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Aid groups on Sunday rushed to help survivors of a landslide in northern Afghanistan that entombed a village, killing hundreds of people and leaving 700 families homeless in the mountains.
In the Media
by Mushtaq Mojaddidi (AFP)
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At least 350 people were killed and hundreds of others feared dead after a landslide buried an Afghan village, officials said, as rescue teams on Saturday rushed to the scene in the hope of finding any survivors.
In the Media
by AFP
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A massive landslide triggered by heavy rains wiped out a village in Northeast Afghan province of Badhakshan, killing at least 2,700 people, an official said.
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Puebla -
Four children and a pregnant woman were among seven people killed when torrential rains sparked a landslide in central Mexico in the pre-dawn hours Thursday, local authorities said.
In the Media
by AFP
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"We're still in shock, really," says Ben Sullivan. As the likely death toll from the monster landslide in the picture postcard valley town of Oso climbs into the dozens, that's a common feeling round here, more than a week after the catastrophe.
In the Media
by Michael Thurston (AFP)
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The confirmed death toll from a huge U.S. landslide rose from 18 to 21 on Sunday, while four more bodies were located but not counted in the official tally, authorities said.
In the Media
by AFP
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The number of people listed as missing from a monster US landslide has dropped from 90 to 30, while the confirmed death toll rose by one to 18, an official said.
In the Media
by AFP
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Los Angeles -
Tragic stories have emerged of individual victims of a massive US landslide, as the confirmed death toll inched up amid fears the eventual number dead will be much higher.
In the Media
by AFP
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The death toll from the monster US landslide is expected to rise "substantially," somber officials warned as the scale of the disaster becomes clear with 90 still missing five days on.
In the Media
by Tim Lawrence (AFP) - 1 comment
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The number of people missing after a devastating US landslide has fallen to 90, officials said Wednesday while defending themselves over the disaster which has claimed as many as 24 lives so far.The confirmed death toll remained at 16 with 8 more bodie...
In the Media
by Tim Lawrence (AFP)
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The US town devastated by a monster mudslide that has claimed up to 24 lives so far was warned four years ago of the risk but residents felt safe anyway, officials said Wednesday.As workers probed the disaster site for missing residents of Oso, Washing...
In the Media
by AFP
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Seattle -
The death toll from a devastating US landslide is expected to rise from 14 as rescuers pick through a vast pile of mud and debris likened to quicksand, officials said Tuesday.The number of people unaccounted for after Saturday's disaster still stood at...
In the Media
by Paul Brown (AFP)
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Seattle -
The death toll from a devastating landslide in the US state of Washington remained at 14 Tuesday but was expected to rise, with many more people missing, officials said.
In the Media
by AFP
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Seattle -
The death toll from a devastating landslide in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington rose to 14 after six more bodies were found, the local sheriff said.
In the Media
by Paul Brown (AFP)
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Up to 18 people were unaccounted for more than 24 hours after a massive landslide slammed into a mountainside community killing four in the northwestern United States, officials said.Eight people were injured, including a six-month-old infant, when mud...
In the Media
by AFP
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Thousands of people fled rising floods and an approaching storm in a fresh round of evacuations in the Philippines, officials said Friday as the death toll from a week of foul weather rose to 37.
In the Media
by AFP
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At least 13 people have been killed and 40,000 have fled their homes after torrential rain triggered flash floods and landslides on Indonesia's northern Sulawesi island, officials said Thursday.
In the Media
by AFP
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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.
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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.
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Researchers in Mexico have proposed that if the slopes along roads are converted to monumental gardens this will reduce the number of landslides.
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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.
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A landslide provoked by heavy rain in Northern Honduras killed six children in the village of La Chicharronera Wednesday night.
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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.
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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.
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Officials have confirmed the death toll resulting from a devastating landslide that mercilessly buried the village of Gaopo in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan, southwest China.
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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.
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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.
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A super typhoon named "Pablo" with international code name "Botha," is forecast to make landfall in the Philippines Tuesday, according to the the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
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A series of earthquakes in southwestern China has caused the death of at least 80 people and injured 700. At least 60 aftershocks were experienced and 20,000 buildings have been damaged.
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Olongapo -
At 4 p.m. yesterday or 10 hours ago as of this writing, I and my whole household were surprised that all of a sudden rescue vehicles parked in front of our house. Momentarily, we're informed a landslide happened at the backyard of one of our neighbors.
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Southeastern BC: A wall of mud came down near the village of Johnson's Landing
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Jesse Allen / NASA Earth Observatory
Attabad Lake: The lake was formed by a landslide in January 2010. Location: Attabad, Hunza, Pakistan.
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A car narrowly misses being crushed by a huge boulder during a landslide in Taiwan.
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Strong typhoon Botha headed for Philippines
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