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10 of the World’s Deadliest Dam Failures
listverse   13 January 2023   World  
Photo credit: murciatoday.com
<p>Living in the shadow of a large dam means you have placed your trust in the engineers who designed it. Because if there were any errors in their calculations, the result could be a deadly catastrophe. When a dam breaches, the consequent water surge can ...
Uttarakhand dam disaster: Race to save people trapped inside India tunnel
BBC NEWS   09 February 2021   India   Uttarakhand  
Up to 35 people are believed to be trapped in the tunnel
<p>Emergency teams are working round the clock to rescue up to 35 people believed to be trapped in a tunnel in northern India.<br />The tunnel was blocked after a huge flood in the state of Uttarakhand on Sunday in which 28 people have been killed, and as ...
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 ...
At least six dead as Europe battered by storms, floods and a landslide
Euronews   25 November 2019   Italy, French  
The A6 bridge near Savona Italy was swept away by a huge landslip on Sunday REUTERS
<p>Six people have been killed following a weekend of storms, floods and a landslide across parts of Europe.<br />In France and Italy, torrential rain killed four people and left one missing after it caused flooding and a landslide that swept away a motorway ...
Russian diamond mine boss found dead in prison cell
The Jakarta Post   08 October 2019   Russia   Yakutia  
This file photo taken on July 01, 2019 shows a view of the first Soviet diamond mining pit
<p>The former head of a giant Siberian diamond mine was found dead in his prision cell a day after being charged over the deaths of miners trapped by flooding, investigators said Tuesday.<br />Eight miners died after water leaked into the Mir mine owned by ...
Filed under: Mining News
Terrifying moment of Brazil dam collapse caught on camera
YouTube, Guardian News   04 February 2019  
<p>A video aired on Brazilian media shows the exact moment a dam burst in Brazil on 25 January. The dam break at an iron ore mining complex operated by the minerals firm Vale killed at least 65 people. A further 279 are missing.</p>
26 People Confirmed Dead as Rescuers Continue Search for Survivors of Laos Dam Disaster
TIME   26 July 2018   Laos   Laos  
<p>Rescue teams are continuing to search through submerged villages to locate missing people after part of a newly constructed dam in southern Laos collapsed on Monday night, sending walls of water into the surrounding rural towns.<br>The disaster has rendered ...
Search for survivors after Afghanistan landslide destroys 300 homes
<p>A landslide destroyed nearly 300 homes, killing at least 10 people, as it swept through an Afghan village where residents were using only basic digging tools to search for survivors, officials said.</p> <p>A mountain lake in Panjsher, a province north of ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Japan floods: 141 killed after torrential rain and landslides
BBC NEWS   10 July 2018   Japan   Okayama  
More than 70,000 emergency workers have been deployed across western Japan / AFP
<p>At least 141 people are now known to have died in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in western Japan, says the government.</p> <p>It is the highest death toll caused by rainfall that Japan has seen in more than three decades.</p> <p>Rescuers ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Greece: Deadly floods hit Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara
BBC NEWS   16 November 2017   Greece   Attiki  
Some roads were inundated by more than 1m (3ft) of water
<p>Flash floods caused by heavy overnight rain have killed at least 15 people and caused destruction in central Greece.<br />The industrial towns of Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara, west of the capital Athens, were the most affected.<br />Many of the dead were ...