Category Mudslide Alert

Powerful typhoon causes 3 dead 47 injured in Japan

Three people died and 47 others were injured across Japan as a powerful typhoon moved through the country’s southernmost main island of Kyushu on Thursday morning after lashing the islands of Okinawa, local press reported.   Neoguri, the season’s eighth…

Large Landslide; 17 People Missing In China’s Southwest

Search ongoing for at least 17 people missing after landslide in Yunnan province At least 17 people are missing after a landslide in southwest China’s Yunnan province early Wednesday, according to Chinese media. Xinhua news agency said the landslide occurred…

Southern Japan on alert after Typhoon Neoguri sweeps across Okinawa

The Japan Meteorological Agency warned that severe weather from Typhoon Neoguri would continue, the eighth typhoon of the season.   The storm had lost some strength by Wednesday, packing winds of 126 kph (78 mph) with gusts of up to…

Emergency evacuation of 87,000 people in southwestern Japan

This was caused by the increased risk of flooding due to heavy rains. Only for one hour 70 millimeters of rain fell in the region on Monday morning, RIA Novosti reported. In Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Nagasaki prefecture and at Kyushu island…

Severe flood & landslide leaves 3 missing & 100’s displaced in West Java, Indonesia

An official said Friday that flash floods and landslides caused by Thursday’s heavy downpours have left three people missing and hundreds of others displaced in Sukabumi district of West Java. Mud rushed down from a 40 meter-high hill in Purabaya…