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5 dead, 15 missing after mudslide in southern Chile (video)

The mudslide tore through the small town of Villa Santa Lucia, near Chaiten in coastal Patagonia, Chile, on Saturday, December 16, after a night of torrential downpours. The video that follows, tak...

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Freetown’s landslide and flooding disaster was 90 percent man-made

Preventable human causes are being blamed for the landslides and flooding that hit Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, in August 2017, killing around 500 people and destroying dozens of homes. The si...

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Floods and landslides leave at least 11 dead in Indonesia

Rain-triggered landslides and floods have killed 11 people in the east of Indonesia's main island of Java, an official reported on Tuesday. Torrential rains since Monday have caused rivers in the a...

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Mudslide in Colombia results in 3 dead and 32 injured (video)

The mudslide swept through the mountainous town of Corinto, in Colombia's south-west Cauca province, on Tuesday, November 7. The mudflow occurred at about 17:30 local time last Tuesday, after the n...

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Typhoon "Damrey" hits Vietnam, leaving at least 61 dead

"Damrey" made landfall at southern Vietnam on Saturday, November 4, with winds of up to 90 km/h, killing at least 61 people and leaving another 28 missing. The typhoon made landfall near the coasta...

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Village in Fiji relocated after landslide and cyclone disasters

The community of Tukuraki, in the highlands of Fiji, moved into their newly built, disaster resilient village, after five years of living in temporary housing. Formerly based under a steep mountain...

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Typhoon Lan causes flooding and landslides in Japan (video)

The typhoon struck Japan early Monday, October 23, causing widespread flooding and mudslides and leaving at least four people dead. Lan made landfall at around 3 a.m. local time on Monday, on the P...

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Floods and landslides leave many dead in Vietnam

At least 46 people have died and another 33 remain missing as a tropical depression dumps heavy rains across central and northern Vietnam. The northern Yen Bai and Hoa Binh provinces were the most...

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Residents evacuate after mudslide hits Swiss-Italian border village (video)

On Wednesday, August 23rd, a mudslide slid down the side of Piz Cengalo Mountain, near the Swiss – Italian borders, forcing the residents of an Italian village to evacuate and leaving 8 people missing...

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Devastating landslide hits Sierra Leone’s capital: Death toll rises to 500

The side of Mount Sugar Loaf in the Regent District of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, collapsed in the early hours of Monday, 14 August 2017, after a night of heavy rainfall, destroying dozens of h...

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