Landslides
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Some 200 people may have been buried after a landslide occurred Monday in a port area of Manacapuru, Brazil’s Amazonas state, according to official sources. The Military Firefighters Corps of the State of Rio de Janeiro said that the land supporting part of the Terra Preta Port, located on the banks of the Amazon River,…
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Landslides and floods induced by incessant rainfalls in Nepal had left 66 people dead and 60 others injured by Saturday evening, the home ministry said. Rishiram Tiwari, the ministry’s spokesperson, said in a statement that 69 people had gone missing. “The Kathmandu Valley suffered the highest loss with 34 deaths,” Tiwari said, noting that over…
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Landslides in southwest China on Saturday (Aug 3) destroyed homes and caused a highway bridge to collapse, killing at least two people and leaving around 17 others missing, authorities said. State broadcaster CCTV said “local mountain torrents and landslides” swept away part of Ridi village in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province. The disasters killed…
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