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Massive Landslide Hits The Hunan Province, China

Train Crash Leaves 10 Injured After Landslide Causes Derailment In Germany

A TRAIN driver is seriously injured after a landslide caused a major incident on a railway line. Another three rail employees and six passengers were also injured in the incident this morning.   The train, a Regional Express 4251, was…

Floods, Landslides Kill 35+ People in Indonesia

Mega Flooding Has Killed At Least 64 And Displaced More Than 400,000 In Sri Lanka

Hundreds of small boats navigated deep floodwaters that have inundated thousands of homes in the Sri Lankan capital to deliver aid and rescue the elderly and sick from rooftops, as forecasters warned of more heavy rain.   The heavily-indebted Government…

Massive Landslide Buries Homes 350,000 Displaced In Sri Lanka

Rescuers in Sri Lanka are searching for scores of people missing after massive landslides following days of rain.   The army told the BBC that 134 people remained unaccounted for after mudslides hit three villages in central Kegalle district.  …

Massive Landslide Kills 15 In Uganda, Africa

At least 15 people have been confirmed dead and scores still missing following a landslide triggered by heavy downpours in western Uganda’s Bundibugyo District Tuesday morning.   Bridges were washed away and some 200 homes destroyed in heavy rains that…

Massive Landslide Kills 42 In Ethiopia, Africa

Rescue efforts were underway on Wednesday following a landslide in southern Ethiopia that killed 42 people, police said.   Torrential rains in Wolaita, around 300 kilometres (195 miles) southwest of the capital Addis Ababa, wiped out roads and bridges, Cmdr.…