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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 ...
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 ...
Shocking moment mudslide sends huge boulders down a mountain metres away from homes before cars get washed away like toys by rapid floodwaters in a Chinese city
Daily Mail   10 June 2019   China   Guangxi  
This aerial photo taken yesterday shows submerged buildings after heavy rain caused flooding in Rongan in China's southern Guangxi region.
<p>A massive mudslide sent huge boulders down the side of a mountain just metres away from a residential complex in a Chinese city today.</p> <p>Terrifying footage shows the mountainside collapsing next to several tower blocks in Fujian Province in south-eastern ...
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Problems at Colombian Dam, Plagued by Landslides, Force Thousands to Evacuate
The Weather Channel   06 June 2018   Colombia   Cauca river  
Landslides Complicate Colombia Dam Project Now in Danger of Failing
<p>A dam under construction in Colombia has caused big problems for thousands who live downstream. Mudslides caused plugged water-release tunnels, sending water levels up and leading to evacuations. Locals now worry daily about what could happen if additional ...
Huge landslide in Tg Bungah hill
The Star   22 May 2018   Malaysia  
Disaster zone: An aerial view of the recent landslide in Tanjung Bungah, Penang.
<p>Nobody knew a natural disaster was waiting to happen until Sungai Kelian in Tanjung Bungah turned brown and silty.</p> <p>The sudden profusion of laterite mud flowing out to sea was caused by a landslide even bigger than the one that killed 11 people at ...
Why California's mudslides are so devastating
CNN   11 January 2018   USA   California  
Mudslides pushed boulders near a broken fence in Carpinteria on Tuesday.
<p>(CNN)Southern Californians can't get a break from nature. First, wildfires scorched a massive area northwest of Los Angeles. Now catastrophic mudslides have swallowed homes and killed at least 15 people.</p> <p>But a variety of unique factors have made ...
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13 killed in Southern California deluge as rivers of mud wipe out homes
CNN   10 January 2018   USA   California  
Deadly mudslides in Southern California / CNN
<p>(CNN)Heavy rains unleashed destructive rivers of mud and debris in Southern California on Tuesday -- leaving at least 13 people dead, destroying homes and spurring rescues as the flooding forced heavily traveled roads to close.</p> <p>Santa Barbara County ...
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Chile: Landslide destroys village and kills at least five
BBC NEWS   17 December 2017   Chile  
The area in Chile's lake district is sparsely populated
<p>A landslide caused by torrential rain has killed at least five people in southern Chile and has destroyed dozens of houses.<br />Fifteen people are missing in the remote village of Villa Santa Luc&iacute;a in the country's lake region, popular with tourists.<br ...
Experts warn Bondo landslide danger may not be over
SWI   28 August 2017   Switzerland   Graubuenden  
The mountain village of Bondo in the Val Badosca in canton Graubünden was hit by a huge rock and mudslide on August 23 that began high on the 3,369-metre Piz Cengalo mountain (Keystone)
<p>Geologists say the Piz Cengalo mountain on the Swiss-Italian border, which collapsed last week causing a huge landslide in the Swiss village of Bondo, remains unstable. The dangers are preventing locals from returning and are hindering the clean-up operation. ...
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2 survived as rock slide buried truck in Jalal-Abad
AKIpress   17 May 2017   Kyrgyzstan   Jalal-Abad  
Rocklside in Jalal-Abad
<p>A truck was buried by a rockfall triggered by a mudslide in Chatkal district of Jalal-Abad region, the authorities said.</p> <p>The driver and one passenger inside the cabin were luckily safe and sound. The truck was carrying food products, the Ministry ...
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