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Monsoon landslide kills 45 in northern India

Shimla - Muslimchronicle

A massive landslide in mountainous northern India swept two packed passenger buses off a hillside Sunday into a deep gorge, killing 45 people, an official said. "Forty-five bodies have been found," said Sandeep Kadam, a senior official of Himachal Pradesh state where the accident occurred. source: AFPRead more

Indonesian rescuers fear nearly 30 buried in Java landslide

Jakarta - Arab today

Indonesian rescuers, joined by police and soldiers, found one body and continued to look for 28 other people feared to be buried after a landslide triggered by heavy rain on Indonesia's Java island, a spokesman for the national disaster agency said. The mud and debris from Saturday's landslide in a village in the Ponorogo area of East Java had engulfedRead more

Landslide buries 10 houses in central Vietnam, at least 2 dead

Hanoi - ArabToday

A landslide happened early Tuesday morning in Vietnam's central Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province, leaving two people dead, around 10 others injured and 10 houses buried. Ngo Khac Thinh, deputy chief of Nha Trang's urban management office, told local Tuoi Tre (Youth) online newspaper that initial information showed around ten people had been injured and at least two killed.Read more

2 dead, 3 injured in NW China landslide

Lanzhou - Arab Today

Two died and three others were injured after a landslide buried two buildings in northwest China's Gansu Province, said local government on Sunday. The landslide occurred at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, destroying two residential houses in Wudu District, Longnan City, said the district government. More than 200 rescuers pulled out five people from the debris of one building as the searchRead more

2nd LD-Writethru: 7 dead, 20 missing in east China landslide

Suichang - Arab Today

Seven people were confirmed dead in a landslide that hit a village in east China's Zhejiang Province Wednesday, local authorities said Friday. Rescuers retrieved four bodies at the scene of the landslide on Friday, bringing the death toll to seven, the provincial information office said in a press release. As of Friday afternoon, 15 people had been rescued and 20 others remainedRead more

Landslide leaves 27 missing in east China

Hangzhou - Arab Today

Twenty-seven people are missing after a a landslide swept a village in the eastern province of Zhejiang, the provincial government said. The landslide occurred around 5 p.m. on Wednesday in Sucun village in Suichang County, following heavy rain brought by Typhoon Megi. Several houses, about 37 kilometers from the county, were destroyed and the structures swept away. Two women whoRead more

Landslide hits village in east China, heavy casualties feared

Hangzhou - XINHUA

A landslide in a village in the eastern province of Zhejiang has buried dozens of houses, local authorities said. The landslide occurred around 5 p.m. on Wednesday in Sucun village in Suichang County, following heavy rain brought by Typhoon Megi. Several houses, about 37 kilometers from the county, were destroyed and the structures swept away. Rescuers tried to contact aRead more

3 dead, 4 missing in landslide in central Vietnam

Hanoi - Arab Today

Landslide triggered by heavy rain has left three deaths and four missing in central Vietnam, said local authorities. According to survivors, a group of 10 people went to pick bamboo shoots in a forest area adjacent to the central Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces. On early Wednesday morning, when they were sleeping in a tent, the landslide happened. ThreeRead more

Landslide kills 1, wounds 3 in western Indonesia

Jakarta - Arab Today

One person was killed and three others injured after landslides hit West Java province of western Indonesia on Wednesday, according to a disaster agency official. The disaster took place at Cibogor village of Bogor district after the area was hit by heavy downpours, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of national disaster management agency told Xinhua via phone. One out of theRead more