landslides

Landfill collapse in Uganda’s capital after heavy rain leaves at least 18 people dead

By Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press

The Kiteezi landfill is on a steep slope in an impoverished part of the city. Women and children who scavenge plastic waste for income frequently gather there, and some homes have been built close to the landfill.

After 3 days of searching mud and debris, hopes of finding landslide survivors wane in India

By Rishi Lekhi, Rafiq Maqbool, Associated Press

Hopes of finding missing people alive are waning as rescue workers searched through mud and debris for a third day after landslides in southern India.

Landslides caused by heavy rains in southern India kill at least 93 and bury many others

By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press

Multiple landslides triggered by torrential rains in southern India have killed 93 people and left many others feared trapped under the debris.

Mudslide kills 15 people in southeastern China as rains from tropical storm drench region

By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

The deaths were the first in China that appear linked to Typhoon Gaemi, which weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall on Thursday.

Rescuers recover first body from 2 buses swept into river in Nepal by a landslide

By Binaj Gurubcharya, Associated Press

Rescuers in Nepal recovered Saturday the first body after a landslide swept away two buses carrying more than 50 people, pushing them into a raging river a day earlier, authorities said.

More than 50 bus passengers swept by landslide into Nepalese river

By Binaj Gurubcharya, Associated Press

Three survivors apparently swam to safety, but rescuers by late morning had not found any trace of the buses, which likely were submerged and swept downstream in the Trishuli River.

Death toll of massive Papua New Guinea landslide rises above 670 people, UN estimates

By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press

The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670 as emergency responders and traumatized relatives gave up hope that any survivors will now be found.

Emergency convoy delivers aid to survivors of deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea

By Rod McGuirk, Keiran Smith, Associated Press

Survivors searched through tons of earth and rubble for missing relatives while a first emergency convoy delivered food, water and other provisions Saturday at the site of a landslide that devastated a remote village in the mountains of Papua New Guinea, officials…

Flooding and landslide kill 14 on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island amid torrential rain

By Edna Tarigan, Associated Press

A flood and a landslide hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing 14 people, officials said Saturday.

Heavy rains kill at least 7 in southeastern Brazil, 4-year-old rescued from collapsed house

By Associated Press

Heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro state have killed at least seven people, authorities said Saturday, while a 4-year-old girl was rescued after more than 16 hours under mud.