Category Mudslide Alert

Major flooding causes mayhem in the Balkans with two killed in Slovenia

Authorities in Slovenia say two people have died in new floods that hit the Balkans this weekend after heavy rains.   Police said Sunday a 30-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl drowned after their van plunged into a flood-swollen stream…

Landslide devours hamlet in Udhampur; 31 still missing

Ganesh Singh walked 30 km to reach his village only to find it missing, as a mountain had crumbled after heavy rain devouring the entire hamlet and with it 41 people, including his family of six.    Recalling the sequence…

Massive landslide buries 24 homes; 7 dead, 20 missing in Udhampur, India

At least seven people were killed and about 20 went missing after a landslide, triggered by heavy rains, buried 24 houses in a remote mountainous hamlet in Udhampur district, today.   DIG, Reasi-Udhampur range, Gareeb Dass said a landslide, triggered…

Landslides caused by heavy rain kills at least 8 in China

Landslides caused by torrential rains in the southwestern Chinese municipality of Chongqing has left eight people dead and dozens missing, state news agency Xinhua reports citing local rescuers.   Overall, 24 people remain unaccounted for, including 11 miners who were…

Massive landslide and flash flooding kills 7 and 20 are missing in Guizhou Province, China

Seven people are reported to have died and 20 are still missing after a landslide hit the village of Yingping in Guizhou Province, China, at about 8 pm on Wednesday 27 August 2014. A further 22 people were injured in…

Severe flooding causes mayhem with landslides and forces it’s Nuclear reactor to halt in South Korea

Heavy rain lashed the southeast of South Korea, flooding a school in Busan and triggering landslides that demolished a senior citizens’ center. At least one person died when a bus was washed away, Yonhap News said.   As much as…

Severe flooding leaves nearly half a million people homeless in Bangladesh

Floodwaters pouring through villages in northern Bangladesh have left nearly half a million people homeless, washed away roads and damaged crops. The low-lying and densely-populated country has been battered by flash floods for more than a week, with officials warning…