Under a mountain, a remote community quietly slept. Eddlyn Yaki and her husband Toby were sleeping in their home in Papua New Guinea's Enga province when the sound of a large crack tore through their room, waking them suddenly. "2024 does stand out, even before this event, as a really exceptional year in Papua New Guinea." Annual rainfall in the …
The extensive damage to buildings and other structures in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath is due to a gradual but accelerated landslide, and not because of land subsidence, a new analysis by an earth scientist has suggested. “Google Earth imagery clearly demonstrates that the town is built on an ancient landslide.” This could have implications for the range or size of the area …
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