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Landslide

84 die as landslides hit Brazil

John Ogunsemore May 30, 2022 0

The governor of the state of Pernambuco on Monday confirmed the death toll in Brazil’s north-east to have reached 84 after heavy rains caused landslides. Paulo Camara said “we know that aid is very difficult in the first hours. It is now…

Foreign

Vietnam Authorities Find 12 bodies Under Landslide, Storm Death Toll Now 49

Fatima Sule Oct 15, 2020 0

Vietnamese authorities on Thursday found the bodies of 12 rescue workers buried under a landslide, and confirmed the loss of four other missing, raising the total death toll caused by multiple storms and flooding to 49. SEE ALSO: Two…

Foreign

9 Killed, 29 Missing In Nepal Landslides

Aregbeshola Isaac Jul 10, 2020 0

Nine people were killed and many others are missing after a series of landslides in Nepal on Thursday night, officials said. SEE ALSO: Lebanese Ambassador to Nigeria Walks Out on Nigerian Lawmakers Janardan Gautam, a spokesperson for…

Environment

Building Collapsed in Umuahia Due to landslide

Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Oct 30, 2019 0

A major disaster was averted on Monday night at Umuchime Amuzukwu-Ibeku in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia, when a landslide destroyed a building in the area, while the occupants – a nursing mother and her child – escaped…

World

Nepal landslide kills woman, 7 children

News Agency of Nigeria Aug 6, 2018 0

A landslide killed a woman and at least seven children in Nepal over the weekend as officials issued warnings on Monday of the risk of more landslides and flash floods due to torrential rain. Working in the downpour, rescuers in Bheri…

News

Landside Kill 10, Destroy Hundreds of Houses in Afghanistan

Tony Abu Momoh Jul 12, 2018 0

Afghanistan suffered a natural disaster early Thursday when melting snow triggered a landslide in a remote mountain area. The resulting landslide ten people and destroyed hundreds of homes in North-Eastern Afghanistan. A…

World

Japan Floods: 114 Dead as Rescuers Race against Time to Find Survivors

Tony Abu Momoh Jul 10, 2018 0

Japan has been battered by the worst flooding disaster in the country since 1983 with 114 dead and 61 more missing after torrential rain unleashed floods and landslides. Rescuers in Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing…

Environment

Landslides Kill 32 In Ethiopia

News Agency of Nigeria May 28, 2018 0

32 people in southern Ethiopia over the weekend perished in Landslides due to heavy rain, government officials reported on Monday. The Government Communication Affairs Office (GCAO) said nine people died in the Gamo Gofa zone, with 17…

Metro

Another landslide kills 30-yr-old man in Jigawa

Muhammad Nasir Bashir Apr 19, 2018 0

Another landslide has killed a 30-year-old man in Babura Local Government Area of Jigawa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the incident happened barely two days after two people lost their lives through similar incident in the…

World

Heavy rain thwarts Sri Lankan landslide rescue efforts

News Agency of Nigeria May 20, 2016 0

The rescue team has said on Thursday that heavy rain that led to serious flooding has distrupted the seach of missing persons after a two major landslides in central Sri Lanka. The search for over than 100 persons that were missing has…