Mudslide

30 dead after landslide at landfill in Guinea, govt. decided to close site due to danger week prior

Guinea's minister of territorial administration, Djenab Toure, announced on Thursday that the government was closing the landfill because it was unsafe and said the waste was to be relocated outside

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People gather at a landfill after a landslide, triggered by heavy overnight rains, killed several people in Dar es Salam in Conakry, Guinea, August 23, 2026.
Rescuers work on the debris following a landslide near the Meenakshi Bridge close to a tunnel project site in Wayanad district, in the southern state of Kerala, India, July 7, 2026.

Heavy rains and deadly floods in southern India kill 14, displace thousands

The death toll in rain-related incidents rose to 11 by Sunday, and nearly 7,700 people were evacuated to around 275 relief camps across Kerala, a state government minister said.

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Paramilitary police officers evacuate residents in a rubber dinghy through a flooded area after rainfall brought by typhoon Maysak, in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China July 6, 2026.

Landslide buries 33 people, 16 remain trapped in Gansu, China as tornadoes, typhoons hit

Local authorities are making every effort to rescue those affected in a village in Tanchang county, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The cause of the landslide remains unclear.

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Members of Japanese Self-Defence Forces and firefighters conduct search and rescue operation at a mudslide site caused by heavy rain at Izusan district in Atami, west of Tokyo, Japan July 4, 2021.

Three dead, 80 missing in Japan after heavy rains trigger landslides

The torrential rains and landslides are a reminder of the natural disasters - including earthquakes, volcano eruptions and tsunami - that haunt Japan.

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