Category Mudslide Alert

Massive landslide destroys a road in Nepal

A landslide has obstructed north-west Talamarang Bazaar-Batase road stretch which is seven kilometers away from district central hub Melamchi.   The mudslide occurred at Jagarkot of Sindhupalchowk has brought the vehicular movement to grinding halt. The landslide has swept away…

Landslides trap hundreds of motorists on mountainous Costa Rica highway

A harrowing Thursday evening continued into early Friday morning for hundreds of motorists trapped on the Braulio Carrillo Highway that connects San José to the Caribbean port city of Limón. Heavy rains triggered multiple landslides that stranded 380 2,000 people…

Apocalyptic floods affect 2.3 million in Pakistan

Sher Muhammad, 85, looked on with a sense of bewilderment: “I have not seen such a flood, not since around the time of partition [1947].” As the flood emergency deepens in Pakistan, now affecting nearly 2.3 million people, humanitarian teams…

Emergency disaster declared due to severe flooding and landslides in parts of the Philippines

Following the heavy downpour last Wednesday night until yesterday, floods and landslides were reported in Cebu City and different areas of the province.   PDRRMO reported rock falls along the Transcentral Highway in the boundary between Balamban town and Cebu…

Landslide strikes a campsite and buries a caravan near Břeclav, Czech Republic

Heavy rain triggered a landslide in the region of Břeclav in southern Moravia on Sunday. The incident happened at a campsite by the river, leaving one caravan buried under the debris. One woman was reportedly injured and had to be…