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Building back: Since the floods of April 2022, people are, very slowly, rebuilding their lives in Inanda, the township just northwest of Durban. (Delwyn Verasamy)

The falling down place

While the scars left by the April 2022 flash floods aren’t obvious to visitors to Inanda, the township just northwest of Durban, the collective and individual trauma, often left…

A landslide has devastated entire homes in Colombia.

At least 61 killed in massive landslide in Colombia

A Colombian landslide has wiped everything in its wake, nearly obliterating the small town of Santa Margarita.

Hundreds dead and others missing in Afghan landslide

More than 300 people have been killed and hundreds of others are feared dead after a landslide buried an Afghan village.

Death toll rises to 21 in China landslide

The death toll from mudslides that have ravaged an earthquake-shattered region of northwestern China has risen to 21.

Volunteers search for bodies after Tuesday’s landslide in Uganda.

Troops help dig out homes after Uganda landslide

Villagers and soldiers in east Uganda have began hacking away at a wall of mud with shovels and hoes after Monday’s landslide.

Brazil’s landslide death toll reaches 803

The death toll from floods and landslides that devastated a mountainous region near Rio de Janeiro has reached 803, authorities said on Sunday.

Brazil rescuers find flood victims trapped for days

Brazil rescuers find flood victims trapped for days

Brazilian army helicopters stepped up rescue and supply operations on Monday in areas hit by floods and landslides that have killed at least 665.

Brazil flood death toll rises

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.

Guatemala landslides kill dozens

Guatemala landslides kill dozens

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.

China struggles to find dozens still buried in landslide

China struggles to find dozens still buried in landslide

Hundreds of rescuers struggled in treacherous conditions on Tuesday to find 106 people buried in a landslide in south-west China.

Dozens killed in China landslides

The death toll from flooding and landslides in southern China climbed to 38 on Thursday, state media reported.

Thousands evacuated after Uganda landslide

Tens of thousands of Ugandans were to be moved on Friday from hilly regions in the east of the country after a deadly landslide.

Rescue teams begin work on Uganda landslide site

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.

More than 70 feared dead in Indonesian landslide

Hopes faded on Wednesday for more than 60 people buried under a massive landslide that killed at least 15 in Indonesia.

Eighty missing after China landslide

At least 80 people were feared buried on Friday when part of a mountain collapsed in a massive landslide in China.

More than 30 killed in Guatemala landslide

A massive landslide on a road in northern Guatemala killed 33 people, while dozens more were missing, rescue officials said Monday.

Cairo rockslide toll passes 100

The death toll from a rockslide in Cairo earlier this month has risen to 101 after rescuers pulled five more bodies from the rubble.

China landslide death toll rises to nearly 260

The death toll from a landslide that engulfed a northern Chinese town grew to 258 on Tuesday with the discovery of four more bodies.

Mudslide buries houses in Philippines

Rescue workers found eight bodies buried under tonnes of mud after days of monsoon rains loosened soil and buried about 20 makeshift houses.

Massive landslide hits Cairo township

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.