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A Landslide Takes a Town's Edge With It

Some homes in Niscemi, Sicily, are permanently uninhabitable

(Newser) - Days of heavy rains from a cyclone triggered a massive landslide in the southern Sicilian village of Niscemi, cleaving off the town's edge, collapsing houses, and forcing the evacuation of 1,500 of the 25,000 residents, reports the Guardian . The area of the landslide spanned 2.5 miles....

Landslides Plow Into New Zealand House, Campground

At least 2 are dead after landslides slam into house, campground in New Zealand

(Newser) - Landslides hit a house and a campground in New Zealand on Thursday, leaving at least two dead while emergency crews tried to rescue others buried in the rubble, officials said. The first landslide hit a house in the community of Welcome Bay, on New Zealand's North Island, at 4:...

For California's Highway 1, a 'Monumental Milestone'

After 3 years of closures due to landslides, 90-mile section of highway near Big Sur has reopened

(Newser) - A 90-mile section of California's Highway 1 along the famous Big Sur coast fully reopened on Wednesday after three years of closures and repairs following a series of landslides and a roadway collapse that hampered tourism along the scenic route. The reopening came three months ahead of schedule, with...

Ritzy California Backyards Tumble Toward Ocean

Coastal bluff erosion continues in wealthy Rancho Palos Verdes

(Newser) - The wealthy California coastal community of Rancho Palos Verdes watched more of its cherished land slip toward the ocean over the weekend. Aerial images captured pieces of several ocean-facing backyards peeling away from upscale homes, but officials say there was no structural harm or injuries reported this time, per...

Sudan Landslide Wipes Out Village, Killing More Than 1K

According to rebel group that controls the region

(Newser) - A landslide wiped out a village in Sudan's western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country's recent history, a rebel group controlling the area said late Monday. The tragedy happened Sunday in the village of...

The First Official Hurricane of 2025 Has Arrived

Erin has ramped up from tropical storm status, could bring floods, landslides to Caribbean

(Newser) - Erin strengthened into a hurricane on Friday as it approached the northeast Caribbean, prompting forecasters to warn of possible flooding and landslides. The storm is expected to remain over open waters, although tropical storm watches were issued for Anguilla, Barbuda, St. Martin and St. Barts, Saba, and St. Eustatius. Heavy...

'Worst Nightmare' Comes True for Swiss Village

Most of Blatten was buried in glacier collapse

(Newser) - A Swiss mountain village was partially flattened by a massive deluge of ice, rock, and mud on Wednesday, and while the mayor of Blatten says the village still has a future, it's not clear whether residents will ever be able to return. Wooden buildings were destroyed and large parts...

Severe Storms Wreak Havoc on Both Coasts

Record rain, high winds in California, Seattle; blizzard and winter storm warnings on East Coast

(Newser) - A major storm dropped more snow and record rain in California, causing small landslides and flooding some streets, while on the opposite side of the country, blizzard or winter storm warnings were in effect Saturday for areas spanning from the Northeast to central Appalachia. The storm on the West Coast...

Death Toll Rises in Philippines: 'The Water Was Just Too Much'

Crews search for those missing after flooding, landslides

(Newser) - The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides wrought by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines has reached nearly 130, and the president said Saturday that many areas remained isolated with people in need of rescue. Trami blew away from the northwestern Philippines on Friday, leaving at...

Other Nations Help Bosnia Search for Victims in Rubble

Village residents watched houses disappear in landslides

(Newser) - Rescue teams from Bosnia's neighbors and European Union countries were joining efforts on Sunday to clear the rubble and find people still missing from floods and landslides that devastated sections of the Balkan country. Bosnia sought EU help after a heavy rainstorm overnight on Friday left entire areas under...

'Unprecedented' Seismic Signal Reveals a 650-Foot Tsunami

Wave became trapped in Greenland's Dickson Fjord last year, researchers find

(Newser) - Thankfully, no one was around to experience a 650-foot-high mega tsunami that sprung up close to a cruise ship route on Greenland's east coast last year, but scientists know it happened based in part on seismic waves. A seismic signal showed that the Earth shook over nine consecutive days...

66 Believed Missing as Landslide Sweeps Buses Into River

'Incessant rain' hampering search efforts in Nepal

(Newser) - As many as 66 people were believed missing in Nepal after two buses were swept by a landslide off the highway and into the swollen Trishuli River early Friday, officials said. Rescuers were trying to locate the buses but the continuous rain was making rescue efforts difficult, the AP reports....

Landslide Kills at Least 11 People at Illegal Gold Mine

19 others still missing in Indonesia

(Newser) - A landslide triggered by torrential rains crashed onto an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 11 people, officials said Monday. Nineteen others were reported missing, the AP reports. About 35 villagers were digging for grains of gold on Sunday in a pit at the...

In Glacier Country, Situation Seems Poised 'to Explode'

Geologist warns that tourists in Alaska, elsewhere are flocking to risky spots ripe for tsunamis

(Newser) - A tsunami hasn't killed anyone on a boat in Alaska in 60 years. But there are fears that, soon, "[the situation] is going to explode," as geologist Bretwood Higman tells Hakai Magazine . Amid climate change, "the steep slopes of southeastern Alaska's numerous fjords are becoming...

Papua New Guinea Fears 2K Dead in Landslide

New estimate exceeds most recent UN count

(Newser) - The Papua New Guinea government said a landslide Friday buried more than 2,000 people and has formally asked for international help, the AP reports. The government figure is around three times more than a United Nations' estimate of 670. In a letter seen by the Associated Press to the...

More Than 100 Feared Dead in Papua New Guinea Landslide
'The Entire Village
Has Gone Down'
May 24, 2024 2:00 AM CDT

'The Entire Village Has Gone Down'

More than 100 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide

(Newser) - More than 100 people are believed to have been killed Friday in a landslide in a remote part of Papua New Guinea, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported, per the AP . The landslide reportedly hit Kaokalam Village in Enga Province, about 370 miles northwest of the South Pacific island nation's capital...

California Landslide (Barely) Spares Seaside Mansions

But the residences in Dana Point are deemed safe

(Newser) - A massive landslide on a coastal bluff has left a Southern California mansion on the edge of a cliff, but authorities have determined that the ocean-view home and neighboring residences are not in immediate danger. The slide occurred last week in the city of Dana Point after back-to-back drenching storms...

Landslide 'Swallows' Miners in Turkey
Landslide 'Swallows'
Gold Miners
Feb 14, 2024 12:00 AM CST

Landslide 'Swallows' Gold Miners

Activists have tried to shut down the open pit gold mine before

(Newser) - A landslide hit a gold mine in Turkey on Tuesday, trapping nine miners. Hundreds of rescue workers were searching for the miners, whom the Guardian describes as being "swallowed" by a "cyanide-laced landslide"—the chemical compound is in the ground in the area because it's used...

47 People Buried in China Landslide
47 People Buried in
China Landslide
Jan 22, 2024 1:00 AM CST

47 People Buried in China Landslide

200 more evacuated in Liangshui

(Newser) - A landslide in southwestern China's mountainous Yunnan province early Monday buried 47 people and forced the evacuation of 200 more amid freezing temperatures and falling snow, the AP reports. The disaster struck just before 6am in the village of Liangshui in the northeastern part of Yunnan province. Rescue efforts...

Rescuers Finally Reach Trapped Workers in India
All 41 Trapped India Workers
Have Been Rescued
UPDATED
Nov 28, 2023 10:07 AM CST

All 41 Trapped India Workers Have Been Rescued

Rescuers pull men to safety after 17 days buried underground

(Newser) - India's transportation minister says all 41 construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in the country's north for more than two weeks have been pulled out after rescuers reached them on Tuesday. Nitin Gadkari, the minister of road transport and highways, wrote on X that...

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