A Colombian landslide has wiped everything in its wake, nearly obliterating the small town of Santa Margarita.
More than 300 people have been killed and hundreds of others are feared dead after a landslide buried an Afghan village.
The death toll from mudslides that have ravaged an earthquake-shattered region of northwestern China has risen to 21.
Villagers and soldiers in east Uganda have began hacking away at a wall of mud with shovels and hoes after Monday’s landslide.
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/ 23 January 2011
The death toll from floods and landslides that devastated a mountainous region near Rio de Janeiro has reached 803, authorities said on Sunday.
Brazilian army helicopters stepped up rescue and supply operations on Monday in areas hit by floods and landslides that have killed at least 665.
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/ 14 January 2011
Rescue workers dug for survivors on Thursday and struggled to reach areas cut off by floods and landslides that have killed at least 482 people.
A massive landslide buried a crowd trying to dig out a bus from deep mud on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, with dozens more feared dead.
Hundreds of rescuers struggled in treacherous conditions on Tuesday to find 106 people buried in a landslide in south-west China.
The death toll from flooding and landslides in southern China climbed to 38 on Thursday, state media reported.
Tens of thousands of Ugandans were to be moved on Friday from hilly regions in the east of the country after a deadly landslide.
UN relief teams were on Thursday to begin their rescue effort in a remote region of Uganda, three days after a landslide left 80 dead and 300 missing.
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/ 24 February 2010
Hopes faded on Wednesday for more than 60 people buried under a massive landslide that killed at least 15 in Indonesia.
At least 80 people were feared buried on Friday when part of a mountain collapsed in a massive landslide in China.
A massive landslide on a road in northern Guatemala killed 33 people, while dozens more were missing, rescue officials said Monday.
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/ 19 September 2008
The death toll from a rockslide in Cairo earlier this month has risen to 101 after rescuers pulled five more bodies from the rubble.
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/ 16 September 2008
The death toll from a landslide that engulfed a northern Chinese town grew to 258 on Tuesday with the discovery of four more bodies.
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/ 7 September 2008
Rescue workers found eight bodies buried under tonnes of mud after days of monsoon rains loosened soil and buried about 20 makeshift houses.
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/ 6 September 2008
At least 20 people were killed and 23 injured on Saturday when dozens of homes in a northern Cairo township were crushed by a massive rockslide.