Latest Landslides and mudslides News
A landslide in Sweden causes a huge sinkhole on a highway and 3 are injured when cars crash
HELSINKI (AP) — A landslide in western Sweden caused a huge sinkhole on a major highway to Norway early Saturday, and three people were injured when their cars and a bus skidded off the road, police said. Photos and video footage showed a sinkhole 500 meters (1,640 feet) wide that...
Landslide in northwest Congo kills at least 17 people after torrential rain
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Torrential rain in northwestern Congo caused a landslide that killed at least 17 people overnight, authorities said Sunday, warning the toll could rise as rescuers sift through rubble beneath collapsed homes. The disaster took place along the Congo River in...
Native nations on front lines of climate change share knowledge and find support at intensive camps
PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — Jeanette Kiokun, the tribal clerk for the Qutekcak Native Tribe in Alaska, doesn't immediately recognize the shriveled, brown plant she finds on the shore of the Salish Sea or others that were sunburned during the long, hot summer. But a fellow student at a weeklong...
Much of Florida under state of emergency as possible tropical storm forms in Gulf of Mexico
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Forecasters are warning of possible flash flooding and landslides across the eastern Yucatan peninsula and western Cuba, and Florida braced for a possible hurricane by midweek, as a weather system off the coast of Mexico was expected to become a tropical storm by...
Rockslide near the Dead Sea in Israel kills 5-year-old boy and injures 6 others
JERUSALEM (AP) — An avalanche of rocks tumbled down a hillside onto a hiking trail near the Dead Sea in Israel on Thursday, trapping many people, killing a 5-year-old boy and injuring at least six others, medics said. The volunteer emergency medical service United Hatzalah said...
At least 1 person is dead and 2 are missing as Tropical Storm Franklin batters Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tropical Storm Franklin unleashed heavy floods and landslides in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday after making landfall in the country's southern region, killing at least one person and leaving two others missing. The storm began to...
Heavy rain and landslides have killed at least 72 people this week in an Indian Himalayan state
NEW DELHI (AP) — Days of relentless rain in India’s Himalayan region have killed at least 72 people this week, a government official said Thursday, as a heavy monsoon triggered landslides and flash floods that have submerged roads, washed away buildings and left residents scrambling for safety....
Rescuers recover 33 bodies from a landslide at a Myanmar jade mine, with 3 people still missing
BANGKOK (AP) — The bodies of 33 people have been recovered from a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar and rescuers are searching for at least three people believed to be missing, a rescue official said Wednesday. In the landslide on Sunday in Hpakant, the center of the...
China skips giving update on surging youth unemployment as economic slump deepens
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government skipped giving an update on a politically sensitive spike in unemployment among young people as official data Tuesday showed an economic slump deepened in July. Meanwhile, the central bank unexpectedly cut a key interest rate in a sign of growing...
Heavy rains trigger floods and landslides in India's Himalayan region, leaving at least 48 dead
NEW DELHI (AP) — Heavy monsoon rains triggered floods and landslides in India’s Himalayan region, leaving at least 48 people dead and many others trapped, officials told local media on Monday. Torrential downpours that began over the weekend in the mountainous Himachal Pradesh...
