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Landslides in Japan

"Landslides in Japan" focuses on the current understanding of landslide origin, and discusses some of the problems concerning landslide investigations and research in Japan. 28 recent landslides were introduced in this volume. We sincerely hope that these efforts will contribute to the reduction of the damages.

http://www.tuat.ac.jp/~sabo/lj/

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Landslides leave 1,000 homeless in Papua New Guinea

(ReliefWeb) Source: Agence France-Presse (AFP) Date: 8 Aug 2003. PORT MORESBY, Aug 8 (AFP) - Torrential rain and landslides have destroyed the homes of about 1,000 people on the west coast of New Ireland, a tropical island in Papua New Guinea, residents said Friday. The August 1 landslides swept away three bridges, hindering access to four villages hardest hit by the storm, said local villager Patimos Lamamau. "Right now the situation is completely destitute with people foraging around the jungles for food and shelters," said Lamamau, who only arrived in the provincial capital of Kavieng on the far west of New Ireland on Friday to tell officials of the disaster.

http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/UNID/8B692A1A3C6B294A49256D7C00176C46

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NZ MetService: Pacific Forecast

Latest forecast for the Pacific region from the NZ MetService.

http://www.metservice.co.nz/forecasts/high_seas_pacific.asp

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Once Burned, Twice Shy? Lessons Learned from the 1997-98 El Niño

This 19-month, 16-country team assessment reviewed forecasts and impacts of the 1997-98 El Niño, as well as the climate-related early warning and natural disaster preparedness systems in 15 countries (Bangladesh, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines and Vietnam) and the Panama Canal Zone. (UNU, 2000)

http://www.ccb.ucar.edu/un/index.html

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Papua New Guinea - Landslide 1 August 2003

(ReliefWeb) OCHA Situation Report No. 1. Heavy rain in late July caused extensive flooding in the 5 villages of Wards 17 and 18 of the Konos Local Level Government in New Ireland Province. On Friday, 1 August, landslides caused by the flood blocked sections of the only road into the area. The floods also washed away 10 traditional houses, 1 church, and 1 bridge on the road.

http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/6686f45896f15dbc852567ae00530132/e2e46c1436cb750a49256d7e00830b22?OpenDocument

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Papua New Guinea Landslide - May 2003

This page contains a list of the latest major documents added to ReliefWeb pertaining to Papua New Guinea: Landslide - May 2003.

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/c7256152f0972441c1256d1e0043f835

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PNG Landslide - April 2002: OCHA Situation Report No. 1

On Tuesday, 2 April, 2002, between midnight and 2 a.m. local time, a landslide hit Markham District in Marobe Province, in the remote central highlands of Papua New Guinea, 200 km north of the capital Port Moresby. Three villages were buried after the collapse of one side of a cliff into the river, possibly triggered by heavy rains and a small earthquake of 5.3 magnitude (Richter Scale) on Monday, 2 April. Eight people have been confirmed dead so far but the death toll is believed to be closer to 27, according to the NDMO, since 22 to 30 people are still missing, probably buried in the mud. Eleven people were also reported injured. This report is based on information provided by the Papua New Guinea National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) through the OCHA Regional Disaster Response Advisor (RDRA) for the Pacific in Suva, Fiji, as well as media reports. OCHA Situation Report No. 1.

http://www.cidi.org/disaster/02a/ixl117.html

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PNG Landslide - April 2002: OCHA Situation Report No. 2

10 April 2002. The landslide in the early hours of Tuesday, 2 April in the Wantoat area of Markham District in Morobe Province, 79 km Northwest of Lae, is now known to have killed 36 people, although only nine bodies have been recovered. Eleven people were injured, two of them seriously, and one was airlifted to Lae for treatment.

http://www.cidi.org/disaster/ixl120.html

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Vanuatu Storm - Dec 2002: Storms Slash Across Pacific Islands

PORT VILA, Vanuatu, January 7, 2003 (ENS) - Way out in the far southwest Pacific Ocean, unusual weather conditions are devastating far flung island nations. The latest victim is Vanuatu which was hit from December 21 through 24 by heavy rain with hail. Large landslides and flash-flooding along many of the creeks and rivers resulted from the rain, according to reports from the Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office issued through the office of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Regional Disaster Response Adviser for the Pacific.

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2003/2003-01-07-01.asp

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Vanuatu Storm - Dec 2002: Vanuatu - Hail, Landslides and Flooding

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2003/0002 OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Vanuatu - Hail, Landslides and Flooding Occurred: 21-24 December 2002. This situation report is based on information provided by the Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), through the office of the OCHA Regional Disaster Response Adviser for the Pacific. From 21 to 24 December 2002, heavy rain with hail - a very unusual phenomenon in these latitudes - fell on the southern Tanna Island; from Ipeukel on the Southeast Coast to Green Point in the South. Tanna is one of three main islands in Tafea, the southernmost province of Vanuatu.

http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/480fa8736b88bbc3c12564f6004c8ad5/1a2d34e41ecee4bdc1256ca600596441?OpenDocument

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