1. Recent News on Water-related Disasters

a. Floods in Germany and Danube River [June]

- BBC, June 4, 2024, 'Germany's deadly floods spread along Danube' (Link)

b. Floods in Southern China [June-July]

- Reuters, June 25, 2024, 'Record rains paralyze China's southern city Changsha' (Link)

- Reuters, July 7, 2024, 'Work begins sealing breach at China's second-largest freshwater lake' (Link)

c. Landslide in Ethiopia [July]

- The Conversation, August 12, 2024, 'Ethiopia’s deadly landslides are caused by both nature and man – a geophysicist explains' (Link)

d. Typhoon GAEMI in Philippines, Taiwan, China and North Korea [July]

- Al Jazeera, July 24, 2024, 'Streets turn into rivers as Typhoon Gaemi sweeps over Philippines' (Link)

- The Japan Times, July 25, 2024, 'Typhoon Gaemi Barrels through Taiwan, Killing Two, Heads to Chinese Coast' (Link)

- Reuters, July 28, 2024, 'Landslide from Typhoon Gaemi remnants kills 12 in southern China' (Link)

- Reuters, August 1, 2024, 'Remnants of Typhoon Gaemi leave 30 dead in China's Hunan, CCTV reports' (Link)

- Accuweather, July 29, 2024, 'North Korea’s Kim ‘inspects’ flood response as thousands evacuated from China border region' (Link)

e. A landslide in India(Kerala) [July]

- ABC, August 6, 2024, 'How a 570mm deluge triggered devastating landslides in Kerala's steep villages' (Link)

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