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Landslides in Malaysia are regular natural disasters in Malaysia which occur along hillsides and steep slopes. Events. 1 May 1961 – A landslide occurred in Ringlet, Cameron Highlands, Pahang. 21 October 1993 – The man-made Pantai Remis landslide caused a new cove to be formed in the coastline.
On September 20, 2018, a landslide caused by heavy rainfall and quarrying operations by Apo Land and Quarry Corporations (ALQC) in Naga, Cebu, Philippines, killed 78 people. Five others are missing. [1] This is the second deadly landslide to occur in the country in five days; the first occurred in Itogon, Benguet, on September 15, triggered by ...
Earliest history. Paleolithic evidence of human activity in Uganda goes back to at least 50,000 years, and perhaps as far as 100,000 years, as shown by the Acheulean stone tools recovered from the former environs of Lake Victoria, which were exposed along the Kagera River valley, chiefly around Nsonezi. [1] Rock art in Uganda, particularly in ...
Ol Doinyo Lengai is an active volcano in northern Tanzania. It consists of a volcanic cone with two craters, the northern of which has erupted during historical time. Uniquely for volcanoes on Earth, it has erupted natrocarbonatite, [2] an unusually low temperature and highly fluid type of magma.
A major landslide occurred 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Oso, Washington, United States, on March 22, 2014, at 10:37 a.m. local time.A portion of an unstable hill collapsed, sending mud and debris to the south across the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, engulfing a rural neighborhood, and covering an area of approximately 1 square mile (2.6 km 2).
Submarine landslide. Conglomerate rock located at Point Reyes, California. Deposited by a submarine landslide, the rock is an example of a turbidite. Submarine landslides are marine landslides that transport sediment across the continental shelf and into the deep ocean. A submarine landslide is initiated when the downwards driving stress ...
Ngoma (Bantu, meaning dance, drum and event) is a traditional dance music that has been the most widespread music in Tanzania. [259] [260] Dansi is urban jazz or band music. [259] [261] Taarab is sung Kiswahili poetry accompanied by a band, typically string, in which audience is often, but not always, encouraged to dance and clap. [259]
The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania is characterised by substantial across age, gender, geographical location and socioeconomic status implying difference in the risk of transmission of infection. [1] In 2019, among 1.7 million people living with HIV /AIDS, the prevalence was 4.6% and 58,000 new HIV infection among 15–49 years old, and ...