World & Nation
Flooding at an unregulated mine is thought to have caused the landslide.
April 1, 2003
An avalanche of rock and mud slammed down on a group of stranded motorists in the Andes east of the capital on Tuesday, killing at least 36 people, Ecuadorean authorities said.
June 13, 2001
California
The residents in this rough-and-ready canyon village in the San Bernardino Mountains have steeled themselves against nature’s high jinks over the years--the snow avalanches, the flash floods, the fires.
Dec. 7, 1992
A massive avalanche of mud and stones caused by heavy rains swept through an isolated hamlet in Peru’s southern Andes, killing at least 22 villagers, including eight children, authorities said Friday.
March 18, 2000
A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall killed at least 21 people and left dozens missing as they were sleeping at night in six villages in Nepal’s mountainous northeast, officials said Thursday.
June 11, 2015
Accidental avalanche disgorged thousands of boulders -- and almost as many cleanup ideas.
Nov. 14, 2002
The danger is far from over in the mountainous terrain where last week’s earthquake struck, with the risks of landslides, avalanches and flooding growing as the summer rainy season begins, Chinese officials said Thursday.
May 23, 2008
An avalanche of mud and rocks killed at least 41 people--many of them searching for bodies from a previous landslide--in a town in the Andean mountains of western Colombia.
April 17, 1999
A landslide swept through a small village in the southern Swiss Alps close to the Italian border, and 15 people were missing, police said.
Oct. 15, 2000
Avalanches caused by heavy rain and snow buried homes and blocked roads in the northern state of Kashmir, killing 66 people in six villages, news reports said Tuesday.
March 16, 1988