Category: landslide

At Least 8 Dead in Southern Peru Landslide, More Missing

A landslide triggered by strong rains in Peru killed at least eight people in the country’s southern Arequipa region, national emergency services said on Monday. Officials said another five people are missing after the landslide struck near the town of Secocha, located in Camana Province, following last week’s heavy rainfall in the area. Local media…


Landslide in Dana Point Closes Pacific Coast Highway for 2 Days

A landslide on Monday afternoon in Dana Point briefly closed a portion of the Pacific Coast Highway for traffic traveling in both directions near Palisades Drive and Camino Capistrano until it was cleared Wednesday evening, according to city officials. The slope where the landslide occurred is a naturally eroding bluff along the coastline, which is…


Landslide Kills at Least 8 People in Eastern Congo

A landslide crushed at least eight people and seriously injured nine others near an artisanal mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, a local official told Reuters on Saturday. The wounded are in a critical condition and receiving treatment at a local health facility, the administrator of Fizi territory in South Kivu Province,…


Malaysia Finds Body of Last Person Unaccounted for in Campsite Landslide

KUALA LUMPUR—Rescue teams in Malaysia on Saturday recovered the body of the last person unaccounted for after a landslide that flattened a campsite last week, bringing what is thought to be the final death toll to 31. The landslide occurred in the early hours of Dec. 15 at Batang Kali, a popular hilly area about…


Malaysia Landslide Death Toll Rises to 24, 9 More Missing

BATANG KALI, Malaysia—Rescuers on Saturday found the bodies of a woman and two children, raising the death toll from a landslide on an unlicensed campground in Malaysia to 24 with nine others still missing. Selangor state fire chief Norazam Khamis told reporters the bodies of a mother and son were found buried under a meter…


Controversial Development Below Former Landslide Site Approved in Laguna Niguel

After hours of discussion, the Laguna Niguel City Council voted 3–2 to approve a development project which will be below a former landslide site during a special meeting Dec. 5, with councilors Rischi Paul Sharma and Fred Minagar opposing. The Cove at El Niguel will consist of 22 townhomes off of Crown Valley Parkway below…


Landslide Buries Bus in Colombia, at Least 27 Dead: President Petro

BOGOTA—At least 27 people died when a landslide buried a bus in Colombia’s northwest on Sunday, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said. The landslide, caused by strong rains, hit the vehicle between the villages of Pueblo Rico and Santa Cecilia in Risaralda Province, about 230km (140 miles) from the capital Bogota. “With sadness I must announce…


Landslide Kills at Least 7 on Italy’s Ischia Island

CASAMICCIOLA TERME, Italy—At least seven people, including a newborn baby and two children, were killed on the southern Italian holiday island of Ischia after a landslide caused by torrential rain devastated a small town, an official said on Sunday. Five people were still missing, Naples prefect Claudio Palomba told a news conference. Dozens of emergency…


Reports: At Least 8 Dead in Landslide on Italian Island

MILAN—A landslide triggered by a storm on the southern Italian island of Ischia has killed at least eight people, Italian Vice Premier Matteo Salvini said Saturday. The news agency ANSA reported that at least 10 buildings had collapsed and more people are missing, including at least three children. At least 100 people were stranded in…


1 Dead, up to 12 Missing in Landslide on Italian Island

MILAN—Heavy rainfall triggered a massive landslide early Saturday on the southern Italian resort island of Ischia that destroyed buildings and swept parked cars into the sea, leaving at least one person dead and up to 12 missing. The body of a woman was pulled from the mud, the Naples prefect Claudio Palomba, told a news…