Category Earth Subsistance Alert

Landslide kills at least 5, 1 missing in Bandarban, Bangladesh

Rescuers are trying to recover the dead bodies after a landslide took place at Lama Haspatal area in Lama upazila of Bandarban early Saturday. Photo: STAR Body of one more victim was recovered this afternoon raising the Bandarban landslide death…

Severe Flooding Kills At Least 27 And Hampers Rescue Efforts In Myanmar

Apartments are destroyed following a landslide due to heavy rain in Harkhar, Chin State of Myanmar on July 30, 2015. (Agence France-Presse) Severe flooding across Myanmar hampered rescue efforts on Saturday as thousands sheltered at monasteries after rising waters triggered…

Landslide sends 40 tons of rubble onto coastal tourist path in Ballycastle, Northern Ireland

Fisherman Chris McCaughan at the coastal path where there has been a landslide A landslide has sent 40 tons of rubble cascading onto a popular north coast tourist path – blocking access for holidaymakers and locals alike   The rockfall…

Devastating floods and landslides raises death toll to 10 in Quang Ninh, Vietnam

Rescuers trying to find people who were reportedly missing after a major landslide buried three local houses with 10 people inside in Quang Ninh Province’s Ha Long Town. Photo: Linh Linh Incessant rain triggering floods and landslides continued to wreak…

Landslide kills 6 in North Sumatra, Indonesia

Six people have been killed and five others injured in a landslide that occurred in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, a senior official at Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency said on Tuesday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.   The official, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho,…

Landslide blocks crucial Gangotri highway in Uttarakhand, India

Heavy rains triggered landslide in Uttarakhand on Saturday blocking the crucial Gangotri highway near Raturi Sera village. Locals and tourists alleged that no assistance from the administration reached them, hours after the disaster struck. The disaster comes at a time…

Massive landslide buries 3 classrooms; kills 1 and injures 12 in Nepal

A landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains buried parts of a school in western Nepal on Thursday, killing a student and injuring 12 people The police said the landslide buried three classrooms at the school in Pokhara, where students were…