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Japan: Heavy rain causes many people to die and disappear
At least 5 people died and 14 people were missing due to heavy rain that lasted many hours, causing soil erosion and sweeping away many houses in the area of Kyushu, s…
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Taiwan faces the most severe flood
On June 12, rescue workers said at least four people had died and one person was injured in a landslide caused by heavy rains in two areas of central Taiwan. Taiwan is f…
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Song Tranh hydropower is prone to landslides and landslides
In the afternoon of May 7, Professor Cao Dinh Trieu, expert of the Institute of Geophysics, published the results of the study on geological hazards at Song Tranh 2 hydr…
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Mount Fuji may collapse in an earthquake
A hidden fault was discovered near the eastern leg of Japan's iconic mountain, in a study of underground faults by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, S…
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Heavy rain throughout China, 40 people died
Local people look at the muddy stream in Man district, in Gansu province in northwestern China, on May 11. Continuous rain and hail occurred in this area, killing at lea…
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Thua Thien Hue coast is heavily landslide
The total length of the coast of Thua Thien-Hue province is over 120km, there are 34km of heavy landslides, every year, people have to move to new places - according to…
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Earthquakes in the Philippines have killed 43 people
AFP news agency quoted a Philippine military official as saying that the number of fatalities in the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Central Vietnam this morning increased t…
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Philippines: 230 natural disasters over two decades
The Philippines is the most vulnerable country among the five Southeast Asian countries including Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia and Vietnam.
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Landslides in Brazil caused many deaths and disappearances
At least eight people have been killed and 14 people gone missing on January 9 in a devastating landslide in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
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Philippines: Landslide, 25 people died, 100 people missing
At least 25 people were killed and 100 people were missing in southern Philippines today, after a terrible landslide, engulfing the community of gold miners.
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Storms can cause earthquakes
Scientists found evidence that some strong earthquakes occurred after big storms. This shows that heavy rain and landslides can cause seismic.
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Quang Nam strong earthquake, hydropower will cause disaster
Scientists determined that Song Tranh 2 hydropower plant built on the critical area of the earth's crust. Increased earthquakes with intense intensity will endanger bo…
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Hydropower stimulates artificial earthquakes
Large accumulation of water for hydroelectricity, oil and gas exploitation, and minerals can be stimulating factors that cause earthquakes.
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Horror scene of the road drifting into the sea after the landslide
A long stretch of the road along the coast in Los Angeles, the United States floated down into the Pacific after a landslide caused by heavy rain.
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Flood devastated Italy
The northwestern region of Italy is suffering from a severe flood, causing landslides, destroying hundreds of houses and vehicles and killing at least 16 people.