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Huge landslide in Tg Bungah hill
The Star   22 May 2018   Malaysia  
Disaster zone: An aerial view of the recent landslide in Tanjung Bungah, Penang.
<p>Nobody knew a natural disaster was waiting to happen until Sungai Kelian in Tanjung Bungah turned brown and silty.</p> <p>The sudden profusion of laterite mud flowing out to sea was caused by a landslide even bigger than the one that killed 11 people at ...
27 killed, 36 hospitalised as Kenyan dam bursts after heavy rains
THE HINDU   10 May 2018   Kenya   Nakuru city  
volunteers scour for survivors in a residential area on May 10, 2018 after a dam burst its bank at Solai, about 40 kilometres north of Nakuru, Kenya. So far, 20 bodies have been recovered. | Photo Credit: AFP
<p>Disaster struck when most people were asleep and their houses were swept away: police<br>At least 27 people died when their homes were swept away after a dam burst in southern Kenya following heavy rains, police said on Thursday.</p><p>The incident in Solai, ...
Miami pedestrian bridge collapses, killing at least four, officials say
NBC NEWS   15 March 2018   USA   Florida  
A pedestrian bridge collapsed near Florida International University in Miami, Photo: Roque Ruiz
<p>A pedestrian walkway that was still under construction collapsed onto a busy highway in Miami on Thursday, killing at least four people.</p> <p>The Florida Highway Patrol said multiple vehicles were crushed by the span near Florida International University's ...
Landslides bring houses to collapse, cause severe damage traffic network in Central Greece (videos)
Keep Talking Greece   27 February 2018   Greece   Trikala  
Landslides bring houses to collapse, cause severe damage traffic network in Central Greece (videos)
<p>It wasn&rsquo;t an earthquake that brought three houses to collapse but a landslide after days of torrential rains. Residents of Pialeia village by Trikala in Central Greece, were horrified to feel the earth moving under their feet.</p>
Corinth Canal to Shut Down for 15 Days Due to Landslide "Watch New Drone Video"
Greek Reporter   27 February 2018   Greece   Korinth  
Corinth Canal to Shut Down for 15 Days Due to Landslide
<p>The Corinth Canal will shut down for about 15 days after heavy rainfall caused a mass landslide, according to the Peloponnese and Ionian Islands Region authority.</p><p>The Port Authority has banned the passage of ships from the canal. Ships will have to ...
Eleven missing, 14 injured in Indonesia landslide
News24   22 February 2018   Indonesia  
Eleven missing, 14 injured in Indonesia landslide (Eranga Jayawardena, AP)
<p>Jakarta - Eleven people are missing and 14 have been injured following a landslide on Thursday that cascaded down the terraced slopes of a rice field on the Indonesian island of Java, officials said.</p>
Cars swallowed up and houses evacuated after massive landslide in Rome metro construction
Metro   15 February 2018   Italy   Rome  
Retaining wall collapse at Rome metro construction (Picture: EPA)
<p>Several cars were swallowed up and dozens of people were evacuated when a construction site apparently collapsed.<br /><br />At least six cars fell into the 30ft hole in Rome when the ground collapsed beneath them at around 5.30pm.<br /><br />The collapse ...
Emergency operation centre opened in Nanaimo after flooding, landslide
CBC News   29 January 2018   Canada   Vancouver Island  
A massive hole on Melrose Road in Whiskey Creek, a community located north of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. (Oliver Watson)
<p>An emergency operation centre has opened in the Regional District of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island after a landslide occurred in Lantzville and flooding hit Parksville and Whiskey Creek.</p> <p>On Sunday night Nanaimo Search and Rescue responded to several ...
13 die after massive landslide throws bus into abyss in Colombia (PHOTO, VIDEO)
RT Question More   22 January 2018   Colombia  
13 die after massive landslide throws bus into abyss in Colombia (PHOTO, VIDEO)
<p>At least 13 people died when the bus they were traveling on was pushed by a landslide into a deep abyss off a highway in southwestern Colombia, authorities announced. Rescuers only managed to reach it the next day.</p> <p>About 5,000 cubic meters (176,000 ...
‘Very Small Risk’ That 3-Story Home Will Fall as Crews Monitor Active Landslide in Malibu, Fire Official Says
KTLA 5   17 January 2018   USA   Los Angeles  
An active landslide affects a three-story home in Malibu on Jan. 17, 2018. (Credit: KTLA)
<p>An actively moving landslide continued to threaten a three-story house nestled atop a hill in Malibu Wednesday evening, but Los Angeles County fire officials said the risk is "very small" that the home itself will fall into the canyon below.</p><p>Crews ...