentProjects #HimachalPradesh #uttarakhand #ClimateChange #environment #india

The Recipe for Disaster That Is Causing Destruction in Himalayan States

The disasters unfolding in the hill states are a result of unplanned development on unstable mountains that are already facing extreme weather events, scientists and environmentalists said. Without planned, resilience-friendly development and adaptation measures such as district-level micro plans to deal with the changing climate, there may be no respite for the people or the environment in these regions.

https://science.thewire.in/environment/recipe-disaster-destruction-himalayan-states/

#himalayas #ExtremeWeatherEvents #HimachalRains #rains #floods #landslides #construction #infrastructure #RealEstate #DevelopmentProjects #HimachalPradesh #uttarakhand #ClimateChange #environment #india

The Recipe for Disaster That Is Causing Destruction in Himalayan States

The disasters unfolding in the hill states are a result of unplanned development on unstable mountains that are already facing extreme weather events, scientists and environmentalists said. Without planned, resilience-friendly development and adaptation measures such as district-level micro plans to deal with the changing climate, there may be no respite for the people or the environment in these regions.

https://science.thewire.in/environment/recipe-disaster-destruction-himalayan-states/

#himalayas #ExtremeWeatherEvents #HimachalRains #rains #floods #landslides #construction #infrastructure #RealEstate #DevelopmentProjects #HimachalPradesh #uttarakhand #ClimateChange #environment #india

2023 California Landslide Response
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https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/pages/landslides/landslides-2023.aspx <-- shared web site
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #gischat #remotesensing #CA #california #risk #hazard #deepseated #landslides #massmovement #engineeringgeology #geomoprhology #geology #water #rainfall #extremeweather #precipitation #atmosphericriver #paleolandslides #hydrology #erosion #scarp #slumping #infrastructure #publicsafety #housing