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Brazil's deadly storm causes landslides, killing at least 23 people with dozens still missing
abc.net.au   05 March 2020   Brazil  
Photo: Many houses have been destroyed in Sao Paolo state due to landslides. (AP: Nelson Antoine)
<p><br />At least 23 people have been killed and dozens more are missing in Brazil after a storm hit the country's south-eastern coast, causing torrential rain and landslides, authorities have said.<br />The deaths occurred in the cities of Guaruja, Santos ...
Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 strikes Indonesia's Tanimbar region
ABC News   26 February 2020   Indonesia   Tanimbar  
<p>An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 has struck the Tanimbar region in Indonesia, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) says.<br />The Indonesia Geophysics Agency and the BoM said there was no tsunami potential from the quake.<br />Northern Territory residents told ...
Several dead in Turkey after earthquake hits Iran border area
Aljazeera   23 February 2020   Turkey   Van province  
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<p>At least eight people have been killed and 21 others injured in Turkey's Van province following an earthquake early Sunday, the country's interior minister has said.<br />Three of those killed were children, according to Suleyman Soylu, adding that some ...
2 homes collapse in landslide, plunge into Tennessee River
WSOCTV   17 February 2020   USA   Hardin County, Tennessee  
The vacant house on the left collapsed during a landslide Saturday in Hardin County, Tennessee. (Hardin County Fire Department)
<p>HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. &mdash; Two homes in Hardin County, Tennessee, took a plunge into the Tennessee River Saturday evening. Hardin County firefighters were called just after 5 p.m. to the 4800 block of Glendale Rd. for fears of a landslide along the Tennessee ...
Japan is rattled by 5.2-magnitude earthquake near Fukushima
Mail Online   12 February 2020   Japan   Fukushima  
Japan was rattled by a 5.2-magnitude earthquake off the country's east coast today
<p>Japan was rattled by a 5.2-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Fukushima province today. <br />The quake struck just over 50 miles from the city of Fukushima where the nuclear disaster occurred in 2011. <br />Witnesses said they had felt a 10-second ...
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake rattles Puerto Rico causing damage to the south of the island - as U.S. territory suffers 11th aftershock in last 30 days
Mail Online   04 February 2020   Puerto Rico  
A magnitude 5 earthquake on Tuesday struck Puerto Rico, where people are still on edge from a series of quakes after last month's deadly event
<p>A magnitude 5.0 aftershock rattled southern Puerto Rico on Tuesday, causing some cracks but no reported injuries in a region that has been shaken by continuing quakes for more than a month.<br />Officials in the southwest coastal town of Guayanilla reported ...
New Zealand flooding: Tourists stranded as water rises
Sky NEWS   04 February 2020   New Zealand  
State Highway 94 is the only road into Milford Sound. Pic: New Zealand Transport Agency
<p>Parts of the island saw more than a metre of rain in 60 hours, the country's Metservice said, adding that a further 200m-300mm of rain was expected to cause "dangerous river conditions and significant flooding" over the coming day.<br />A state of emergency ...
Guinea: At least 8 killed in landslide at gold mine
aa.com   03 February 2020   Guinea  
<p>At least eight people have been killed in a landslide at a gold mine in northeastern Guinea, local media reported Sunday.<br />The accident took place Saturday in Norassoba, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) from the town of Siguiri, when the columns supporting ...
Accident at Western Australia’s iron ore mine kills one mine worker
Mining Technology   29 January 2020   Australia   Pilbara  
<p>A mine worker has been killed at an accident that occurred at the Roy Hill iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.<br />The worker was injured while he was completing work at the Roy Hill mine on behalf of NRW Holdings subsidiary DIAB ...
Deadly flooding, landslides strike Brazil
DW   26 January 2020   Brazil  
<p>At least 44 people have been killed, with 19 still missing, following more than two days of torrential rains in the southeast of the country. The severe weather comes one year after a dam break killed nearly 300 people.</p>