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Southern Pakistan Flooding
January 29, 2012 | Earth Observatory
“Nearly five months after severe flooding struck the region, in September 2011, parts of Pakistan’s Sindh Province remained flooded. In January 2012, patches of standing water occur east of the Indus River. The Rann of Kachchh, a salt marsh, holds far more water than in 2010. Water is, however, receding from flooded areas and shows improvement over previous months.” Quoted from the Earth Observatory website.
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Flooding in Southern Pakistan
October 12, 2011 | NASA
“Unusually heavy monsoon rains inundated southern Pakistan in the summer of 2011, submerging fields and forcing residents from their homes. On September 29, 2011, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that 5.44 million people had been affected, 1.8 million residents had been displaced, and 2.1 million acres of cropland had been damaged.” Quoted from the NASA image release.
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A Surging Debris Flow and 3 Landslides in 60 Minutes
August 11, 2011 | The Landslide Blog
Dave Petley has two new videos posted on The Landslide Blog. One of the Parcines landslide near Merano, Italy. Another of a surging debris flow in Pakistan. |
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Landslides: Haiti, Vietnam, Pakistan, India and New York
June 10, 2011 | The Landslide Blog
Dave Petley posts links to a number of recent landslides in Haiti and the Dominican Republic; Cao Bang, Vietnam; Pari, Pakistan; Kashmir, India and Keene Valley, New York. |
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Dangerous Water Levels Behind the Attabad Landslide
May 30, 2011 | The Landslide Blog
David Petley gives an update on water levels behind the Attabad Landslide dam that blocks the Hunza River to form an enormous lake in northwestern Pakistan.
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2010: A Review of Natural Disasters
April 20, 2011 | Brookings
Earthquakes in Haiti and China; floods in Pakistan and China; a heat wave in Russia; drought in African nations and China; landslides in China and more. The Brookings Institution and London School of Economics have prepared: A Year of Living Dangerously: A Review of Natural Disasters in 2010. |
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World Shale Gas Resources
April 13, 2011 | Energy Information Administration
The shale gas boom that started in the United States has spread to countries worldwide. The Energy Information Administration has released a report that summarizes the shale gas resource for 14 regions outside of the United States. |
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M 7.2 Earthquake in Pakistan
January 19, 2011 | Wall Street Journal
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred in southwestern Pakistan at about 1:30 AM local time. Fortunately the area where the earthquake occurred is sparsely populated.
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