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Nepali men stand amid the damage caused by landslides and flooding in the mountain village of Samagaun, where dozens of Israeli tourists were trapped, September 27, 2026. (Courtesy of Passportcard)
September 27, 2026, 6:25 pm
Dozens of Israelis trapped in Nepali mountain village due to landslides, floods
Extreme weather across Nepal, northern India kills at least 70, just month after major floods killed over 1,400; Foreign Ministry says it’s working to rescue trapped Israelis
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
This handout image made available by the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM), on September 2, 2025, shows people inspecting the debris after a landslide devastated the village of Tarasin in Sudan's Jebel Marra area (SUDAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT/ARMY / AFP)
September 2, 2025, 12:15 pm
Over 1,000 killed in landslide on village in Sudan’s Darfur: ‘Only one person survived’
Sudan Liberation Movement-Army, the rebel group controlling the area, says village ‘completely leveled to the ground’; region is hub for displaced families fleeing fighting
By Samy Magdy
People cross over a landslide area to get to the other side in Yambali village, Papua New Guinea, May 24, 2024. (Benjamin Sipa/International Organization for Migration via AP)
May 27, 2024, 3:18 pm
Papua New Guinea says 2,000 people buried under landslide, requests help
It is unclear how the number was reached after initial estimates said 670 were killed in village of Yambali, with six bodies recovered by Monday morning
By Rod McGuirk
A collapsed coastal cliff in Netanya, April 21, 2023. (Channel 12 screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 21, 2023, 4:03 pm
Coastal cliff partially collapses at Netanya seaside promenade
No injuries reported at site, but area blocked off over fears remaining loose stone could cause additional landslide; official says breakwaters needed to prevent erosion
By Michael Horovitz
Rescuers stand next to a bus carried away after heavy rainfall triggered landslides that collapsed buildings and left as many as 12 people missing, in Casamicciola, on the southern Italian island of Ischia, Italy, Nov. 26, 2022 (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)
November 27, 2022, 8:58 am
1 dead, 12 still missing after landslide on Italian island
Some people who had earlier been reported missing after wave of mud on Ischia have since been found safe, including family with newborn
By Sonia Logre and Alice Ritchie
Members of a rescue team work at the scene of a flash flood in northwestern Tehran, Iran, July 28, 2022. (Iranian Red Crescent Society via AP)
July 28, 2022, 2:22 pm
At least 6 killed in Iran flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain
Mud four meters deep dumped on village of Emamzadeh Davoud near Tehran; search and rescue efforts continue in number of locations
By AFP
Rescuers recover bodies near a landslide area in a jade mining site in Hpakhant in Kachin state on July 2, 2020 (Zaw Moe Htet / AFP)
July 2, 2020, 3:07 pm
Landslide at Myanmar jade mine kills at least 123 people
Fire service puts death toll even higher, says workers were ‘smothered by a wave of mud’; 54 injured
By ZAW MOE HTET and PYAE SONE WIN
Children use basins to cross a flooded street in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Mangkhut at Salonga Compound in Calumpit, Bulacan, on September 16, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS)
September 16, 2018, 3:12 pm
Typhoon lashes south China after killing 49 in the Philippines
Dozens feared buried in landslides after biggest storm of 2018 devastates the Philippines’s agricultural heartland
By Elaine Yu and Purple Romero
Volunteers wait at the scene of heavy flooding and mudslides in Regent, just outside of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, Tuesday, Aug. 15 , 2017. (AP Photo/ Kabba Kargbo)
August 15, 2017, 11:24 pm
Israeli aid arrives in Sierra Leone after deadly mudslides
Israel’s envoy to West Africa says crates of food, enough for 10,000 meals, are the first international assistance to reach country
By ToI Staff and AFP
Residents walk through floodwaters past a damaged building in an area of Freetown on August 14, 2017, after landslides struck the capital of the west African state of Sierra Leone. (AFP PHOTO / SAIDU BAH)
August 15, 2017, 3:40 pm
Israel to send food to survivors of Sierra Leone disaster
Ambassador coordinates with authorities to distribute aid to thousands of homeless people in flood-stricken Freetown
By ToI Staff and AFP
Mud and water flow in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on August 14, 2017. (Society 4 Climate Change Communication, Sierra Leone via AP)
August 14, 2017, 10:44 pm
Israel to send aid to Sierra Leone after devastating landslide
Netanyahu instructs Foreign Ministry to send medicine, clean water, blankets to flood-stricken Freetown, where hundreds are dead
By ToI Staff and AFP
Bystanders and rescue personnel gather beside a flood damaged building in an area of Freetown on August 14, 2017, after landslides struck the capital of the west African state of Sierra Leone. (AFP PHOTO / SAIDU BAH)
August 14, 2017, 9:40 pm
312 dead as mudslides, flooding sweep through Sierra Leone capital
Collapsed homes in submerged city of Freetown leave 2,000 homeless and morgues overflowing, with death toll likely to rise
By Saidu Bah
Search and rescue teams at the scene of a landslide in the village of Xinmo in southwest China's Sichuan Province on June 24, 2017. (screen capture: People's Daily China)
June 24, 2017, 6:26 am
Over 100 people feared buried in China landslide
Local officials say rescue operation underway after cascading debris from collapsed mountain swallows 40 homes in Sichuan Province
By AFP
Police officers secure the perimeter at the scene of a garbage landslide, as excavators aid rescue efforts, on the outskirts of the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday, March 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Elias Meseret)
March 12, 2017, 8:10 pm
46 killed, dozens missing in Ethiopia garbage dump landslide
City officials warned in recent years that landfill was running out of room, could collapse
By ELIAS MESERET
Firefighters look at the entrance to the Cave of Sodom that was blocked after a landslide on September 10, 2016. (Southern Region Fire Department Spokesperson)
September 10, 2016, 10:29 pm
Israeli family narrowly escapes collapse at Dead Sea cave
Entrance to Cave of Sodom is sealed off after an avalanche, as officials assess damage to popular tourist site
By ToI Staff
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