All articles tagged with #landslide
Typhoon Dujuan is offshore but bringing record rainfall to eastern Japan, prompting evacuation orders for about 1.9 million people across six prefectures, more than 50,000 households without power, hundreds of flight cancellations, and several landslides with rescue operations underway, as authorities warn of ongoing heavy rain before conditions ease.
CNN’s on-the-ground report from Gyirong Port in Tibet shows a moonscape of mud and rubble after the August 26 landslide and flood that destroyed the China–Nepal border crossing. Chinese authorities report 43 dead and 519 missing on their side (including 261 foreigners), with officials saying total deaths exceed 1,000 across both countries and thousands remain missing. Rescue teams face ongoing hazards from landslides, mud, and barrier lakes as access remains arduous—roads washed out and responders trekking in at high altitude. Families seek information amid questions of transparency, as authorities share victim identification efforts and missing-person data with embassies. The disaster underscores climate-related risks near the Nepal border and the need for stronger cross-border warning and coordination.
Families of Chinese construction workers on Nepal border projects are pressing for timely, transparent rescue updates and better cross-border coordination after a deadly landslide near the China–Nepal border; they’ve traveled to Lhasa to urge the state-backed company Tibet Tianlu to accelerate rescue efforts as authorities in Nepal and China report missing and deceased, with international rescue support underway but information flow from China criticized as slow and tightly controlled.
Olivia Rodrigo headlined the Lilith Fair–inspired Daisy Chain Fields festival in Irvine, with surprise guests including Stevie Nicks for a Landslide duet, Alanis Morissette for a duet of Ironic, and Sarah McLachlan for Building a Mystery and Angel. The event showcased a star-studded lineup and raised $20 million for women-focused nonprofits, split as $10 million from ticket sales plus a $10 million donation match from Melinda Gates.
A collapse at Conakry’s largest landfill in Guinea killed 30 people, with rescue teams searching through heaps of refuse for victims as officials work to confirm the toll.
A hillside above the Tsadqane Debre Mitmaq St Mary Monastery in Ethiopia's Amhara region collapsed during an overnight Orthodox prayer service, killing 14 worshippers, injuring several others and halting rescue efforts as authorities and church leaders mourned; eleven bodies were buried on site and others returned to their homes for burial. Landslides are a recurring risk during the rainy season, with scientists linking extreme weather to climate change.
A landslide in Pengshui County, near Chongqing, buried more than 10 residential buildings and left at least 8 people dead with 34 missing, as rescuers use heavy machinery to search the rubble for survivors.
A magnitude-5.6 earthquake struck Yamanashi and nearby prefectures late Friday, rattling Tokyo’s outskirts and triggering at least one landslide as heavy rains from tropical storms persisted. The Japan Meteorological Agency recorded strong shaking (shindo 6 in Fujikawaguchiko, 5 in Otsuki and parts of Shizuoka/Kanagawa); no tsunami was detected. Authorities warned of a 10-20% chance of a larger aftershock in the coming days, and transportation networks faced disruptions, with JR rail services and expressways experiencing delays or closures. A crisis-management center was set up to coordinate the response.
Scientists reconstruct the August 10, 2025 Tracy Arm event: a 63.5‑million‑cubic‑meter rockslide into Alaska’s narrow fjord generated a 100‑meter breaking wave that climbed to 481 meters on the opposite shore, the second-highest tsunami on record. The extreme runup was amplified by the fjord’s confinement and linked to climate‑driven glacier retreat thinning the ice that once stabilized the slope; microseismic signals days earlier may offer precursors. No injuries occurred thanks to early‑morning timing, but rising cruise-ship traffic underscores the need for early warning systems for similar hazards.
Researchers say the Aug. 10, 2025 Tracy Arm Fjord tsunami in Alaska reached about 1,578 feet, the second-tallest tsunami in history, triggered by a massive landslide from glacier retreat and warming; no injuries were reported, and the record remains the 1958 Lituya Bay event at over 1,700 feet.
A near-record landslide at Tracy Arm, Alaska in August 2025 unleashed a tsunami that sent water 1,580 feet up the fjord wall—the second-highest on record—stripping rock from the walls as it moved down the arm. A new study from the Alaska Earthquake Center ties glacier retreat, warm ocean waters, heavy rain, and thousands of seismic tremors to this event and argues for the development of a tiered alert system that could provide time-based warnings for ships and nearby communities, though such large-scale landslide monitoring does not yet exist in the U.S. and would require cross-agency cooperation.
Stevie Nicks, 77, speaks about battling body-image issues after attending the Met Gala for the first time, noting that at 5'1½ she can’t stay very thin and that accepting her body has been hard; she performed Landslide at the event with Sabrina Carpenter.
Sabrina Carpenter and Stevie Nicks joined forces for a live Fleetwood Mac classic, Landslide, at the Met Gala after Carpenter opened the night with her own songs; Nicks also performed Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow, Gypsy, and Edge of Seventeen, then invited Carpenter back for Landslide. Carpenter’s Dior dress paid homage to Audrey Hepburn’s Sabrina, using actual film strips from the movie. This moment followed Carpenter’s Coachella run with Madonna, where they debuted the single Bring Your Love during Madonna’s surprise appearance.)
Severe weather across Afghanistan, including floods, landslides and thunderstorms, has killed 17 people with damage reported in Kandahar province.
President Denis Sassou-Nguesso won a fifth term in the Republic of the Congo with about 94.9% of the vote, extending his decades-long rule.