Landslides

26 dead from landslides after Philippine storm

Manila - Muslimchronicle

Landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Kai-Tak have killed 26 people in the central Philippine island of Biliran, authorities said Sunday, a day after the storm pounded the east of the archipelago nation. "There is a total of 26 people dead from landslides in four towns of Biliran. We have recovered the bodies," Sofronio Dacillo, Biliran provincial disaster risk reduction andRead more

Bangladesh steps up search for landslide victims

Chittagong - Muslimchronicle

Emergency workers in Bangladesh on Thursday stepped up the search for victims of the country's worst ever landslides, with mounting claims that the disaster was made worse by unchecked development. Rescuers found two more bodies, including that of a woman apparently washed away, taking the death toll from floods and landslides across southeast Bangladesh to 154. "We think she wasRead more

Mexico landslides leave 40 dead as new storm forms

PUEBLA - Arab Today

Landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Earl’s remnants have killed at least 40 people in Mexico, officials said late on Sunday, as a new storm threatened the country’s Pacific coast. Hardest-hit was the central state of Puebla, where 29 people died, including at least 15 minors, as landslides buried several homes in the state’s northern mountains, the local government said. AnotherRead more

floods, landslides leave 36 dead, 20 missing in Indonesia

Jakarta - Arab Today

Rescuers had discovered 36 bodies and were still looking for 22 others who are missing after floods and landslides hit West Java province in western Indonesia earlier this week, an official from the local disaster agency said on Sunday. In Garut district, rescuers found 33 bodies and are searching for all the missing persons, Haryadi Wargadibrata, head of provincial disasterRead more

Death toll of Indonesia's catastrophes rises to 33 with over 6,000 displaced

Jakarta - Arab Today

Flashfloods and landslides in West Java province earlier this week has left 33 dead, 22 missing with over 6,000 internally displaced, disaster agency officials said. In Garut district, rescuers have recovered 30 bodies and are searching for 22 other missing persons, Haryadi Wargadibrata, head of provincial disaster agency told Xinhua by phone from the province. A total of 6,361 peopleRead more

Typhoon Namtheun Makes Landfall in Southern Japan

Tokyo - QNA

Typhoon Namtheun made landfall in the southern Japanese island of Kyushu early Monday, but the Japanese authorities has downgraded it to a tropical storm. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the storm was moving north over the Sea of Japan after making landfall in Nagasaki Prefecture early Monday morning, Japan's broadcaster (NHK World) reported. The agency said that the storm hasRead more

6 Dead in Mexico as Tropical Storm Earl Triggers Landslides

Mexico City - Arab Today

The passage of Tropical Storm Earl, who hit Thursday the Mexican territory, killed six people Saturday in two landslides in the state of Veracruz. Landslides caused by heavy rains in recent days, occurred at dawn Saturday near Coscomatepec, for one, and in the town of Tequila, for the other, the head of civil Protection of the State of Veracruz, YolandaRead more

Heavy rains kill at least 10 in India

Lucknow - Arab Today

Torrential rains triggered heavy floods and landslides that poured down hills in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 10 people by Friday and destroying dozens of homes, officials said. The worst-affected villages were in the remote mountainous districts of Pithoragarh and Chamoli accounting for five deaths each, said O. P. Singh, chief of the National Disaster ResponseRead more