Tag: Landslides and mudslides
At least 42 dead as Indonesia quake topples homes, buildings
MAMUJU, Indonesia (AP) — A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia's Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and...
Search now recovery mission for Oregon woman in landslide
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Searchers used inflatable yellow rafts and drove metal poles into deep mud Thursday as they searched for a woman who...
Northwest storm kills 1, causes landslide and power outages
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A powerful wind storm rolled through the Pacific Northwest, killing one person and leaving a trail of damage -- including...
Missing cat turns up 3 years after California disaster
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A pet cat believed killed along with her owner in a huge mudslide has been found three years later.
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26 missing, at least 13 dead in Indonesia landslides
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers are searching for 26 people still missing after two landslides hit a village in Indonesia’s West Java province over...
Rescuers in Norway lose hope of finding landslide survivors
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian authorities said Tuesday they have given up hope of finding survivors of a landslide that swept away homes in...
Hope fades in Norway landslide that left 7 dead; 3 missing
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian officials insisted Monday that there was “still hope” in finding survivors in air pockets five days after a landslide...
3rd body found after landslide in Norway; 7 still missing
HELSINKI (AP) — Rescue teams searching for survivors four days after a landslide carried away homes in a Norwegian village found no signs of...
Landslide in Norway leaves 10 injured, more than 20 missing
HELSINKI (AP) — A landslide smashed into a residential area near the Norwegian capital Wednesday, injuring at least 10 people, leaving 21 unaccounted for...
Search continues for 2 missing after Alaska landslide
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The search continued Friday for two people missing after a massive landslide crashed into a town in southeast Alaska, leaving...
Businessman, renter missing in Alaska after landslide
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A local economic development official and a woman who rents an apartment from him have been identified as the two...
Rescuers pull third body from Sardinian town buried by mud
ROME (AP) — Rescuers on Sunday retrieved the body of an elderly woman, the third fatality in the Sardinian town of Bitti, which was...
Iota’s devastation comes into focus in storm-weary Nicaragua
MACIZO DE PEÑAS BLANCAS, Nicaragua (AP) — The devastation caused by Hurricane Iota became clearer Wednesday as images emerged showing piles of wind-tossed lumber...
Hurricane Iota roars onto Nicaragua as 2nd blow in 2 weeks
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Hurricane Iota battered Nicaragua with screeching winds and pounding surf Tuesday, chasing tens of thousands of people from their homes...
Strong typhoon leaves 42 dead, 20 missing in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thick mud and debris coated many villages around the Philippine capital on Friday after a typhoon killed at least 42...
Eta strikes Florida Keys; expected to become hurricane
HAVANA (AP) — A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta made landfall on Florida's Lower Matecumbe Key on Sunday night, days after leaving scores of dead...
Guatemala searches, Eta regains storm status, heads to Cuba
PURULHA, Guatemala (AP) — Searchers in Guatemala dug through mud and debris looking for an estimated 100 people believed buried by a massive, rain-fueled...
Guatemala digs through landslide where 100 believed buried
PURULHA, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemalan search brigades pulled the first bodies Friday from a massive rain-fueled landslide where at least 100 people are believed...
Weakened Eta drenches Central America; at least 57 dead
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — The rain-heavy remnants of Hurricane Eta flooded homes from Panama to Guatemala Thursday as the death toll across...
Eta brings heavy rains, deadly mudslides to Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Eta moved into Honduras on Wednesday as a weakened tropical depression but still bringing the heavy rains that have drenched...
Hurricane Eta grinds inland into Nicaragua; at least 3 dead
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Hurricane Eta churned inland through northeast Nicaragua Tuesday night with devastating winds and rains that destroyed rooftops, caused rivers to...
Cat 4 Hurricane Eta threatens flooding in Central America
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Hurricane Eta erupted quickly into a potentially catastrophic major hurricane Monday as it headed for Central America, where forecasters warned...
Rain-fueled landslide in El Salvador kills 9; 1 missing
NEJAPA, El Salvador (AP) — A landslide left nine people dead, seven injured and one missing after torrential rains in El Salvador, civil defense...
Typhoon, landslides leave 35 dead, dozens missing in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A typhoon that officials said was the most powerful to hit Vietnam in 20 years blew away from the country...
Suit: Feds ignore risk of huge spills to endangered species
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Environmental groups asked a federal court Wednesday to throw out the Trump administration's assessment of oil and gas activity’s likely...
Trump changes course, approves California relief for 6 fires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration abruptly reversed course and approved California's application for disaster relief funds to clean up damage from...
Belarus borders remain open despite leader’s closure threat
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus' borders with Poland and Lithuania remained open Friday despite the nation's president declaring they would be closed and accusing...
Latest: Southern California forest fire burns near homes
The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. West (all times local):
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More than 50 killed at collapsed gold mine in eastern Congo
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — More than 50 people are dead after landslides caused the collapse of three artisanal gold mines near the city of...
Typhoon lashes South Korea after battering Japanese islands
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A powerful typhoon damaged buildings, flooded roads and knocked out power to thousands of homes in South Korea on...
Typhoon unleashes rain, strong winds in southern Japan
TOKYO (AP) — The second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week unleashed fierce winds and rain on southern islands on Sunday, blowing...
Death toll from heavy Afghanistan flooding surpasses 150
CHARIKAR, Afghanistan (AP) —...
Rajapaksa brothers win by landslide in Sri Lanka’s election
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP)...
Isaias causes floods, slides, then grows into hurricane
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico...
China’s mighty Yangtze nears crest again, new floods feared
BEIJING (AP) — Engorged...
Monsoon floods, landslides kill at least 221 in South Asia
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Japan braces for more heavy rain as death toll rises to 66
TOKYO (AP) — Parts...
Heavy rain hits scenic central Japan, more damage in south
TOKYO (AP) — Flooding...
Japan battered by more heavy rain, floods; 58 dead
TOKYO (AP) — Pounding...
Japan floods leave up to 34 dead, many at nursing homes
TOKYO (AP) — Deep...
Heavy rain floods southern Japan; over a dozen presumed dead
TOKYO (AP) — Heavy...
2 tremors shake Puerto Rico, latest in series of quakes
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico...
Landslide at Myanmar jade mine kills at least 162 people
HPAKANT, Myanmar (AP) —...
Cyclone kills 9, causes floods and damage in southern Brazil
RÍO DE JANEIRO (AP)...
Magnitude 5.8 earthquake shakes remote central California
LONE PINE, Calif. (AP)...
Floodwaters soak homes, cut roads in Serbia and Bosnia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) —...
