Landslide Deaths
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Three die as heavy rains trigger flash floods, landslides, Jammu-Srinagar Highway blocked | VIDEO
Jammu and Kashmir | Apr 20, 2025, 12:55 PM ISTA major landslide has blocked the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, leaving more than 50 vehicles stranded. Notably, a portion of the landslide occurred in front of a tunnel hindering rescue operations.
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Wayanad landslides: Army builds 190 ft long bridge in 16 hours to speed up rescue mission | Watch
India | Aug 02, 2024, 10:19 AM ISTThe Indian Army's Madras Engineers Group built a bridge in just 16 hours amid the ongoing rescue mission in Kerala's landslide-hit Wayanad.
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Wayanad landslide: Death count rises to 123 amid massive rescue operation for survivors
India | Jul 30, 2024, 11:06 PM ISTThe Kerala government has sought further assistance from the nation's defence forces to augment the rescue teams. A 43-member team from the 122 Infantry Battalion (TA) MADRAS has been deployed to aid in the efforts.
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Survivors share harrowing tales of Wayanad landslide: 'We begged neighbour to come with us, but...'
India | Jul 30, 2024, 05:00 PM ISTWayanad landslide: Survivors of the Wayanad landslide in Kerala recount their harrowing experiences of narrow escapes as rescue efforts continue. An elderly couple and a woman searching for her family share their emotional stories.
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Ethiopia Horror: Powerful landslide kills 157, families wiped out, children seen hugging corpses
World | Jul 23, 2024, 04:05 PM ISTThe death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia has risen sharply to 157 and the number could increase further. A landslide buried people in the Gofa zone in Southern Ethiopia's regional state, and then a second one engulfed others who had gathered to help others.
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Karnataka: Seven persons, including 5 from same family feared killed in landslide in Uttara Kannada
Karnataka | Jul 16, 2024, 04:24 PM ISTWhile addressing the Karnataka Assembly, State Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said the local administration officials were asked to rush to the site and a rescue operation was underway.
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Rescue teams struggle to find survivors as over 2,000 buried in Papua New Guinea landslide | IN PICS
World | May 28, 2024, 02:13 PM ISTA devastating landslide struck a remote village in Papua New Guinea's Enga province last week, killing over 670 people and burying 2,000 people. Meanwhile, India announced an immediate relief package of $1 million to assist Papua New Guinea's recovery efforts.
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Papua New Guinea landslide: 670 killed in country's worst-ever tragedy, UN agency estimates
World | May 26, 2024, 05:17 PM ISTRescue efforts are continuing in a remote village of Papua New Guinea's Enga province which was left flattened by a devastating landslide, though emergency teams have been struggling to reach the affected site with road access being largely blocked off.
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Himachal Pradesh: Two dead as car trapped under landslide debris in Shimla
India | Apr 28, 2024, 06:20 PM ISTHimachal Pradesh landslide: Shimla SP said the rescue operation is underway and further information from the spot is awaited. The bus accident in Bilaspur took place near Ghyal village after the driver lost control of the vehicle.
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Indonesia floods: At least 19 dead, 7 missing as landslide and flash floods hit Sumatra island
World | Mar 10, 2024, 11:04 AM ISTRescuers retrieved six bodies in Pesisir Selatan and three more in the neighbouring district of Padang Pariaman, bringing the death toll to 19, the National Disaster Management Agency said on Sunday.
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Himachal Pradesh weather: Death count in Shimla landslide rises to 17, three still missing
India | Aug 20, 2023, 12:38 PM ISTShimla landslide: Virender Thakur, a local counsellor from the Summer Hill ward of Shimla Municipal Corporation said that rescue teams deployed at the site are carrying out the search operations.
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Uttarakhand weather: Five dead in Rudraprayag landslide, CM Dhami visits rain-hit Kotdwar | VIDEO
India | Aug 12, 2023, 08:45 AM ISTUttarakhand weather: Five persons travelling in a car were buried under the debris of a landslide at Tarsali in Phata area on the Kedarnath Yatra route in Rudraprayag district Thursday night but their bodies were recovered on Friday as there was a let-up in incessant rains.
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Massive landslide hits Jammu-Srinagar national highway; 1 dead, 6 injured
India | Mar 07, 2023, 07:52 PM ISTLandslide: Massive landslide struck the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district that claimed one life and six others were reported injured.
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3 more bodies recovered from landslide site in HP's Kinnaur, death toll rises to 20
India | Aug 14, 2021, 02:12 PM ISTState Disaster Management Director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said three bodies had been retrieved from the rubble at Chaura village on national highway number five in Nichar tehsil.
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Maharashtra: 26 container homes to provide temporary accommodation to Taliye landslide victims
India | Aug 06, 2021, 02:35 PM ISTThe district administration of Raigad in Maharashtra has received 26 container houses to provide temporary accommodation to the residents of Taliye village.
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PM condoles loss of lives in Himachal landslides, announces Rs 2 lakh ex gratia
India | Jul 25, 2021, 07:08 PM ISTPM Modi announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.
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Rain-triggered landslide hits coal mine in Pakistan; 4 killed
India | Jul 25, 2021, 06:34 PM ISTThe workers were digging for coal deep inside the mine and got trapped after the landslide hit the mine located in the Shahrag area of Harnai district on Saturday.
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Himachal Landslides: Eight dead, four injured in Kinnaur
India | Jul 25, 2021, 04:51 PM ISTHeavy boulders fell on a tempo traveller carrying 11 people and of them, eight were killed and three were injured in Kinnaur.
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5 bodies recovered from Ambeghar landslide site in Maharashtra's Satara
India | Jul 24, 2021, 01:59 PM ISTAt least 16 people are feared trapped in the landslide at this village located in Patan tehsil as four to five houses were buried under the debris.
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14-year-old dies after boulder falls on him in Himachal's Kullu
India | Nov 29, 2019, 09:20 PM ISTA resident of Nalhach village, the injured teenager was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead, the SP said. The other two boys escaped without any injuries, he added.