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Monsoons hit South Asia every year between June and September, but the 2017 monsoon season was far worse than average, [5] bringing flooding and associated landslides of unusual severity. Experts called the floods the worst in South Asia in decades and a threat to long-term food supplies due to ruined farmland. [ 6 ]
On 16 August 2017, severe flooding caused a mountainside to collapse, triggering a landslide which affected a fishing village in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DR Congo) Ituri province. [1] [2] The disaster killed at least 200 people.
The worst-hit district was Rangamati, where landslides buried hillside houses where people were sleeping. [5] [6] At least 20 separate landslides hit the district. [4] Up to 105 deaths were reported as of 15 June, [1] [6] [11] [16] [18] [19] and 5,000 homes were damaged. [11] Roads in Rangamati remained inaccessible on 15 June. [18]
Following the landslide, Minister Harsha de Silva stated that the garbage dump of 750–1,200 t (1,650,000–2,650,000 lb) daily [3] would be stopped and diverted to two alternative sites, while also highlighting that the Meethotamulla Waste-to-Energy Power Station was only announced a few weeks before the landslide. [4]
At least five people were killed and dozens were missing after a massive landslide buried some 20 houses in Naga City, in the Philippine province of Cebu, on Thursday morning, September 20.Part of ...
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A landslide in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, on November 25 damaged a highway next to the historic Bibi-Heybat mosque.Video from the scene shows that a portion of the highway was completely ...
Dams holding some 700,000 cubic meters (185 million gallons) of uranium mine tailings in Kyrgyzstan have become unreliable following a 2017 landslide. A further landslide or earthquake could send ...