Category Damage Reports

Missing Woman’s Car Buried Under 15 Feet of Mud in Gorge Landslide, Oregon, USA

Early Wednesday morning, a landslide near the small town of Dodson, Ore., in the Columbia River Gorge swept away 50-year-old Jennifer Camus Moore while she was driving. Two days later, the search continues, but officials no longer hold out hope…

Heavy rains trigger floods, landslides in E. Visayas, Philippines

Heavy downpour has triggered flooding and landslides in Samar and Southern Leyte provinces over the weekend, the Regional Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) reported on Monday. Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Regional Director Lord Byron Torrecarion, RDRRMC Eastern Visayas…

Ukraine rocked as huge gas pipeline explosion ‘leaves entire villages shaking’

A giant gas explosion has been reported in the Ukraine – with the explosion believed to have happened on a main gas pipeline in the Urengoy – Pomary region. Local news reports have suggested the explosion occurred near the village…

Tropical storm Chalane lands in Mozambique

A powerful tropical storm made landfall near the central Mozambique city of Beira early on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and wind to an area devastated by Cyclone Idai nearly two years ago. Beira, a low-lying coastal city of 500,000 people,…

15 feared dead after landslide buries PNG village

Fifteen people are missing after a landslide in a remote part of Papua New Guinea’s Central Province. The area in Goilala District is the site of an informal alluvial mining camp, where people were panning for gold. Disaster officials have…

Norway landslide: At least 10 people injured and 26 missing, police say in Gjerdrum

Ten people have been wounded and 26 are missing after a landslide in southern Norway, police said. One of the victims was critically injured and more than a dozen buildings were swept away early on Wednesday in the municipality of…