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Colombia mudslide: Dozens of people die as bus is buried
BBC NEWS   05 December 2022   Colombia   Risaralda  
Part of the mountainside gave way and buried at least three vehicles
<p>A landslide on a road in the province of Risaralda in western Colombia has killed at least 27 people, the country's president has announced.<br />A bus full of passengers was among several vehicles buried under mud and rocks, which tumbled down a hillside ...
Maximum landslide deaths in India
Deccan Herald   30 September 2019   India  
A scene of landsliding, at Malemane, near Kottigehara, Mudigere Taluk. (DH Photo)
<p>Landslides are silent killers. They are as deadly as any other natural catastrophes but receive far less attention in the public space. This could possibly be the reason for people not considering the threats and consequences of a landslide while going ...
Indonesian floods and landslides leave two dead, thousands evacuated in Jakarta
abc.net.au   06 February 2018   Indonesia  
Rescuers pulled two women alive from a car trapped by a landslide for 13 hours. One later died in hospital. (AP)
<p>Thousands of residents in Indonesia's capital have been evacuated due to flooding, while landslides in satellite cities around Jakarta have left at least two dead and eight missing, authorities have said.</p> <p>In the city of Bogor, rescuers pulled one ...
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Desperate search for survivors as homes buried in Philippines landslides with 26 dead and dozens missing
mirror.co.uk/   18 December 2017   Philippines   Birilan province  
Several bridges have collapsed (Image: mirror.co.uk)
<p>Landslides in the Philippines have claimed the lives of 26 people with dozens still missing.<br />The landslides hit several areas of the Birilan province, an official of the provincial disaster response office confirmed.<br />Of the missing, 15 were residents ...
Two Killed as Mountain Collapses on Township in South West China
The Wire   28 August 2017   China   Zhangjiawan  
Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a landslide that occurred in Nayong county, Guizhou province, China August 28, 2017. Credit:Reuters
<p>Beijing: A landslide caused part of a mountain to collapse on to a remote township in China’s remote southwest on Monday, state media said, killing at least two people with 25 missing.</p><p>The landslide sent rubble sweeping over 34 homes in Zhangjiawan ...
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Search continues for missing hikers after landslide
SWI   25 August 2017   Switzerland   Graubuenden  
The landslide stopped just short of Bondo (Keystone)
<p>Rescue services resumed their search for eight missing hikers on Friday following a massive landslide in a remote valley in canton Graub&uuml;nden.<br />Rescuers are using a helicopter, dogs, thermal imaging and mobile phone location devices to look for ...
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Switzerland landslide: Eight people missing after rockfall near Italian border
The Independent   24 August 2017   Switzerland   Graubuenden  
A view of a landslide and the village Bondo in Graubuenden in southeast Switzerland EPA/GIAN EHRENZELLER
<p>Eight people are missing and several villages have been evacuated after a landslide in southeast Switzerland, police said.</p> <p>One hundred people were evacuated from Bondo yesterday.</p> <p>Rolling rocks reached the entrance of the village and police ...
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Landslides kill 5 more
The Daily Star   26 July 2017   Bangladesh   Cox's Bazar  
Incessant rain for the last three days has made life miserable in the district. Photo: Anvil Chakma, Mohammad Ali Jinnat
<p>Monsoon torrential rain triggered fresh landslides in Cox's Bazar killing at least five people yesterday.<br>Heavy rainfall in the peak of monsoon has caused water-logging in the coastal and hill districts for the last few days disrupting usual business ...
China landslide: More than 90 missing as search continues
BBC NEWS   26 June 2017   China   Sichuan  
Rescuers and local residents use rope to move large boulders at the site of the deadly landslide
<p>More than 90 people remain missing after a huge landslide buried homes in a village in Sichuan province, south-western China.<br />Thousands of rescuers were deployed after some 40 homes were destroyed in Maoxian county, in what one local man said had been ...
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China landslide leaves at least 140 missing in Sichuan
BBC NEWS   24 June 2017   China   Asia  
China landslide leaves at least 140 missing in Sichuan
<p>More than 140 people are feared buried in a landslide in Sichuan province in south-western China, state media say.<br /><br />About 40 homes were destroyed in Xinmo village in Maoxian county, after the side of a mountain collapsed at about 06:00 local time ...
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