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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 ...
Number of missing in Japan landslide climbs to more than 100
The Guardian   05 July 2021   Japan   Tokyo  
More than 100 people are still missing after a mudslide hit the resort town of Atami, Japan at the weekend.
<p>Officials in Japan have dramatically raised their estimate of the number of people still missing after a mudslide ripped through a seaside town at the weekend.<br />Reports said three people had died in the disaster, which occurred after days of torrential ...
Before and after: pictures reveal extent of flood damage across NSW as residents start returning
The Guardian   26 March 2021   Australia   New South Wales  
Photograph: Maxar Tech/AFP/Getty Images
<p>The number of New South Wales residents forced from their homes by flooding is &ldquo;trickling down&rdquo; with fewer than 9,000 still unable to return, as rivers across the state recede and the sun comes out.<br />The SES has started assessing damage ...
13 dead, dozens missing after two landslides hit village
Yahoo News   12 January 2021   Indonesia   West Java province  
Landslides triggered by heavy rain in the village left at a number of people died and injured, officials said. Source: AP
<p><br />Rescuers are searching for 26 people still missing after two landslides hit a village in Indonesia&rsquo;s West Java province over the weekend.<br />At least 13 people were killed and 29 others injured in the landslides that were triggered by heavy ...
Landslide, floods from monsoon rains kill at least 41 in India, Nepal
The Jakarta Post   31 August 2020   India   Nepal  
Reuters/Adnan Abidi
<p>A landslide and floods caused by heavy rains have killed at least 41 people in Nepal and India in the past week, officials said on Monday, as the annual monsoon season enters its final stretch after claiming hundreds of lives in South Asia. Ten people, ...
Uzbekistan: 70,000 evacuated after dam wall collapses
aa.com   02 May 2020   Uzbekistan  
<p>Some 70,000 people have been evacuated from eastern Uzbekistan as hundreds of houses were submerged under waters from a collapsed dam, said government officials on Saturday.<br />Agricultural lands and some residential areas in the region were flooded, ...
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 ...
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>
Rangitata River flooding: Main trunk rail line suffers significant flood damage
Stuff.co.nz   09 December 2019   New Zealand   Rangitata river  
Flood damage to the main trunk rail line south of the Rangitata River.
<p>The main trunk rail line at Rangitata has suffered "significant damage" from flooding according to an initial assessment by KiwiRail.<br />KiwiRail executive general manager operations Siva Sivapakkiam​ said while the company is waiting on flood waters ...
New Zealand floods: Horror as 1,000 tourists stranded at resort in devastating landslide
Express   09 December 2019   New Zealand   Rangitata river  
Image: GETTY/REUTERS
<p>The huge landslip will see tourists face an uneasy wait for rescuers. Authorities in New Zealand have warned the tourists they may not be saved until Friday. The mudslides happened near the Franz and Fox glaciers, which, Sky News reports, is on the country’s ...