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By Nidhi Jacob Numerous social media users have falsely claimed that a video showing the rescue of a dog and her two puppies by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is related to the massive landslide that struck Wayanad, Kerala, on July 30. The claim states "Big salute to the NDRF team. A dog and her two puppies rescued from Landslide in Wayanad." BOOM found that the viral video is not recent but actually dates back to a landslide that occurred in Palakkad, Kerala, in 2021. Search operations are currently underway across six zones in the landslide-affected areas to locate missing perso...
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By Srijit Das A timelapse video of a flooding front gate of a house in China is being shared with a false claim that it it is from the heavy rainfall that has caused floods and landslide in several parts of Kerala's Wayanad district. BOOM found that the footage is not from Wayanad, Kerala and shows a flooding incident in Meizhou city, China. More than 200 people have recently lost their lives due to some devastating landslides in Kerala's Wayanad district. News reports stated that the Indian Army was able to rescue around 1,000 people, with 220 individuals still missing because of the disaster...
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Hundreds of rescue workers searched through mud and debris from multiple landslides that have killed at least 151 people in southern India on Wednesday, police said. The multiple landslides occurred after torrential rains triggered torrents of mud and water that swept through tea estates and villages. Another 186 people were injured by the landslides that hit hilly areas in Kerala state’s Wayanad district early Tuesday, flattening houses, uprooting trees, and destroying bridges.
Euronews (English)
At least 63 people have died and hundreds are believed to be buried following landslides caused by heavy flooding in southern India, with authorities warning on Tuesday that the death toll may continue to rise. The villages affected are located in a hilly region of the Wayanad district, in the state of Kerala. Rescuers are working hard to extract the missing from the debris, but their efforts are hampered by blocked roads and unstable terrain. Images from television stations on the ground showed rescue workers making their way through mud and over uprooted trees to reach those who had been str...
Euronews (English)
Kencho Shacha Gozdi (AFP) - L'Ethiopie a décrété trois jours de deuil national à partir de samedi après la catastrophe de Kencho Shacha Gozdi, où un glissement de terrain consécutif à des fortes pluies a fait au moins 257 morts dans une zone reculée du sud du pays. Sur place, alors que l'aide commence à arriver, les recherches se poursuivent pour tenter de retrouver les corps engloutis sous des torrents de glaise rouge lundi dernier, tandis que les survivants désemparés enterrent leurs proches tués dans la catastrophe. C'est le glissement de terrain le plus meurtrier jamais enregistré dans ce ...
AFP (Français)
By Solan KOLLI, Michele SPATARI Kencho Shacha Gozdi (AFP) - Engloutie par le torrent de boue qui a dévalé la colline d'une zone reculée du sud de l'Ethiopie, Tseganesh Obole a miraculeusement survécu. Pas ses enfants, toujours prisonniers d'une gangue de glaise rouge que des sauveteurs improvisés tentent de déblayer avec de maigres moyens. "J'ai été avalée par la coulée de boue en même temps que de nombreuses personnes, dont mes enfants", raconte cette femme de 30 ans. Son frère Dawit a gratté à mains nues pour l'en extraire. Quand il est revenu après avoir mis sa soeur en sécurité, il n'a ret...
AFP (Français)
After a prolonged spell of hot and dry weather, parts of Slovenia have been battered by storms and torrential rain. In Kokra, a village in the north, people from three houses were evacuated after heavy rains caused a landslide on Saturday. A bridge was also swept away in Kokra after the river there burst its banks and some local roads have become impassable. Firefighters were forced to help move a group of Belgian scouts into a hotel after their camp by the river was swept away by the storm, according to Radio Slovenija. Since Friday night, more than 230 weather-related incidents have been rep...
Euronews (English)
A landslide hit a tourist shelter trapping 16 people inside after a thunderstorm packing heavy rains moved through Slovakia’s High Tatras, the country's rescue service said on Thursday. The incident took place in the Monkova Valley in the country’s highest mountain range, where authorities warned against severe thunderstorms accompanied by torrential rains with hail. Flooding and landslides caused by extreme weather continue to pummel parts of EuropeSwitzerland’s deadly flooding shows how vulnerable it is to natural disasters, government warnsPavel BekeÅ, mayor of the nearby town of Zdiar, tol...
Euronews (English)
Katmandou (AFP) - Des pluies torrentielles, provoquant des crues soudaines et des glissements de terrain, ont tué au moins 14 personnes au Népal et neuf personnes sont portées disparues, a annoncé la police dimanche. Des inondations en Inde voisine, ainsi qu'au Bangladesh, ont également causé des dégâts considérables et touché des millions de personnes. "La police collabore avec d'autres agences et les habitants pour retrouver les personnes disparues", a indiqué à l'AFP Dan Bahadur Karki, porte-parole de la police. Les autorités népalaises ont mis en garde contre de nouvelles crues soudaines d...
AFP (Français)
Port Moresby (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) (AFP) - L'estimation de la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée selon laquelle 2.000 personnes ont été ensevelies par un glissement de terrain dans les hautes terres a été remise en question mercredi, l'imagerie satellite, les experts en catastrophes et les responsables locaux suggérant un bilan bien plus bas. Alors que le Premier ministre James Marape a déclaré au Parlement une "estimation initiale" selon laquelle "plus de 2.000 personnes auraient péri", des questions ont été posées en privé sur la manière dont ce chiffre a été atteint. Jusqu'à présent, six corps...
AFP (Français)
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