Mudslide
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Heavy rain triggers mudslides in J-K's Ramban, traffic disrupted as Jammu-Srinagar NH-44 closed
Jammu and Kashmir | May 08, 2025, 09:06 AM ISTAuthorities have urged travellers to avoid the route until weather conditions improve and the road is cleared for safe passage. With rainfall persisting across the region, road-clearing operations remain a challenge, officials said.
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Cyclone Fengal: Seven, including five children, trapped in landslide in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai
Chennai | Dec 02, 2024, 11:15 AM ISTDistrict Collector D. Bhaskar Pandian said five children were among those trapped inside the house. They are yet to be traced. The incident occurred on Sunday evening when a landslide hit VOC Nagar, located at the foot of the Annamalaiyar Hills in Tiruvannamalai, damaging several houses.
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Jammu-Srinagar National Highway blocked after heavy landslide, traffic halted for 10 hours
Jammu and Kashmir | Apr 08, 2024, 10:33 AM ISTEarlier in a similar incident, a part of the highway was blocked due to mudslides and shooting stones. Interestingly, the area is prone to landslides with heavy rocks and stones falling from mountains thus blocking roads.
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Colombia: 14 killed as mudslide blocks important highway amid heavy rains
World | Jul 19, 2023, 08:42 AM ISTThe Bogota-Villavicencio highway, which was blocked due to landslide, is an important transit route for beef, rice and palm oil.
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Natural disasters that hit the world hard in 2022 | DETAILS
World | Dec 22, 2022, 01:42 PM ISTNatural calamities in 2022: The worst disasters of 2022 fell across the spectrum, from floods in India and Pakistan, to drought in Somalia and earthquakes in Indonesia.
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Death toll rises to 78 from mudslides after storm in Brazil
World | Feb 17, 2022, 07:20 AM ISTThe city of Petropolis was slammed by a deluge on Tuesday, and Castro said almost 400 people were left homeless. Searchers picked through the wreckage throughout the day and 21 people were recovered alive.
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Colombia: Mudslide kills at least 14 people, injures 35
World | Feb 09, 2022, 07:02 AM ISTOfficials said one person was reported missing after the deadly slide in Risaralda, in the municipality of Pereira.
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Canada: At least 1 dead from mudslides after heavy rainfall
World | Nov 17, 2021, 11:12 AM ISTMultiple roadways have been closed because of flooding or landslides, including sections of Highway 1A, Highway 3, Highway 5, Highway 11, Highway 12 and Highway 91.
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2 dead, 20 missing after mudslide rips through Japan town
World | Jul 05, 2021, 09:52 AM ISTA gush of mud that swept away homes and cars in a resort town southwest of Tokyo left at least two people dead and about 20 missing, officials said Sunday.
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Landslide in Norway sweeps houses, buildings into sea. See shocking video
Trending | Jun 04, 2020, 09:51 PM ISTIn the viral video, we can see a large area of land being pushed towards the sea. Several houses can also be seen floating in the dramatic video.
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Horrific video captures landslide in Kerala, shows youth's near-death escape | WATCH
India | Sep 12, 2019, 11:54 PM ISTAs Kerala continues to battle the torrential downpour lashing its shores, a horrifying visual of man's narrow escape from a mudslide in Malappuram has gone viral on social media. In the video, a man can be seen walking unsuspiciously on road, holding an umbrella and talking to an older woman, on his way.
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Mudslide kills 8, buries 5 houses in Nepal
World | Jul 23, 2019, 05:23 PM ISTEight people were killed in a mudslide in two remote Nepal mountain villages on Tuesday.
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Mudslide in Mexico leaves at least 7 dead
World | Jul 12, 2019, 08:19 AM ISTSeven people - three adults and four minors - died when part of a hillside collapsed in central Mexico due to heavy rainfall, local authorities said on Thursday.
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Four killed following mudslides at illegal coal mine in Nagaland
India | Mar 04, 2019, 09:43 AM ISTThe mine was recently shut down following a state government order banning illegal coal mining and a provisional ban on licensed mining activity, police said.
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100 dead due to heavy rains, mudslides in western Japan
World | Jul 09, 2018, 12:58 PM ISTSearches for the missing people are underway in the southwestern region, where several days of heavy rainfall has resulted in flooding and landslides.
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Many missing as Colombia mudslide kills more than 200
World | Apr 02, 2017, 09:32 PM ISTThe number of people killed in Colombia after a surge of mud and water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city has risen to 193.
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Massive mudslide blocks traffic on NH 24 in Ghaziabad
India | Jan 05, 2015, 12:44 PM ISTGhaziabad: National Highway number 24 has been closed after a portion of the road was hit by a massive mudslide. The incident took place near Hindon River in Ghaziabad today morning.The local administration immediately stopped
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Death toll from Indonesian mudslide rises to 51
World | Dec 15, 2014, 07:07 PM ISTBanjarnegara, Indonesia: The death toll from a mudslide that flattened much of a village in central Indonesia rose to 51 on Monday before rain forced rescuers to halt their search for dozens of missing people,