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Tourist killed as landslide hits Crete hotel (Video)
social news xyz   31 October 2022   Greece   Crete  
<p>(31 Oct 2022) A foreign tourist died on Sunday after a landslide at a hotel in Crete. (Oct. 31)</p>
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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Miner killed after boulder falls at Whitley County strip mine
WKYT.com   31 March 2017   United States   Americas  
<p>Whitley County lost one of their own Thursday, a man who died earning his living to take care of those he cared most about.</p><p>Kentucky officials are saying that Partin began his shift about 5pm on Wednesday evening. He was performing maintenance work ...
Several feared buried under landslide near Bengal-Sikkim border
Hindustan Times   14 January 2016   India   Bengal  
The incident happened between 5 am and 5:30 am on Thursday. (Avijit Ghoshal/HT )
<p>An unspecified number of people are feared trapped after a large piece of rock, estimated to measure about 150 metres, broke off a hillock and crashed down on a stretch of the national highway connecting Sikkim with Bengal.</p>
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Georgina Le Fjord: Student killed in rock fall on Welsh beach as she celebrates end of exams
The Telegraph   07 September 2015   UK   Llantwit Major, south Wales  
The rock formation on Llantwit Major beach Photo: Wales News Service
<p>A student died instantly following a rock fall during a beach-side picnic to celebrate the end of their exams, an inquest has heard.<br />Georgina Le Fjord was sitting on the beach in Llantwit Major, south Wales, in June with best friend Martha Ormerod ...
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Beach-goer, 24, dies in cliff rock-fall
The Telegraph   19 June 2015   UK   Wales  
Rocks on the beach at Llantwit Major (Huw Evans)
<p>A 24-year-old woman has died after a rock fell on her head on a beach, the Welsh Ambulance Service said.<br />Emergency crews were called to Llantwit Major, between Swansea and Cardiff on the Glamorgan coast, shortly before 5.30pm on Thursday.</p>
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Disused Lutwyche quarry remains off limits to residents after spectacular rockfall
abc.net.au   15 June 2015   Australia   Brisbane  
More than 90 tonnes of rock has fallen at Lutwyche quarry on Brisbane's northside. (ABC News: John Taylor)
<p>Recommendations from a geotechnical report requested by Brisbane City Council (BCC) on a recent rockfall on Brisbane's northside could see the area closed to the public for five months.</p> <p>More than 90 tonnes of rock from the Lutwyche quarry fell into ...
Quarry landslide search reaches Murray Taylor's excavator cab
Stuff.co.nz   09 June 2015   New Zealand   Waikari  
<p>Murray George Taylor's excavator cab has been found collapsed as searchers shift 750 tonnes of rubble from the landslide that buried the quarry boss.</p> <p>Taylor, 56, who is the director of the Heathstock Haulage lime quarry, is feared dead after about ...
Quarry rock collapse buries digger in Canterbury
3news.co.nz   08 June 2015   New Zealand   Waikari  
<p>Specialist alpine cliff and mine rescue teams have been rushed to a Canterbury lime quarry in a desperate attempt to save a digger driver trapped under a landslide.<br />Paramedics have already been stood down from the scene, sparking fears for the man's ...
Trapped man rescued after rock fall near Leisure Island
A man is loaded into an ambulance after he fell onto rocks near Leisure Island, Mount Maunganui. Photo/Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service Facebook page
<p>A man has suffered serious injuries after falling onto rocks near Leisure Island at Mount Maunganui.</p><p>Emergency services were called to the man about 9.30am, after reports he had become trapped on the rocks after the fall. The man was found on an area ...
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