KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) — At least 20 people have been killed in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region after a hill collapsed onto their village following heavy rain, a rebel group said Wednesday. Several people are still feared to be buried after rocks crashed down onto their houses in the mountainous Jebel Marra region of Darfur on September 7, the group said. The remote area is under the control of the rebel Sudan Liberation Army-Abdul Wahid (SLA-AW) […]
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Landslides leave dozens missing after quake hits Japan’s Hokkaido
by Kyoko Hasegawa Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful 6.6-magnitude quake rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Thursday, killing two people, collapsing homes, and triggering landslides that left dozens missing. Multiple, large-scale landslides struck the sparsely populated countryside, which was also hit by the edge of a powerful typhoon that surged through Japan earlier this week. Aerial views showed dozens of houses destroyed at the bottom of a hill that was engulfed […]
News in Photos: Heavy rains cause landslides and rock slides in Bontoc-Baguio Road in Dalican, Bontoc province
(Eagle News) — Nonstop rains caused landslides and rock-slides in Bontoc-Baguio Road in Dalican, Bontoc province. (Photos courtesy of Eagle News Correspondent Charles Nidoy)
At least 27 feared dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — At least 27 people are feared dead following a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, police said Wednesday, as heavy rains hampered the search for survivors. The poorly-regulated and notoriously corrupt multibillion-dollar industry in remote Kachin state is frequently hit by fatal disasters, and the victims often come from poor ethnic communities. The latest disaster hit remote Set Mu sub-township early Tuesday following heavy rains in the area, […]
15 dead in Vietnam flash floods, landslides
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Flash floods and landslides killed 15 people in Vietnam’s mountainous north, officials said Tuesday, after storms ravaged homes and wiped out crops and infrastructure. At least 12 people are still missing after the weekend floods, and hundreds of police and soldiers have been deployed to help clean-up efforts. Vietnam is frequently lashed by harsh weather in the rainy season between June and November. The latest storm hit several northern provinces, littering […]
Landslide in northern China kills 9
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A landslide killed nine people in a village in northern China on Monday, authorities said. The disaster occurred in the village of Caijiazhuang shortly before 5:00 am (2100 GMT Sunday), Luliang municipal government in Shanxi province said on its official social media account. More than a hundred firefighters, medical workers, and rescuers — some using earth-moving machinery — were sent to the site to search for survivors trapped under the fallen […]
Six unaccounted for after landslide in Japan
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — At least six people were unaccounted for Wednesday after a landslide hit their houses in southern Japan, local police said. “Three houses were buried after a landslide” in a mountainous area of Nakatsu City, a police spokesman said. “Six people (believed to be in there) were unaccounted for after that,” the official said, adding a resident in the neighborhood called for rescue. Search operations were continuing while troops are expected to […]
Five dead, 15 missing in Indonesia landslide
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — At least five people have been killed and 15 are still missing after a landslide cascaded down the terraced slopes of a rice field on the Indonesian island of Java on Thursday, officials said. The victims, farmers tending their crops in Brebes district, Central Java, were buried under an avalanche of mud and rock around 8:00 am (0100 GMT). “The landslide buried the farmers working in their rice fields,” disaster mitigation […]
Mag-asawa patay, matapos natabunan ng lupa sa San Fernando, Romblon
SAN FERNANDO, Romblon (Eagle News) – Natabunan ng lupa ang mag-asawa sa mismong pamamahay nito matapos tamaan ng landslide dahil sa hagupit ng bagyong Urduja noong umaga ng Linggo, Disyembre 17, sa San Fernando, Romblon. Ayon sa kwento ng anak na nakaligtas, galing umano siya sa kapit-bahay nila ng maghatid siya ng kanilang gamit para lumikas ng pabalik na siya sa kanilang bahay nang nakita niyang mabagsakan ang kaniyang nanay na papalabas na ng kanilang bahay ng […]
11 dead, 15 missing in Chile mudslide
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — A mudslide that buried much of a village in southern Chile has killed 11 people while another 15 are still missing, authorities said Sunday. The tragedy struck a picturesque village of Villa Santa Lucia in the southern Los Lagos (Lakes) region where heavy rain triggered mudslides that swallowed up most of the homes in the village of 300. Ten families have been evacuated, Onemi added. The town was unable to vote […]
Isang ginang patay sa pagguho ng lupa sa Labo, Camarines Norte; lima pa sugatan
LABO, Camarines Norte (Eagle News) — Sa kasagsagan ng matinding pag-ulan at malakas na hanging sanhi ng bagyong “Urduja,” gumuho ang isang bahagi ng bundok sa Purok 1 Barangay Exciban, Labo, Camarines Norte dahilan upang matabunan ang isang bahay na pag-aari ng residente na nagngangalang Francis Bio. Bandang alas-dos ng madaling araw ng mangyari ang insidente kung saan natabunan ang isang ginang na nakilalang si Conchita Nequia, 58 taong gulang at lima naman sa mga […]
Klase sa lahat ng antas sa pribado at pampublikong paaralan sa Tacloban City, suspendido na dahil sa bagyong Urduja
Ni Rheanel Vicente Eagle News Service TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Suspendido na ang klase sa lahat ng antas sa pribado at pampublikong paaralan sa Tacloban City dahil sa bagyong Urduja. Sinuspinde na ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Tacloban City ang klase ngayong araw, Huwebes, December 14. Ito’y upang makaiwas sa anumang panganib ang mga mag-aaral sa gitna ng nararanasang mga pag-ulan. Sa abiso mula kay Tacloban City Mayor Cristina Romualdez, malaki ang posibilidad […]
