Three Missing as Flash Flooding Sparks Landslide in Switzerland
VIENNA (AP) — Three people are missing after heavy thunderstorms and rain triggered landslides in southeastern Switzerland on Saturday, authorities said. One woman has been rescued alive after being buried in a landslide in an alpine valley in Mysox, canton Graubünden, while rescue efforts for three others are ongoing. The rockslide hit a residential area […]
‘Our hearts are heavy’: anguish as Papua New Guinea picks up the pieces after deadly landslide | Papua New Guinea
IIn a remote village in Enga Province, northern Papua New Guinea, the community House RegionA traditional mourning house, located about 200 metres from the site of the landslide. A place where people were buried in their sleep on May 24th. The house is a place of memorial for those who died in a tragedy that […]
Wyoming landslide: Section of highway collapses in ‘catastrophic’ failure
The Teton Pass highway between Wyoming and Idaho got swept away by a landslide this weekend, causing major disruptions to commuter traffic. The area saw major temperature increases over the past three days, causing the Teton Range to experience snowmelt, which prompted the landslides. The roadway at milepost 12.8 “catastrophically failed,” officials said, adding that […]
Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female president in landslide victory | Mexico
Claudia Scheinbaum has been elected Mexico’s first female president, receiving at least 58.3% of the vote, according to preliminary results from Mexico’s Electoral Commission. The former climate scientist’s main rival, Xochitl Gálvez of the opposition coalition, received at least 26.6% of the vote, while Jorge Álvarez Maínez, candidate from the centrist Citizen Movement party, came […]
Papua New Guinea PM blames extraordinary rainfall for deadly landslide | Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape has blamed “unusual rainfall” and changing weather patterns for several disasters in the Pacific island nation this year, including last week’s landslides that may have killed thousands. Part of a mountain in the Maipu-Muritaka region of Enga province in northern Papua New Guinea collapsed early last Friday, and […]
Hundreds dead and missing after Papua New Guinea landslide buries more than 2,000
Hundreds of people are dead and unaccounted for after a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea buried more than 2,000 people. The landslide occurred on Friday, but government officials visited the site of the disaster on Sunday and said that the death toll was estimated to be 670, a number that is expected to grow […]
Papua New Guinea reports landslide death toll of 2,000 people
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More Than 670 Feared Dead Following Papua New Guinea Landslide
Days after landslides hit Papua New Guinea, the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration raised its estimated death toll to more than 670, The Associated Press reported Sunday. The rising death toll comes as many emergency workers and local families reportedly had given up hope of finding any survivors in the aftermath of Friday’s disaster. […]
13 killed as heavy rains unleash landslide in Haiti, force planes near Puerto Rico to land elsewhere
At least 13 people have died in northern Haiti after two days of heavy rain, officials said. Most of the deaths were caused by a landslide in the southeastern coastal city of Cap-Haitien, the Haitian Civil Protection Agency said in a statement Thursday. Days after new prime minister announced, Haitian gangs launch new attacks Officials […]
Vivek Ramaswamy: We could have a landslide
Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy discusses what’s at stake in the 2024 presidential election on ‘Hannity. source