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Geotechnical Egineering News tagged with [deadly landslide]

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Death Toll from Colombia Landslide Rises to 28
Voice of America   22 April 2019   Colombia   Cauca  
A woman searches for victims after a landslide in Rosas, Cauca department, in southwestern Colombia, April 22, 2019.
<p>BOGOTA — The death toll from a weekend landslide in the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca has risen to 28 people, the country's disaster relief agency said on Monday.<br>The landslide, caused by heavy rains, occurred early on Sunday morning in a ...
Colombia landslide: At least 17 killed and five injured
BBC NEWS   22 April 2019   Colombia   Rosas / Cauca  
Colombia landslide: At least 17 killed and five injured/bbc
<p>At least 17 people have been killed by a landslide on Sunday in south-western Colombia, officials say.</p> <p>Five others were injured and several houses destroyed in the town of Rosas in the Cauca region.</p> <p>The landslide happened after days of torrential ...
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Death Toll From Indonesia Landslide Climbs to 17
The New York Times   05 March 2019   Indonesia   Sulawesi  
Rescue workers carrying a body bag containing a victim of the landslide at an illegal gold mine in Indonesia last week.Antara Foto/Reuters
<p>HONG KONG &mdash; A weeklong, round-the-clock search for victims of a landslide that may have buried dozens of miners in Indonesia is still underway, a rescue official said Tuesday, as the confirmed death toll rose to 17.</p>
Dozens buried by landslide at illegal goldmine in Indonesia
The Guardian   27 February 2019   Indonesia   North Sulawesi  
Rescue workers in Indonesia at the site of a landslide where gold miners were operating in North Sulawesi province. Photograph: Sutopo Purwo Nugroho/ Indonesia national disaster agency
<p>Dozens of people have been buried by a landslide at an unlicensed goldmine in Indonesia&rsquo;s North Sulawesi province, the national disaster agency has said, as emergency personnel used their bare hands and farm tools to reach victims calling for help ...
Landslides, flooding from dam kill 8 in central Indonesia
ABC News   23 January 2019   Indonesia  
Residents ride a makeshift raft as they evacuate their flooded homes in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019.(AP Photo/Masyudi Syachban Firmansyah)
<p>Torrential rains overwhelmed a dam and caused landslides that killed at least eight people and displaced more than 2,000 in central Indonesia, officials said Wednesday.<br />The dead included two infants who drowned and a man who was electrocuted after ...
At least ten dead in Brazil landslide
Euronews   12 November 2018   Brazil   Niteroi  
At least ten dead in Brazil landslide
<p>Rescuers are searching for survivors of a mudslide in Brazil that has left at least ten people dead including a child. At least four people are still missing. It happened in the early hours of Saturday morning in the Niteroi area outside the capital Rio ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Philippines races to free 30 trapped in landslide
ABS-CBN News   31 October 2018   Philippines  
<p>MANILA - Philippine rescue teams worked to free at least 30 people trapped under earth and rubble on Wednesday after a typhoon dumped heavy rainfall on a mountainous region, triggering floods and deadly landslides.<br />Soldiers and disaster agency personnel ...
'Massive' landslide hits eastern Uganda, dozens killed
Aljazeera   12 October 2018   Uganda  
Damaged housing is seen after the landslide triggered by heavy rains in Bududa, Uganda [Reuters TV]
<p>At least 34 people have been killed when a landslide rolled down the slopes of Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda, wrecking homes and burying animals.</p> <p>Rescue teams were picking through the rubble, looking for survivors and victims of the disaster which ...
Dozens buried in Philippine landslide as China counts cost of Typhoon Mangkhut
Times Live   18 September 2018   Philippines  
A vessel is seen being moved onto the beach after Super Typhoon Mangkhut hit Hong Kong, China September 18, 2018
<p>Philippine rescuers searched desperately for dozens feared buried under a landslide unleashed by Typhoon Mangkhut, which also left a trail of destruction in Hong Kong and saw millions evacuated in southern China.<br /><br />The confirmed death toll across ...
Philippines landslide: Dozens feared buried in Itogon, Benguet
CNN   17 September 2018   Philippines   Itogon  
Dozens of people from the mining town of Itogon are missing, believed buried by a landslide.
<p>Santiago, Isabela province, the Philippines (CNN) - Hundreds of houses have been destroyed and at least 36 people are feared buried under thick mud in the Philippines after Super Typhoon Mangkhut triggered a massive landslide in the country's north.<br ...