Latest Landslides and mudslides News
Bodies of 3-year-old girl and her mother recovered after Indonesia landslides that killed 20
TANA TORAJA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers recovered the bodies of a 3-year-old girl and her mother who were the last victims still missing after landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island that killed 20 people, authorities said Tuesday. Both of them were found close to each other,...
At least 14 dead and 3 missing as landslides hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island
TANA TORAJA, Indonesia (AP) — Torrential rains triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 people and leaving three others missing, officials said Sunday. Mud fell from surrounding hills onto four houses just before midnight Saturday in the Tana...
Rescue teams in Taiwan searching for family feared trapped in rockslide following earthquake
HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Rescue teams are searching for a family of five feared trapped in a rockslide following Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in 25 years, which has left at least 12 dead. Two bodies have been found in the Taroko National Park, a tourist attraction famous for its...
In Indonesia, deforestation is intensifying disasters from severe weather and climate change
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Roads turned to murky brown rivers, homes were swept away by strong currents and bodies were pulled from mud during deadly flash floods and landslides after torrential rains hit West Sumatra in early March, marking one of the latest deadly natural disasters in Indonesia....
Memorial at site of deadliest landslide in US history opens on 10th anniversary
OSO, Wash. (AP) — The small community of Oso, Washington, on Friday inaugurated a memorial honoring the 43 people killed at the site 10 years ago in the deadliest landslide in U.S. history. Hundreds gathered there for a ceremony at the 2-acre (8,000-square-meter) memorial. The a...
10 years after the deadliest US landslide, climate change is increasing the danger
OSO, Wash. (AP) — After the mountainside collapsed, obliterating a neighborhood and 43 lives in the worst landslide disaster in U.S. history, Jessica Pzsonka made a promise -– to herself, to her bereft parents and to her late sister, who was buried along with two young sons, her husband and...
Things to know about the risk of landslides in the US
OSO, Wash. (AP) — Landslides occur around the world and have helped shape the Earth as we know it. They tend to garner little notice when they strike in remote, unpopulated areas, but they also have the potential to cause immense catastrophes. The landslide that destroyed a rural...
A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide's impact
WRANGELL, Alaska (AP) — Jamie Roberts and her husband felt lucky when they found an A-frame cabin on forest-draped Wrangell Island in southeast Alaska, where they could settle on a few acres and have some chickens. A stretch of highway a few miles north, the only road into town,...
Landslide destroys Los Angeles home and threatens at least 2 others
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A landslide reduced a Los Angeles house under renovation to a jumble of lumber, pulled the pool and deck away from a second home, and left the pool at a third residence on the edge of a huge fissure early Wednesday. The slide occurred just before 3 a.m. in...
At least 36 die in Pakistan as heavy winter rains collapse buildings and trigger landslides
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Heavy rains that swept across Pakistan have left at least 36 people dead and 50 others injured, collapsed houses and triggered landslides that blocked roads, particularly in the northwest, authorities said Sunday. Mostly women and children were among 30...
