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Death toll from Jakarta landslides and flash floods reaches 60

The Japan Times 05 January 2020 Indonesia Jakarta

Rescuers search for missing people at a village hit by a landslide in Cigudeg, West Java, Indonesia, on Saturday. | AP

<p>JAKARTA – Landslides and floods triggered by torrential downpours have left at least 60 people dead in and around Indonesia’s capital, and rescuers struggled to search for people apparently buried under tons of mud, officials said Saturday.<br ...

Filed under: Disasters & Failures

Big tsunami raked Mexico’s Yucatan coast 1,000 years ago

The Japan Times 06 March 2015 Mexico Cancun

<p>A wall of debris stretching about 30 miles (50 km) may be the remnants of a natural disaster that struck Mexico’s Caribbean coast more than 1,000 years ago in an area where tourists now flock to beach resorts and ancient Maya ruins.</p>

Filed under: Natural Hazards