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Tag: landslide

Posted inMyanmar

Disaster buries dreams of Myanmar’s jade miners

by AT Contributor July 5, 2020July 5, 2020

Five Yay Ma Hsay – or the “unwashed” as the jade miners of northern Myanmar are known – arrived early Thursday at the pit to scrape out a living on a scraggy hillside, lured by the prospect of finding a stone that could transform their lives.  But only three would return, the others victims of […]

Posted inAT Finance

Death toll reaches 52 in Myanmar landslide

by Alan Bonini August 11, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

South Kalimantan landslide claims four lives

by Asia Times staff May 8, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Landslide destroys home, kills two in Bali

by Asia Times staff January 29, 2019February 18, 2020
A handout pic taken by Indonesia's accident mitigation agency on January 1, 2019 shows rescue workers looking for survivors after a landslide hit Sukabumi in West Java province. Photo: AFP / Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Landslide on NY’s Eve ends Indonesia’s year of disasters

by Asia Times staff January 1, 2019February 18, 2020
Deadly Penang landslide image captured on Youtube.
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Asia

Search continues 4 days after Penang landslide disaster

by Asia Times staff October 23, 2018February 18, 2020
Engineers says people in charge of all worksites in Penang have neglected to reduce soil erosion and that played a part in the landslide. Photo: Screen grab from YouTube.
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, South Asia

Bodies of two migrants found after landslide in Malaysia

by Asia Times staff October 22, 2018February 18, 2020
Source: 38 North
Posted inNorth Korea, Northeast Asia

First satellite images show unprecedented landslides from North Korea nuke test

by Asia Unhedged September 6, 2017February 18, 2020
The fatal accident occurred near Taman Villa Height in Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Malaysia, South Asia

Bangladeshi excavator driver killed by landslide in Malaysia

by Asia Times staff September 1, 2017February 18, 2020
At least 46 people were killed by a landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district on Sunday morning. Photo: The Indian Express
Posted inUncategorized

Highway landslide kills 45

by Asia Times staff August 14, 2017February 18, 2020
Members of the media take pictures of rescue workers at the site of a landslide in the village of Xinmo, Mao county, Sichuan province. Photo: Reuters/Aly Song
Posted inChengdu, China

Chinese reporters say blocked from Sichuan landslide coverage

by Reuters June 29, 2017February 18, 2020
People search for survivors at the site of a landslide that destroyed some 40 households, where more than 100 people are feared to be buried, according to local media reports, in Xinmo Village, China June 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters
Posted inChina

Hopes fade in China as more landslide victims found with over 100 missing

by Reuters June 25, 2017
A screengrab taken from a broadcast by China's  CCTV on June 24, 2017 shows rescuers looking for survivors after a landslide hit the village of Xinmo. Photo: AFP / CCTV
Posted inChina, Middle East

Landslide hits Sichuan village; around 100 feared buried

by Agence France-Presse June 24, 2017February 18, 2020

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