Landslides

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The rains also caused water-logging in Andheri, Parel, Bhandup and some other areas. (PTI file photo)

Rains back in Mumbai after break, cause landslide and water-logging

The incessant showers led to a landslide in Mumbai's Asalpha area, injuring some people, officials said

31 Aug 2021 12:15 PM

Maharashtra has had the heaviest rain in July in four decades, all within a few days. (Indian Navy/ AFP Photo)

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The monsoon has been erratic, with long dry spells broken by cloudbursts that trigger floods and landslides

30 Jul 2021 1:43 AM

A National Disaster Response Force personnel rescues an elderly woman stranded in floodwaters in Kolhapur, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Friday, July 23, 2021. (Photo:AP)

75 killed, several missing in landslides, floods in Maharashtra

Mumbai-Goa and Mumbai-Bangalore National Highways have been shut because of floods

24 Jul 2021 12:40 AM

Vehicles move slowly during a traffic congestion on Jammu-Srinagar highway, in Jammu, Sunday. (PTI)

Following multiple landslides, Jammu-Srinagar highway remains closed for second day

The highway was blocked by a major landslide at Trishul Morh, Battery Cheshma and Pantiyal areas on Thursday, officials said.

21 Aug 2020 3:06 PM

An elderly woman rows a makeshift raft to cross a flood-affected area of Mayong village in Morigaon district of Assam. PTI photo

No respite from floods in Assam, Bihar

The death toll due to floods and landslides has reached 123 in Assam, and 10 people have died due to the deluge in Bihar

26 Jul 2020 1:46 PM

Koyna dam reservoir in Koyna city of Maharashtra from where leakages have resulted in earthquakes getting repeated again and recorded several times since 1967.

Quakes manmade too: Sustainable development flogged to death

Seismological Research Letters published some time ago said 728 earthquakes over the past 150 years were induced by human activities.

18 Aug 2019 3:12 AM

Pathanamthitta, a central Kerala district which has been receiving very heavy rains since last night is put on high vigil, authorities said Wednesday. (Photo: File)

Flood toll rises to 95, heavy rains forecast in Kerala

Met authorities forecast heavy to very heavy downfalls at isolated places in Kerala.

14 Aug 2019 12:25 PM

As Kerala continues to battle the torrential downpour lashing its shores, death toll has risen to 42 in rain related incidents, including flooding and landslides, with over one lakh people moved to relief camps, officials said on Saturday. (Photo: File)

42 killed in Kerala floods, over one lakh evacuated

Train services have also been disrupted due to flooding and trees falling on rail tracks.

10 Aug 2019 9:59 AM

As per official records, the calamity has caused damage amounting to over one billion Nepalese rupees. (Photo: ANI)

Death toll soars to 111 due to floods, landslides in Nepal

The district of Gulmi has recorded the highest number of deaths with 13 people having lost their lives in the area.

26 Jul 2019 1:21 PM

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04 Mar 2019 1:03 AM

Dozens of people believed buried in the landslide probably did not survive, the mayor of Itogon said Monday, although rescuers kept digging through mud and debris covering a chapel where they had taken shelter. (Photo: AP)

Philippines typhoon Mangkhut toll hits 81, expected to rise

Mangkhut swamped farm fields in nation's agricultural north and smashed houses when it tore through with violent winds and heavy rains.

19 Sep 2018 1:25 PM

RPI chief Ramdas Athawale had to wait for more than 2 hours at Thane railway station. (Photo: Deepak Kurkunde)

Landslide affects transit, passengers forced to wait

The landslide occurred at 8.50 pm on Saturday at the Lonavala-Kalyan section.

27 Aug 2018 1:05 AM

Idukki district is among the places badly hit in the monsoon rains which have triggered landslides and floods. (Representational Photo: AP)

Dog saves life of master, family from landslip in Kerala

They soon heard a thunderous noise and ran out of their house, only to find to their horror their dwelling unit collapsing.

12 Aug 2018 7:17 PM

‘There are 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 and management officer, said. (Photo: AFP)

Landslides, following a tropical storm, claim 26 lives in Phillipines: official

The landslides were triggered by Tropical Storm Kai-Tak.

17 Dec 2017 4:57 PM

40 are missing after floods and landslides ravaged northern and central Vietnam (Photo: AFP)

37 people killed, 40 missing as floods, landslides ravage Vietnam

Heavy rains lashed swathes of the country this week, with northern Hoa Binh province the hardest hit with 11 dead and 21 missing.

12 Oct 2017 6:34 PM

Gov. Abdallah Pene Mbaka said on Thursday that teams are being sent to assess the damage in the village of Tora. (Photo: File)

Mudslide in northeast Congo leaves 40 dead, say authorities

Jean-Bosco Lalu, who leads civil society groups in the nearby regional hub of Bunia, says 30 bodies have been recovered.

17 Aug 2017 8:35 PM

Heavy rainfall has lashed Nepal for the past four days, swelling several Himalayan rivers beyond the danger mark and causing flooding and landslides at many places in the country. (Photo: AP)

Death toll in Nepal floods, landslides rises to 78

The monsoon havoc which started on Friday has affected 27 districts spanning from the eastern, central to the western regions.

14 Aug 2017 5:06 PM

Families perched on trees with young children overnight as flood waters swept away homes in a village in southern district of Chitwan, local media reported. (Photo: AP)

Nepal: Death toll from floods, landslide rises to 40

Torrential downpours have destroyed homes and infrastructure in more than a dozen districts since Friday morning.

13 Aug 2017 4:00 PM

Six tourists and two local residents were known to be among the dead, and 18 people had serious injuries, local authorities said. (Photo: AP)

China earthquake: 431 injured, death toll rises to 20

More than 60,000 people have been evacuated from the area amid continuing aftershocks, state media said.

10 Aug 2017 2:51 PM

Throughout the northwestern area more than 650 houses were destroyed and damaged, hundreds of hectares of crops lost and roads broken, authorities said. (Photo: AFP)

Vietnam: 26 killed, 15 missing in flood, landslide

Last year, around 235 people were reported dead and missing due to flooding and bad weather in Vietnam.

07 Aug 2017 1:49 PM

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