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Typhoon Morakot Death Toll May Reach 500 in Taiwan

Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan a week ago, brought heavy rain and caused floods as well as mudslides. It is estimated that 500 people have died. However, the number is not official, and there are wide discreprencies...

created by Scott Wu | 16 wks ago | updated 16 wks ago
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Morakot: Taiwan Mudslide Buried Up to 400 in Shiao Lin Village

Typhoon Morakot brought unprecedented level of rainfall to the southern part of Taiwan, causing floods and mudslides. Shiao Lin Village (小林村) in Kaohsiung county was buried in mudslide. The latest official estimated 398 people might have died in the mudslide. Shiao Lin...

created by Scott Wu | 16 wks ago
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Taiwan: Mudslide Village Rescue Efforts Continue, Helicopter Down

At least 400 people are feared dead after typhoon Morakot buried the village Shiao Lin in Taiwan under mud. The mudslide crashed into the village on Monday, leaving only one or two houses unharmed. The bridge...

created by Annina Bergman | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago
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California Turns Colder And Wetter ! Rain, Snow Forecast | Photo 02

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At Last, California Turns Colder And Wetter ! Rain, Snow Forecast

For much of this winter, California has been shut out of chances for needed rain and mountain snows. A shift in the jet stream configuration, however, will enable the Golden State to recharge soil moisture (which is...

created by LarryCosgrove | 44 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago
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Viaje a Xela - Montañismo - Volcán Santa María (197)

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Mudslide in Guatemala kills 22, death toll rising

Twenty two people are feared dead, and fifteen people were injured as the result of a mudslide in northern Guatemala. The story is still unfolding as rescuers are trying to determine the exact number of victims. ...

created by Yuliya Talmazan | 48 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago
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Chavez's power to legislate by decree expires

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Venezuela drenches as local elections draw near

Despite heavy rains two days ago, Venezuelans eagerly wait to cast their votes tomorrow at local elections. This election outcome are meaningful for incumbent and popular President Hugo Chavez....

created by rahul | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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34 dead after mudslide sweeps through Chinese town

Mining business in China is always fraught with risk and it has highest number of casualties. Most of the victims are the poor miners. A muslide in northern China has killed more than 34 people killed after a warehouse wall collapsed. The warehouse was stored with mine waste....

created by Sanjay Jha | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Colombian mudslide death roll rises to 19

The landslide that buried a poor hillside neighbourhood on Saturday in the Colombian city of Medellin has killed 19 people. Eight more people are missing."The industrial city has been pounded by seasonal rains along with much of the rest of the Andean country. The slide...

created by cynthia yoo | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Sixteen feared missing in Mexico mudslide

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Sixteen feared missing in Mexico mudslide

"Civil protection authorities in Chiapas, a mostly indigenous state where floods already killed four people last week, said they were still trying to confirm casualties. "We know there was a mudslide there but we...

created by uusjio | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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10 killed in China mudslide

"Heavy rains triggered a mudslide that swept onto a railway bridge in China's far west, killing 10 people and injuring one, the official Xinhua News Agency said today.The mudslide occurred yesterday th..."

created by southasian_birdy | 3 years ago
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California's Mudslide Concerns Continue after Mill Valley Man was Buried

"The tragic story of a Mill Valley man buried by a moving wall of earth behind his house is enough to make many Bay Area residents step outside their own homes and look to the nearest saturated hillside with...

created by clorenz1 | 3 years ago
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School Roof Believed Found in Mudslide

"AP - Aerial photographs spotted what is believed to be the roof of an elementary school swamped by a landslide, and rescue workers will undertake a risky mission to check it, the provincial governor said Thursday."

created by Populux | 3 years ago
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Mudslide closes key N.Y.-Montreal highway (MSNBC)

Six inches of rain from a storm triggered a mudslide that closed a 16-mile stretch of the main highway linking New York City and Montreal.

created by salsa | 4 years ago
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Calif. Landslide Sends 6 Homes Crashing - Yahoo! News

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. - A landslide sent six expensive homes and a section of street crashing down a hillside Wednesday and damaged a dozen or more other houses. At least two people were taken to a hospital for...

created by mtippett | 4 years ago
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Mudslides Continue To Destroy Homes, Disrupt Traffic

A Tornado Watch was issued at about 11:20 a.m. for southwestern California until 6 p.m. A Tornado Watch means that conditions are favorable for tornadic activity.Dozens of homes have been declared unsafe because...

created by VanGroovy | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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