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Landslide Sensors Development Project – a low-cost, locally developed, sensor-based early monitoring and warning system for landslides, slope failures, and debris flow. Weather Hazard Information Project (WHIP) – the use of television and a web portal to display real-time weather data to help local governments and communities to prepare ...
A fierce storm was blowing out of the northern Philippines Tuesday after leaving at least 14 people dead in landslides, floods and swollen rivers, disaster-response officials said. Storm warnings ...
Tropical Storm Nalgae, churning across the Philippines Sea, unleashed deadly flooding and landslides in the Philippines from Thursday night through Saturday, and AccuWeather meteorologists say ...
The landslide area had been declared a "no build zone" after prior landslides in 2007 and 2008 [31] that eroded the area, whose soil is made of remnants of a prehistoric volcanic eruption, and buried the original site of Barangay Masara. [32] It also added that the area where the landslide occurred was traversed by the Philippine Fault. [33]
On February 17, 2006, a massive rock slide-debris avalanche occurred in the Philippine province of Southern Leyte, causing widespread damage and loss of life. The deadly landslide (or debris flow) followed a 10-day period of heavy rain and a minor earthquake (magnitude 2.6 on the moment magnitude scale). The official death toll was 1,126. [1]
Authorities warned of dangerous tidal surges, flash floods and landslides as it blows pa. Philippine officials began evacuating thousands of villagers, shut down schools and offices and imposed a ...
Landslides, also known as landslips, or rockslides, [3] [4] [5] are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep-seated slope failures and debris flows. [6] Landslides occur in a variety of environments, characterized by either steep or gentle slope gradients, from ...
Philippine officials on Thursday raised the alert level for one of the country’s most active volcanoes after superheated streams of gas, debris and rocks cascaded down its upper slope in a ...