Landslide News

The death toll in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda in Phl.) that battered central Philippines on Friday could reach over 1,000, an official of the Philippine National Red Cross said.

Super Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Typhoon "Yolanda," has weakened while traversing the West Philippine Sea heading towards Vietnam and still packing maximum sustained winds of 175 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 210 kph.

Researchers in Mexico have proposed that if the slopes along roads are converted to monumental gardens this will reduce the number of landslides.

A Taiwanese driver is lucky to be alive, as a huge boulder crashes down a mountainside, only narrowly missing his car. The action was caught on the dashboard camera of a vehicle following behind.

Tegucigalpa - A landslide provoked by heavy rain in Northern Honduras killed six children in the village of La Chicharronera Wednesday night.

The nation of Russia has just passed a bill which pretty much demonizes not only LGBT people within its confines, but from foreign lands too. The bill, which passed at 436-0 votes, is likely to be signed by President, Vladimir Putin.

Researchers have developed a way to remotely detect the events using energy unleashed by landslides. This is similar, in principle, to the way that geologists identify earthquakes using waves of energy.

Officials have confirmed the death toll resulting from a devastating landslide that mercilessly buried the village of Gaopo in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan, southwest China.

At least 322 people have been reported dead as super typhoon Bopha moves away from the big islands of Mindanao in southern Philippines on its way to the Luzon area of the West Philippine sea toward the direction of China or Vietnam.

As super typhoon Bopha (local name Pablo), continues to rampage across Mindanao in southern Philippines, local authorities have reported at least 81 people killed in different parts of the southern region due to floods, strong wind and mudslides.