Landslide

MANILA: The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Mangkhut has climbed to 81 and could hit triple digits as searchers dig through a landslide where dozens are presumed dead, authorities said Wednesday. Mangkhut swamped farm fields…

The typhoon smashed homes and flooded key agricultural regions in the northern Philippines before battering Hong Kong and southern China with fierce winds and heavy rain.

Rescuers in western Japan dug through mud and rubble early on Tuesday, racing to find survivors after torrential rain that began last week unleashed floods and landslides that killed up to 130 people, with dozens missing. The record…

Record rainfall devastated parts of Japan, killing at least 30 people, as homes disappeared beneath floodwaters and landslides.

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin struck a softer tone towards the West on Monday after winning his biggest ever election victory, saying he had no desire for an arms race and would do everything he could to resolve differences with…

BAJAUR AGENCY: At least seven people, four children among them, were killed while two others were wounded by a landslide in Bajaur Agency on Friday, ARY News reported. Rescue sources said that the landslip in the agency’s Usman Khel area…

SARGODHA: A landslide in a mountainous region of Sargodha killed at least six labourers and wounded two others on Wednesday, with rescue workers struggling to retrieve their bodies from under the tonnes of boulders, ARY News reported.…

BEIJING: Two landslides in rural areas of China have killed 30 people with at least another 12 missing, according to state media reports on Wednesday. The death toll from a large landslide that struck a town in southwestern Guizhou…

BEIJING: Chinese rescuers scoured through rocks on Saturday in a frantic search for more than 140 people feared buried after a landslide smashed through a mountain village in southwest Sichuan province. A couple and a baby were rescued and…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party won a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, in a personal triumph that will strengthen his claim to a second term as national leader. Wresting control of India's most important…