Landslides
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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…
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.
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
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
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
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.