A senior urban planning expert, Professor Martin Oteng-Ababio, has urged the government to place an immediate ban on unplanned and uncontrolled residential development on hill-tops.He warned that the ...

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GILGIT: Rapid glacier melting has deepened the crisis in Gilgit-Baltistan, with rising temperatures sharply increasing water ...

Satellite images show a new water pool has formed on the Bhagirathi upstream of Dharali after last year's mudflow. The build-up behind debris deposits has renewed concern over bank erosion and ...

Sam Thomsen, Chief Investigator with the Hawaii Insurance Division within the State Department of Commerce and Consumer ...

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Residents scatter flowers to mark 20 years since a gas exploration accident triggered a mudflow that buried more than a dozen villages and permanently displaced tens of thousands of people, in ...

The polluted air brings not only a persistent foul odor, but also serious health risks for residents living near the mudflow site. A 2008 study by the Indonesian Forum for Environment, or WALHI, found ...

When Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, it became one of the most devastating disasters in American history. The massive eruption transformed the surrounding landscape within moments, sending ...