Latest Landslides and mudslides News
Rescuer raises hope of survivors at a Zambian mine where more than 30 have been buried for days
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — A member of a rescue team raised hope Monday that there may be survivors at a Zambian mine where more than 30 informal miners have been trapped under debris for days and presumed dead after heavy rain caused landslides. Rescuers have been searching for the...
Law enforcement identify man killed in landslide at Minnesota state park
Officials on Monday identified a 19-year-old man who was killed in a landslide at a state park in southern Minnesota near Mankato. Jack Robert Loso, of Robbinsdale, Minnesota, died Saturday afternoon after becoming trapped under collapsed earth from the landslide, the Blue Earth...
Authorities say heavy rains and landslides in Tanzania kill at least 47 and hurt or strand many more
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 47 people are dead and 85 others injured following heavy flooding and landslides in northern Tanzania, authorities said Monday. The government has deployed the military to help rescue hundreds of people trapped by the flooding which has been described...
Man dies in landslide at Minnesota state park
A 19-year-old man became trapped and died as a result of a landslide at a state park in southern Minnesota. The Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office received a call Saturday afternoon of a landslide trapping someone under collapsed earth at the falls area of Minneopa State Park, near...
1 person is dead and 11 missing after a landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia's Sumatra island
MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers recovered the body of a man buried under tons of mud and rocks from flash floods and a landslide that crashed onto a hilly village on Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Officials said Sunday that 11 people are still missing. Tons of mud, rocks and trees...
Zambia landslides bury miners digging tunnels illegally, killing 7 and leaving more than 20 missing
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Seven miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging illegally at a copper mine in Zambia, police and local authorities said Saturday. ...
At least 12 people are missing after heavy rain triggers a landslide and flash floods in Indonesia
MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Torrential rain triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, leaving at least 12 people missing, officials said Saturday. Tons of mud, rocks and trees rolled down from a mountain late Friday, reaching a river that burst its banks...
Death toll from Alaska landslide hits 5 as authorities recover another body; 1 person still missing
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of one of two people who had been missing following a deadly landslide last week in the southeast Alaska community of Wrangell. The body of Otto Florschutz, 65, was found late Thursday afternoon and recovered from the...
41 rescued workers emerge dazed and smiling after 17 days trapped in collapsed road tunnel in India
UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — Forty-one construction workers emerged dazed and smiling late Tuesday from a collapsed tunnel where they had been stranded the last 17 days — a happy ending to an ordeal that had gripped India and involved a massive rescue operation that overcame several setbacks. ...
Alaska landslide survivor says force of impact threw her around 'like a piece of weightless popcorn'
WRANGELL, Alaska (AP) — Christina Florschutz was dressing after stepping out of the shower of her upstairs bathroom when she heard “a horrible noise, a very loud noise.” Florschutz, who had heard both a tornado and a mudslide before, knew exactly what this noise was — a...
