Tag Archives: landslide

Monday, 13 March 2017   ADDIS ABABA: A landslide at a huge garbage dump on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa killed 35 people who were searching for food and other goods there, an official said on Sunday. There are also 28 people who were injured, 2 seriously. …

Friday, 19 May 2017 MIRI: Water supply to about 30,000 people in the sub-districts of Bekenu and Subis in northern Sarawak has been disrupted after a cave-in at a stretch of the Pan-Borneo Highway. The Miri Fire and Rescue Department, the Public Works Department (JKR) and the northern Sarawak Water …

Saturday, 15 April 2017 COLOMBO: A rubbish dump landslide in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo killed at least 16 and injured over a dozen, military spokesman and hospital officials said on Saturday, as emergency workers dug into the mountain of trash in search of survivors. The estimated 300-foot (91 meter) …

Monday, 3 April 2017 JAKARTA: Indonesian rescuers, joined by the police and soldiers, have found one body and continued to look for 28 others feared buried after heavy rain triggered a landslide on Indonesia’s Java island, a spokesman for the national disaster agency said. The mud and debris from Saturday’s …