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Sri Lanka: Fatal landslides devastate the country

Fatal landslides are triggered by monsoon rains in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, causing many casualties, leaving hundreds of missing and washing away homes and destroying a tea-growing region of the countr...

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Geological Survey of India towards developing a landslide Early Warning System

Destruction pictures like this could be avoided in the near future and casualties could be reduced or even eliminated with a new promising technology currently under development. A new project launche...

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Flash floods in Washington block roads & damage homes

Areas burnt from wildfires, in north central Washington, are now buried under rocks, mud and water as a result of the heavy rain which fell in the area the last days. There were no reports of injuries...

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Torrential rain in Japan causes landslides and costs lives of 50

Rains, exceeding all historical records since 1976, have caused massive landslides last week in the outskirts of Hiroshima, urging the evacuation of residential areas and rising the death toll to 50 p...

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Massive landslide in western India, killing 25, attributed to extensive deforestation

After two days of incessant rain, reaching 10.8 centimeters, an entire village in Pune district of Maharashtra state of western India was buried under deep mud, rocks and debris, killing at least...

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UPDATE: Hayward Baker constructs temporary emergency earth retention for landslide collapsed Railroad retaining wall in Baltimore.

A century-old stone block retaining wall failure, after heavy rain occurring in late April and captured on video, resulted in blocking Baltimore's railroad network. In total, eight parked cars, light...

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Video: Neoguri tropical storm hits Japan, causing landslides, floods and at least three dead

Initially characterized as a super typhoon, Neoguri is devastating Japan with heavy rainfall, major landslides and at least three casualties in the central town of Nagiso. Luckily, the typhoon - reach...

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Video: Mudslide getting into a family's living room, destroying their house

While waters are beginning to recede, the flooding aftermath in Minnesota is going to afflict people for quite some time, particularly in Le Sueur and the Carlson family. A mudslide next to their home...

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Philippines hit by incessant rains, causing landslides and flash floods

At least 10 days of consecutive rain in southern Philippines have generated landslides and flash floods, destroying agricultural areas and infrastructure. Thousands of families have been displaced, wh...

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Video: Mudslide in Minneapolis undermines hospital's stability

A day of heavy rains in Minneapolis, resulted in the collapse of a hillside across a Mississippi River bluff, displacing 6 to 8 feet of debris and mud upon West River Parkway and into the ri...

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