In 1998, as the La Niña developed, flash floods and
landslides killed 25,000 in Venezuela, and floods and storms displaced 200 million people in China.
After flash floods and
landslides killed at least 800 people in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand last month, disaster management authorities are planning to halt rescue [continue reading...]
WSJ: A roundup of what the Indian media said after flash floods and
landslides killed at least 800 people in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand last month.
The landslide killed 43 people as it plowed through the Steelhead Haven neighborhood.
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Landslides kill 36 in Guatemala Sep 5, 2010 — Record rainfall.
Not exact matches
BANGKOK (AP)-- A
landslide of a mound of mining waste has
killed at least 14 people in northern Myanmar's jade mining region.
In June and August, massive
landslides in southwestern Sichuan province
killed more than 30 and left scores missing.
In July 63 people were
killed by
landslides and floods in the central province of Hunan.
At least 49 people have been
killed after a
landslide swept through a fishing village on the banks of Lake Albert in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
These giant waves, caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and underwater
landslides, are some of the deadliest natural disasters known; the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean
killed over 230,000 people, a higher death toll than any fire or hurricane.
BRAZIL / / /
LANDSLIDES In areas surrounding Rio de Janeiro, landslides triggered by rainfall killed 850 i
LANDSLIDES In areas surrounding Rio de Janeiro,
landslides triggered by rainfall killed 850 i
landslides triggered by rainfall
killed 850 in January.
There the clouds stayed for a week, dumping up to 12 feet of excess moisture before traveling to the far west of China, inundating communities there and
killing some 1,200 people in
landslides.
The
landslide buried a bus,
killing at least 30 people.
Heavy rains and
landslides have
killed at least 35 people, and threaten a major Serbian power station.
An earthquake in China on the weekend triggered
landslides that have blocked rivers and created rapidly growing bodies of water that could unleash more destruction on survivors of the disaster that
killed 410 people, state media reported on Thursday.
«No one was
killed, and yet now we have this rich dataset to learn more about
landslides.»
Venezuela endured flash flooding and
landslides that
killed 25,000 to 50,000 people.
The
landslide drowned buildings, houses and vehicles,
killing over 70 people.
On Mother's Day in 1999, eight people were
killed and more than 30 people were injured when an unexpected
landslide occurred at Sacred Falls.
The head of the Banjarnegara Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD)'s rapid response team, Andri Sulistyo, said the seven
landslide victims
killed in Gumelem were still working to clear a road covered by mud from a previous
landslide in the village when the incident took place.
Brazil started the year with the deadliest natural disaster in its history: In January, a month's worth of rain fell in a single day in Rio de Janeiro state, leading to floods and
landslides that
killed at least 900 people.
Heavy rains triggered floods and
landslides in Colombia in 2010 and 2011,
killing over 600 people and causing nearly $ 7 billion in damage, the biggest natural disaster in the nation's history.
Heavy rains also doused southern China in June, with nearly 14 million people affected by floods and
landslides that
killed 120 people, the WMO said.
Nepal's vulnerability to a warming climate became clear in May 2012 when the Seti River burst its banks during flash floods and
landslides that
killed more than 60 people.
This week, thirty people were
killed in a
landslide.