Landslides
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Uttarakhand: Heavy rains lash hilly areas, fresh landslides
India | Jul 23, 2013, 06:18 PM ISTDehradun, Jul 23: Moderate to heavy rains in most places in Uttarakhand today triggered fresh incidents of landslides, cloudbursts and house collapses across the state. A road that led to a school building was damaged
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Four killed, 12 missing in Colombia landslide
World | Jul 19, 2013, 07:49 AM ISTBogota, July 19: At least four people died while 12 went missing after a landslide on a highway in southwest Colombia Thursday left several vehicles buried under mounds of dirt, officials said.Among the vehicles trapped
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Landslides, floods kill 50, displace 12,000 in Nepal
World | Jul 04, 2013, 07:30 PM ISTKathmandu, Jul 4: At least 50 people have been killed and 12,000 others displaced across Nepal due to landslides and floods triggered by incessant rain over the past three weeks, the government said today. “Landslides
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Uttarakhand death toll crosses 550, 50,000 still stranded
India | Jun 22, 2013, 07:26 AM ISTDehradun, Jun 22: The death toll in flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand crossed 550 as rescuers intensified efforts today to evacuate 50,000 people still stranded in different inaccessible parts of the hill state.Chief Minister
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More than 1000 people washed away in front of our eyes: Kedarnath victim's last call to brother in Mumbai
India | Jun 20, 2013, 07:20 AM ISTMumbai/Rishikesh, Jun 20: With most of the areas in Uttarkhand still cut off due to flood and landslides, and with both the Centre and state government in the dark about the exact number of casualties,
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Nearly 57,000 pilgrims trapped during Chardham Yatra in Uttarakhand due to landslides
India | Jun 18, 2013, 09:42 AM ISTDehradun, Jun 18: The total number of pilgrims trapped in hilly areas due to rains and landslides in Uttarakhand has gone up to 57,000, sources here said. Of them, nearly 25,000 pilgrams are trapped between
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Jammu-Srinagar highway closed due to landslides
India | May 27, 2013, 09:50 AM ISTJammu, May 27: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only road link between Kashmir and rest of the country, was yesterday closed for vehicular traffic due to landslides triggered by heavy rains in Ramban district.“There have
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Heavy rains cause landslides in Arunachal
India | Apr 08, 2013, 09:27 AM ISTItanagar, Apr 8 : A monsoon-like situation, with heavy showers triggering landslides, has been prevailing in Dibang Valley district, which is prone to natural calamities like flood.Due to intermittent downpour in the district for the
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Landslides leave 12 dead, 14 missing in Indonesia
World | Jan 27, 2013, 04:36 PM ISTJakarta,Jan 27: The death toll has risen to 12 in two separate landslides triggered by torrential rain in western Indonesia, including five geothermal workers, and buried more than a dozen others, officials said Sunday.The worst
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Four die in landslides in Mizoram
India | Oct 12, 2012, 08:18 PM ISTAizawl, Oct 12: Four people have died and several places remained inaccessible due to road blockade caused by landslides during the past 24 hours as heavy rains lashed Mizoram since Wednesday night, police said. The
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Landslides, heavy rains claim 27 lives in Sikkim, Assam
India | Sep 23, 2012, 07:55 PM ISTGangtok/Guwahati, Sep 23: Landslides triggered by heavy rains claimed 27 lives, including those of ITBP and BRO personnel in Sikkim, even as flood situation in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh deteriorated with vast areas reeling under
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Record rainfall causes flood, mudslides in Japan
World | Jul 13, 2012, 02:10 PM ISTTokyo, Jul 13: A record-level of rainfall continued to pound the Kyushu area in southern Japan on Friday, causing landslides and floods.Local media reported that the death toll rose to 19 on Friday morning, with
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Landslides cut off road communication in Tirap district
India | Jul 04, 2012, 06:31 PM ISTItanagar, July 4: Landslides triggered by torrential rain has snapped surface communication in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh for the past several days, official sources said here today.Road communication between the district headquarters Khonsa and
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Heavy rains, landslides kill 83 in southwestern Bangladesh
World | Jun 27, 2012, 04:03 PM ISTDhaka, Jun 27: At least 83 people have been killed in massive landslides triggered by torrential rains that lashed southwestern Bangladesh affecting thousands of residents, officials said today.A total of 76 people were killed overnight
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2,500 Pilgrims Trapped In Uttarakhand After Heavy Rains, Landslides
India | Jul 01, 2011, 12:00 PM ISTDehra Dun, Jul 1 : Over 2,500 pilgrims to Gangotri, Yamunotri and Badrinath have been trapped due to continuous heavy rains and landslides in different places of Uttarakhand, officials said. The Rishikesh-Gangotri highway and Rishikesh-Yamunotri
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Landslides Kill 11 In Uttarakhand, 14 Trapped Under Debris
India | Sep 18, 2010, 09:17 PM ISTDehra Dun: At least 11 people were killed and 14 others were trapped under debris as landslides triggered by heavy rains struck Uttarakhand destroying scores of houses in several villages of the hill state. The
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Landslides Kill At Least 168 In North Philippines: Officials
World | Oct 09, 2009, 08:34 AM ISTA series of landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 168 people in mountainous provinces of the northern Philippines, officials said on Friday. The number of confirmed deaths, across three provinces in the Cordillera