Nine people including eight Rohingyas died in landslides in separate Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya upazila on Wednesday amid heavy showers. Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Tanvir Hossain said big chunks of mud collapsed on a number of houses in No 9 and 10 Rohingya camps around 6 am, leaving six
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Landslide strikes buses and homes in southern Philippines
A search was underway Wednesday for 27 miners missing after a landslide struck buses and houses in a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines, officials said. It's not clear how many people may have been trapped in their homes when part of a mountainside cascaded down Masara village Tuesday night in
Rescuers scour for survivors after Brazil floods, landslides kill 94
Rescue workers raced against the clock Wednesday searching for any remaining survivors among mud and wreckage after devastating flash floods and landslides hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis, killing at least 94 people. Streets were turned into torrential rivers and houses swept away Tuesday when heavy storms dumped a month's worth
Indonesia landslides death toll rises to 126, dozens missing
The death toll from mudslides in eastern Indonesia has risen to 126 with scores still missing, officials said Wednesday, as rain continued to pound the region and hamper the search. East Flores district on Adonara island suffered the highest losses with 67 bodies recovered so far and six missing. Mud tumbled