A devastating landslide in Sudan's Darfur region that buried an entire mountain village, killing hundreds of people, has left Sudanese authorities, the United Nations and aid groups scrambling to respond. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/world/landslide-sudan-village/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sudan #africa #landslides
An armed group that controls part of western Sudan pleaded for international help after at least 1,000 people were killed in a landslide that wiped out a mountain village. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/world/sudan-landslide-aid-plea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sudan #landslides #aid
Houses lie submerged in water from the Lonza River after the May landslide. Scientists say melting permafrost and glacial instability likely contributed to the severity of the landslide, Blatten, #Switzerland
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Two people died after heavy rain hit the Kyushu region from Sunday through Tuesday while four people remain missing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/japan/kumamoto-rain-two-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kumamoto #fukuoka #landslides
The Meteorological Agency warned of landslides, river flooding and inundation in low-lying areas of Fukuoka Prefecture on Sunday as heavy rain continued in the Kyushu region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/10/japan/japan-heavy-rain-kyushu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kyushu #fukuoka #floods #landslides
Heavy rains pounded South Korea for a third day on Friday in a deluge that has killed at least four people, forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes and destroyed property and infrastructure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/18/asia-pacific/south-korea-flooding/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southkorea #floods #landslides
Tropical storm Nari, located southeast of Tokyo in the Pacific, is intensifying as it moves northward, with landfall possible in northeastern or northern Japan on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/japan/tropical-storm-nari/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #floods #landslides #tropicalstormnari
People mourned the 28 victims of a 2021 major mudslide that struck Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, in a memorial ceremony on Thursday, the fourth anniversary of the disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/japan/japan-landslide-memorial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #shizuoka #atami #landslides #rainyseason #disasterpreparedness