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| 2009 | |
| November | |
| 2009-11-19 | Severe weather causes flooding (IrishTimes.com) IRELAND Railway line between Limerick and Ennis closed by small landslide |
| 2009-11-19 | Landslide closes road as storms lash Powys (County Times, Powys, Wales) WALES Important mountain road closed after landslide in Powys County |
| 2009-11-18 | Lancashire packaging firm hit by landslide (packagingnews.co.uk) ENGLAND Lancashire cardboard and packaging warehouse hit by earth and trees in landslide caused by heavy rain |
| 2009-11-18 | Les îles Canaries aux prises avec d'importantes inondations (Canoe.ca) SPAIN Traffic disrupted, vehicles damaged, several houses innundated by landslides in the Canary Islands |
| 2009-11-17 | Second storm wallops B.C. (CBC.ca) CANADA Highway 12 between Lytton and Lillooet, British columbia closed by a rockslide. |
| 2009-11-17 | 2 hurt in Fraser Canyon derailment (CBC.ca) CANADA Train derailed by mudslide near Lytton, British Columbia, two employees hurt. |
| 2009-11-17 | Landslide halts traffic on highway (Chennai Online) INDIA Landslide blocks Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, Kashmir's only road link to the rest of India. |
| 2009-11-17 | Tanzania hit by deadly landslide (BBC.co.uk) TANZANIA Seven homes destroyed and at least 20 killed in mountain collapse caused by rain and resulting flash flood. |
| 2009-11-16 | Pineapple Express douses B.C.'s South Coast (CTV British Columbia) CANADA Mudslide covers Highway 19, north of Sayward, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. |
| 2009-11-16 | Two die in Bukittinggi landslide (Jakarta Post) INDONESIA Two dead following landslide in West Sumatran town of Bukittinggi. |
| 2009-11-16 | Landslide Destroys Gig Harbor Garage, 2 Vehicles (KIROTV.com) USA Mudslide in Gig Harbor, Washington destroys garage and 2 vehicles. |
| 2009-11-16 | Landslide disrupts Dublin/Rosslare rail line (RTE News) IRELAND Commuter train strikes landslide and disrupts service in Wicklow. |
| 2009-11-16 | Massive landslide leaves 23 dead in north China (China View, Xinhua News Agency) CHINA 20 000 sq m landslide destroys 6 homes and kills 23 in China's northern Shanxi Province. |
| 2009-11-15 | More landslides in Palopo as 1,000 people seek refuge (Jakarta Post) INDONESIA 1000 evacuated, 11 killed in on-going landsliding in the city of Palopo. |
| 2009-11-14 | Landslide displaces more than 70 Juneau residents (KTVA 11, USA) USA 80 people forced out of their homes, streets temporarily closed following two mudslides in downtown Juneau, Alaska. |
| 2009-11-13 | Police Valais - Grengiols: Glissement de terrain (Romandie News) SWITZERLAND Two people evacuated, two vehicles damaged, traffic disruped by landslide in the Canton of Valais. |
| 2009-11-13 | Landslide triggered by quake kills high schooler in Southern Zone (Tico Times) COSTA RICA 15-year old killed in landslide triggered by magnitude 5.1 earthquake in Costa Rica's Southern Zone. |
| 2009-11-10 | High risk from rocks (Chattanooga Times Free Press) USA US Highway 64 blocked, Polk County, Tennessee. |
| 2009-11-10 | Some 30 illegal miners trapped underground in Ghana, 18 bodies retrieved (Afrique en Ligue) GHANA 30 trapped when illegal open pit gold mine was covered by a landslide. |
| 2009-11-10 | Mudslide hits town on Italian island (United Press International) ITALY One dead, one missing in mudslide in Casamicchiola, on Italian island of Ischia. |
| 2009-11-08 | Salvadoran town hit by landslide buries dead (Associated Press) EL SALVADOR 130 dead, 60 missing, 13 680 homeless across El Salvador following flash floods and mudslides resulting from Hurricane Ida. |
| 2009-11-08 | Landslide in India kills at least 39 (CBC.ca) INDIA Seasonal rains in southern India cause landslides, destroying 300 homes and killing at least 39. |
| 2009-11-05 | 12 bodies found in Quang Nam landslide (Saigon Giai Phong Daily English Edition) VIETNAM 13 killed in mudslides in caused by Typhoon Mirinae in mountainous central province of Quang Nam. |
| July | |
| 2009-07-22 | Mudslide Blocking Hwy 67 Near Deckers; MM 95 (NewsChannel 13, USA) Colorado State Patrol officers tell Channel 13 flooding has caused a mudslide in Pike National Forest Tuesday night. |
| 2009-07-21 | Landslide Sweeps away 14 (News 24.com, China) Waves up to 30m high swept 14 people into the turbulent upper reaches of the Mekong River following a huge landslide into the river in south-western China's Yunnan province |
| 2009-07-21 | Japan Mudslides Kill 4, Leave 6 Missing (Wall Street Journal, Japan) Four people died Tuesday and at least six remain missing after a series of mudslides in the western Japanese city of Hofu |
| 2009-07-21 | Two dead, 12 missing in SW China landslide (Window of China, China) Two people are dead and another 12 are missing after a landslide triggered high waves on a river in southwest China's Yunnan Province |
| 2009-07-21 | 2 miners killed, 1 hurt in Benguet landslide (GMA News, Philippines) Two miners were killed while another one was hurt Tuesday in a landslide near a mining site in the northern Philippine province of Benguet |
| 2009-07-20 | Three of family die in landslide (Press Trust of India, India) Three members of a family were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Syara village here this afternoon |
| 2009-07-19 | Road temporary closed due to landslide (Daily News, Sri Lanka) Avissawella road has been temporarily closed for vehicular traffic due to a landslide which occurred around the 68th milepost. |
| 2009-07-19 | Landslide disrupts train services in Thrissur (Express Buzz, India) Heavy rain hit train services following a landslide near Chalakkudy on Friday night |
| 2009-07-18 | Landslide tips house into lake (The Local, Germany) A violent landslide tipped a house in Nachterstedt in Saxony-Anhalt into a lake early on Saturday morning. Three people are missing and feared dead. |
| 2009-07-18 | Landslide Creates Havoc in Malavantige Village (Daiji World, India) A landslide occurred on a hillock located near the plantation owned by S M Tulapule in Malavantige village |
| 2009-07-18 | One killed, four missing in SW China mudslide (China Daily, China) One person was killed while four others were missing after a rainstorm triggered mudslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province |
| 2009-07-16 | Landslide at Yedakumeri disrupts B'lore-M'lore rail services (Sahil Online, India) The Bangalore-Mangalore train today reached the coastal city four hours late owing to landslide at Yedakumeri amid heavy monsoon showers. |
| 2009-07-15 | Landslide, floods kills three in northern Turkey (Reuters, Turkey) Two people died in a landslide in northern Turkey caused by heavy rainfall on Wednesday |
| 2009-07-13 | Landslide collapses Far North road (TVNZ, New Zealand) Wild weekend weather continues to cause havoc with part of State Highway 10 |
| 2009-07-12 | Two killed in Kalwa landslide (Times of India, India) A woman and baby died after they were buried under debris of mud and stones following a landslide on their hilltop shanty at Waghova Nagar in Parsik Hill near Kalwa |
| 2009-07-11 | Mudslide destroys Logan home, 3-4 people missing (ABC News, USA) A canal adjacent to the Logan River broke at around 11:30 Saturday morning, sending water and mud into houses below. |
| 2009-07-10 | Landslide in Nainital claims three lives (Sindh Today, India) Incessant overnight rains resulted in landslide at Nainital in Uttarakhand on Friday. |
| 2009-07-10 | Landslide kills 5 in Indonesia (The Straits Times, Indonesia) A landslide killed a family of five in their homes in Indonesia's West Java province on Friday |
| 2009-07-09 | Many Die as Landslide Sweeps through Jade-mining Area (The Irrawaddy, Burma) At least 30 people have died in a massive landslide that swept away homes, blocked roads and cut communications in Burma’s northern Kachin State. |
| 2009-07-06 | Rain triggers another mudslide (Idaho Mountain Express, USA) Heavy rainfall caused another mudslide to cover a portion of Warm Springs Road |
| 2009-07-06 | Mudslide obstructs road in Butwal (Kantipur Online, Nepal) Landslide at Tallo Siddhababa has blockaded the Butwal-Palpa road section of the Siddhartha Highway |
| 2009-07-06 | 18 dead, 13 missing after northern flash floods, landslides (Thanhnien News, Vietnam) At least 18 people are dead and 13 others missing after incessant rain over the weekend triggered flash floods and landslides in northern provinces. |
| 2009-07-04 | One dead, bridge washed away in landslide in Sikkim (The Hindu, India) A labourer was killed and a steel girder bridge over River Barkhola washed away following torrential rains and a massive landslide |
| 2009-07-04 | Family of six killed in Habiganj mudslide (BDNews 24, Bangladesh) A family of six were killed as their house collapsed during a mudslide in Habiganj due to heavy overnight rains |
| 2009-07-03 | Mudslide closes part of Colorado 133 (Examiner.com, US) A mudslide temporarily closed part of Colorado 133 between Carbondale and Redstone |
| 2009-07-03 | INDIA - Landslide derails India toy train (BBC News) The famous toy train service that ferries tourists in India's tea country in Darjeeling has been hit by a huge landslide in the hill region. |
| 2009-07-03 | Mudslide Forces Some 7,500 People from Homes in South China (Turkish Weekly) CHINA - Days of heavy rain caused a mudslide at a reservoir in southern China with more than 7,440 people forced to flee their homes |
| 2009-07-03 | Rain-triggered landslide leaves six dead, one missing in central China (China View, China) Six people are dead and another is missing after rains triggered a landslide in central China's Hunan Province |
| 2009-07-02 | Landslide leaves 500,000 people in Ibague without water (Colombia Reports, Colombia) 500,000 people are without fresh water in Ibague, Tolima department, since heavy rains caused landslides and forced the sewerage company to close the water gates on Wednesday night. |
| 2009-07-02 | Landslide closes road to hinterland residents (Global Nation Enquirer, Philippines) |
| 2009-07-02 | Landslide kills 5 in Tanahun, Kaski (The Himalayan, Nepal) At least 5 people died in landslides in Kaski and Tanahun on Thursday morning |
| June | |
| 2009-06-30 | Landslide kills one, injures 5 (The Times of India) One person was killed and five sustained severe injuries when huge boulders fell on an SUV, following a landslide |
| 2009-06-29 | Landslide kills two miners (thenews.com) Two miners were killed and three others seriously injured at the Pir Sabaq hills when a huge mass of mud and rocks fell on the labourers |
| 2009-06-26 | Coastal landslide threatens Stockton Springs camps (Village Soup) A coastal landslide threatening two unoccupied camps, and possibly a third, took place Thursday night |
| 2009-06-26 | Dozen injured as bus overturns after hit by landslide (Indopia) At least a dozen passengers were injured today when a bus overturned after being hit by a landslide near Salaghat |
| 2009-06-25 | Rock slide closes US 19 (Citizen Times) "U.S. 19 in Madison County near the Yancey County line has reopened after a rock slide closed it Thursday." |
| 2009-06-25 | Eight killed, 11 missing as Feria lashes Philippines (Gulfnews.com) Eight people were killed and 11 reported missing in floods and landslides as typhoon Feria unleashed its fury on the Philippines for two days |
| 2009-06-24 | Mudslide keeps road closed to public (Times-News) Another mudslide occurred around 6 p.m. Sunday, causing the road to be shut down |
| 2009-06-23 | Highway 190 closed after fire sparks mudslide (Visalia Times-Delta) "A wildfire that started Sunday evening in the Sequoia National Forest burned through a flume and sent its water onto Highway 190 loaded with mud." |
| 2009-06-23 | Nine dead, one missing in southwest China landslide (MCOT news) Nine died and one remained missing after a landslide buried construction workers who were fixing a mountain body prone to landslide |
| 2009-06-21 | Java mud slide: grim warning Radio Australia News -- Australian scientists say a volcano spewing scalding mud in East Java, Indonesia, could continue to do so for another 30 years. |
| 2009-06-19 | Rockslide Closes Caldwell Co. Highway wsoc-tv -- A highway in Caldwell County will be closed for weeks as crews clean up a massive rockslide. |
| 2009-06-18 | Mudslide hits 3 Draper homes; no one hurt Local News 8 -- A mudslide has hit three homes in the Draper area following heavy rains. |
| 2009-06-17 | Costa Rica's Arenal Volcano reopens after landslide Tico Times -- Park officials reopened Arenal Volcano National Park in north-central Costa Rica on Wednesday morning after landslides. |
| 2009-06-17 | Landslide blocks road to Sikkim The Telegraph -- A landslide triggered by night-long heavy rain blocked the only road to Sikkim for more than eight hours. |
| 2009-06-16 | 'Yatra' halted as porter dies in Amarnath landslide India Express -- A porter on way to the cave shrine of Amarnath was killed and four others injured when a landslide struck. |
| 2009-06-15 | Bukit Asam says 30 staff trapped in landslide Reuters -- An official at Indonesian state-owned coal mining firm PT Bukit Asam Tbk (PTBA.JK) said on Tuesday about 30 employees were trapped in a landslide in West Sumatra. |
| 2009-06-13 | Cloudbursts hit NCW, cause mud slide The Wenatchee World -- Cloudbursts packing rain, hail and at least two funnel clouds Friday evening hit parts of North Central Washington. |
| 2009-06-13 | Mudslide damages home in small Newfoundland town CBC -- Heavy rain has caused another landslide in the western Newfoundland community of Trout River. |
| 2009-06-12 | Rock slide closes rails at Port Henry Press Republican -- Canadian Pacific Railway is hoping to have tracks closed by a rock slide just north of Port Henry cleared sometime this weekend. |
| 2009-06-12 | At least 16 killed in Ivory Coast mudslide Associated Press -- At least 16 people have been killed in a poor neighborhood of Abidjan when a mudslide buried their rickety homes. |
| 2009-06-11 | Mudslide Blocks Hwy 37 North CFTK TV -- Crews are continuing to clear mud and debris from Highway 37 North of Bell 2 on the way to Dease Lake and the Yukon. |
| 2009-06-10 | Mudslide puts Trout River homes at risk CBC -- Five families in a small community on Newfoundland's west coast are worried about their homes, after the side of a hill in Trout River gave way and sent tons of mud sliding down. |
| 2009-06-09 | Landslide spreads panic in basalore Express Buzz -- A landslide, a few days ahead of the monsoon, in Old Balasore along the river Budhabalanga today has left the people panicky. |
| 2009-06-09 | One person killed in north China's Shanxi Province on Sunday Shanghai daily -- 17-year-old girl was killed when a landslide hit the Xiaofu Village of Jichang Township in Shanxi. |
| 2009-06-09 | Rockslide closes section of highway in Floyd County WYMT News -- A rock slide from early Monday morning has a portion of KY 5-50 closed. |
| 2009-06-06 | 1 missing in Benguet landslide GMA News -- A woman was reported missing after a landslide hit a village in Kapangan town in Benguet province. |
| 2009-06-05 | 5 die in Manizales Landslide Colombia reports -- A deadly landslide hit a crew working on a Manizales road Friday. |
| 2009-06-05 | 80 Feared Buried in Landslide The Chosun Ilbo -- At least 80 people may have been buried by a massive landslide Friday in southwestern China |
| 2009-06-04 | Landslide kills 4 in Southern Burma Mizzima -- At least 4 people were killled in a landslide triggered by a downpour. |
| 2009-06-03 | Landslide kills 4 in Vietnam M & C -- Four people were killed as a landslide hit a hydroelectric power station in northern Vietnam. |
| 2009-06-03 | Mudslides swamp Warm Springs Road Idaho Mountain Express -- Slides lead county officials to close well-traveled route west of Ketchum. |
| 2009-06-03 | Landslide dams Tsangpo River Down to Earth -- A landslide on the Indo-Tibetan border has blocked the course of the river Tsangpo (Brahmaputra). |
| 2009-06-01 | Bellevue Hole an active crater for weeks to come Sydney Morning Herald -- It could take "weeks and weeks" to stabilise and reconstruct the site of last week's landslide at Bellevue Hill. |
| May | |
| 2009-05-31 | Man buried alive in landslide New Straits Times -- A Myanmar man was buried alive in a landslide as he was fixing pipes yesterday in Pengkalan Hulu. |
| 2009-05-30 | Six Die in Landslide Antara News -- A family of six was buried in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi on Saturday. |
| 2009-05-28 | 3 construction workers killed in Mexico landslide Taiwan News -- least three bricklayers have been killed by a landslide at a construction site in the central state of Mexico. |
| 2009-05-26 | Landslide closes section of US 64 Asheville Citizen Times -- Occurred Around 1:15 p.m. bringing trees and powerlines onto the road. |
| 2009-05-26 | Toll in landslide mounts to 21 in Darjeeling Hindu News -- Death toll in landslides on Wednesday mounted to 21. |
| 2009-05-25 | Papua New Guinea landslide buries 19 alive theage.com -- Heavy rain has caused a landslide in Papua New Guinea with reports up to 19 people have been buried alive. |
| 2009-05-23 | Mudslide kills 5 children at play news.com -- A mudslide has killed five children in northern Afghanistan. |
| 2009-05-23 | 2 killed in south China landslide Chinaview.com -- Two people were killed as torrential rains triggered a landslide in south China's Guangdong Province. |
| 2009-05-20 | Landslide closes road North-West News -- A landslide has closed Mt Nebo Rd between the mountain village and The Gap. |
| 2009-05-20 | 6 killed in landslide in Sri Lanka's hill country Colombo Page -- six persons were killed due to a landslide at Norton Bridge in Hatton of Sri Lanka's hill country. |
| 2009-05-19 | No Casualties in 3 Gorges dam landslide CRI News -- The landslide sent 20,000 cubic meters of mountain mass into the Yangtze River. |
| 2009-05-19 | Landslide claims 29, 19 missing The Manila Times -- A landslide struck a mining village in the southern Philippines. |
| 2009-05-18 | Five people killed in Bangladesh landslide The Straights Times -- Chunks of rock loosened by heavy rains killed a family of five while sleeping. |
| 2009-05-16 | 7 killed in NW China landslide China.org.cn -- Residential buildings were damaged in Gansu province. |
| 2009-05-14 | Rockslide shuts down road in Augusta county ABC News -- A rockslide on an Augusta County road will take weeks to clean up. |
| 2009-05-14 | 3 die in central China as tailings dam bursts China Daily -- 3 Dead and 4 injured in Hunan provinces as home was destroyed. |
| 2009-05-12 | 8 killed in Rwanda landslide Associated Free Press -- Torrential rains caused a landslide that wiped out a family of eight. |
| 2009-05-12 | Landslide threatens Sebastian county home KFSM News -- Damage to an Akansas home is permanent, after the slope shifted. |
| 2009-05-11 | Pikes County Animal Shelter hit by mudslide WKYT News Kentucky -- More than 100 animals are homeless after a mudslide. Damages may be permanent. |
| 2009-05-11 | Mudlslide hits building in Aspen ABC News -- Mudslide hits building at Buttermilk ski area in Aspen. No injuries. |
| 2009-05-11 | Sikkim landslide leaves 400 tourists stranded Indopia -- Heavy rains overnight cut off a key road link, stranding tourists. |
| 2009-05-10 | Landslide Cuts Sumatra Inter-provincial Road Tempo Interactive -- Large portions of a Sumatran road shifted, causing traffic for 10km. |
| 2009-05-09 | Pagasa warns of more rains, 'Emong' landfall GMA News -- Landslides triggered by heavy rains and tropical storm Emong in the Phillipines. |
| 2009-05-09 | Landslide blocks Shankha flow The Daily Star.net -- Slide of mud and rock blocked flow of river for over 60 hours. |
| 2009-05-08 | New landslide reported at slide-rocked Newfoundland town CBC news -- New, smaller landslide in Daniel's Harbour, NFLD. |
| 2009-05-07 | Ifugao Landslide leaves 11 dead GMA News -- At least 11 people have died because of landslides triggered by typhoon 'Emong'. |
| 2009-05-07 | Five dead as typhoon Chan-Hom hits Philippines Top News -- At least 5 people killed in landslides in Northern Phillipines. |
| 2009-05-07 | Landslide takes out Revelo home The McCreary County Record -- Ceiling knocked in, man hospitalized after slide. |
| 2009-05-05 | Amazon floods leave 186K homeless, death toll 19 The examiner -- Months of heavy rains have caused floods and mudslides in Brazil. |
| 2009-05-05 | Landslide kills 28 in Neelam valley KCRA News DNA news online -- A Pakistani landslide trapped 28 people in the Jora area. |
| 2009-05-05 | Rockslide closes part of Highway 88 (US) KCRA News Sacramento -- Part of Highway 88 near Sacramento was closed to traffic because of a rockslide. |
| 2009-05-05 | Nine coal miners trapped in Ukraine United Press International -- Coal miners trapped East of Kiev. |
| April | |
| 2009-04-30 | Death toll rises to 20 in SW China landslide CCTV International -- The death toll from a landslide in southwest China's Yunnan Province rose to 20 Wednesday. |
| 2009-04-24 | Colombian mudslide kills one Marketwatch -- A mudslide in the northwestern Colombian province of Cordoba left one person dead and another missing. |
| 2009-04-21 | Road crews were being brought into clear Jamestown's Main Street following a mudslide in Boulder County overnight. (TheDenverChannel.com) BOULDER, Colo. -- Road crews were being brought into clear Jamestown's Main Street following a mudslide in Boulder County overnight. |
| 2009-04-21 | Landslide Kills Three Gold Miners (Jakarta Post) A landslide has killed three illegal gold miners at the Gunung Halimun Salak National Park in Lebak district, Banten province. |
| 2009-04-20 | Rockbridge rockslide causes Route 39 closure (News Virginian) A rockslide on Route 39 in Rockbridge County is causing the road to be closed, from Route 252 to Route 729, for an extended period of time, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. |
| 2009-04-19 | One die in Kakkodi landslide (Kerala Online) One person died when a huge mass of sand slid and fell over him on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Girish, a lorry driver, hailing from Kumaraswamy in Kakkodi. |
| 2009-04-19 | Three rockslides block Colorado roads (Denver Post) Highway crews are clearing away three rockslides this evening, all brought on by the recent snow, cold and today's warmth. |
| 2009-04-16 | Kyrgyz landslide claims 16 lives (BBC News) Rescue workers are searching for survivors from a landslide that swept through a village in the central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan. |
| 2009-04-15 | Crews clear rockslides, rain increases threat (KSL-TV) SALT LAKE COUNTY -- For the second day in a row, Utah is being pounded by wet weather, and it's causing a few problems in the canyons. |
| 2009-04-15 | Major Landslide at Paripao, North East Guadalcanal (Solomon Times Online) President of the Reko, Moga, Paripao, Barade, REMOPBA Disaster committee, Jonathan Tutu says this is due to a major landslide at the upper Nubu to Tenapari road in the Paripao ward. |
| 2009-04-15 | Landslide hits home in San Diego's Point Loma area (San Jose Mercury News) SAN DIEGO—A hillside in San Diego's Point Loma area collapsed Wednesday, sending a 50-foot-long mudslide down to a home below but causing no damage or injuries, authorities said. Several nearby homes were evacuated. |
| 2009-04-14 | Road Closed by rock slide (Gold Coast News) A rock slide closed Beechmont Road in the Gold Coast Hinterland yesterday after the recent wet conditions sent the rocks tumbling down the hill. |
| 2009-04-12 | Landslide in Peru kills 13 (Brisbane Times, Peru) At least 13 people, including one child, were killed in a landslide in a village in northern Peru during heavy rain, local authorities said. |
| 2009-04-11 | Two Ukrainian miners missing after rock slide (RIA Novosti, Ukraine) DONETSK, April 11 (RIA Novosti) - Two miners are believed to be trapped after a rock slide occurred at a coal mine in the Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine, a mining official said on Saturday. |
| 2009-04-11 | Rock slide closes Alaskan tunnel (United Press International, USA) WHITTIER , Alaska, April 13 (UPI) -- No one was injured in a rock slide that closed Alaska's Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel with boulders stacked three-stories high, state officials said. |
| 2009-04-09 | Police blame landslide for N. Idaho traffic deaths (LocalNews8.com, USA) OROFINO, Idaho (AP) - Authorities say two northern Idaho residents were killed when a tree fell from a hillside and landed on top of their vehicle. |
| 2009-04-08 | Pikeville: Rock slide Highway 30 for 10 hours (Chattanooga Times Free Press, USA) PIKEVILLE, Tenn. — Pikeville resident Jamie Johnson planned to go fishing Wednesday, but rocks got in the way. |
| 2009-04-07 | Highway 1 mudslide cleared at 2:15 p.m. (Contra Costa Times, USA) A mudslide that buried Highway 1 around 6 p.m. Tuesday took longer than expected to clear, a spokesperson for Caltrans said Wednesday. |
| 2009-04-07 | Landslide causes closure of two lanes of A1 (Austrian Times, Austria) Traffic was brought to a standstill yesterday (Tues) after a landslide let two lanes of a major motorway closed. |
| 2009-04-07 | Rains cause landslides, road closures, dangerous driving situations (VillageSoup Belfast, USA) Knox County emergency crews were busy throughout the night Monday into Tuesday morning as torrential rains wreaked havoc, particularly in Appleton, Hope and Camden. |
| 2009-04-06 | Four Soldiers Hurt as Rockslide Flattens Cave (Yemen Post, Yemen) Four soldiers have been injured, one seriously, as a rockslide hit a cave to which they sheltered in Dhale province when heavy rains started to fall. |
| 2009-04-06 | Mum 'feared for family' during rockslide (ABC Regional Online, USA) A Gold Coast mother says she feared for her family when their car was hit by huge boulders during a rockslide after heavy weekend rainfall. |
| 2009-04-06 | Rock slide closes road (Asheville Citizen-Times, USA) The Department of Transportation is reporting that due to a rock slide, U.S .129 south of Robbinsville is closed. Other closures may occur during the day due to blasting. The slide is a quarter mile south of SR 1200, Ledbetter Road. Both lanes are blocked. Alternate routes include U.S. 19 through the Nantahala Gorge and N.C. 28 and N.C. 143. |
| 2009-04-06 | Four Soldiers Hurt as Rockslide Flattens Cave (Yemen Post, Yemen) Four soldiers have been injured, one seriously, as a rockslide hit a cave to which they sheltered in Dhale province when heavy rains started to fall. |
| 2009-04-06 | Landslides in Sukabumi make 200 People Leave their Homes (TEMPO Interactive, Indonesia) Jakarta: Around 200 people had to leave their homes due to landslides in Manggu village, Gunung Guruh sub-district in Sukabumi. |
| 2009-04-04 | Two die in Medellín landslide (Colombia Reports, Columbia) An elderly couple was killed Saturday morning when a landslide hit their home just outside Medellin. They are the 27th and 28th deadly victims of this rainy season. |
| 2009-04-04 | Landslide on bank of Yangtze River worsens (Xinhua, China) CHONGQING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Landslide on a section of the bank of China's Yangtze River has worsened, local officials said Saturday. |
| 2009-04-03 | Mudslide hits 8 waterfront homes on Whidbey Island (Seattle Post Intelligencer, USA) CLINTON, Wash. - A mudslide has hit eight waterfront homes on Whidbey Island near Clinton. |
| 2009-04-03 | Crews clean up salsa, rock slide (Deseret News, USA) Crews are working to dislodge a semi that rolled on state Route 6 near mile post 208 on Friday around 1:15 a.m. |
| 2009-04-02 | Snowfall in Gulmarg, landslide kills one in JK (Indopia, India) Srinagar , Apr 3 The famous Ski resort of Gulmarg and other upper reaches in the Kashmir valley today received fresh snowfall even as the incessant rainfall in the southern part of the state triggered landslide, killing one person. |
| 2009-04-02 | Landslide kills three (Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper, Bhutan) A massive landslide yesterday around 1 pm at Takti, on the Phuentsholing-Thimphu highway, killed a Dantak site supervisor on the spot and swept away a tipper truck with its driver and assistant. |
| March | |
| 2009-03-31 | Casili mini-landslide investigated (Cebu Daily News, Philippines) NO one was hurt in Tuesday’s mini-landslide at a private subdivision in barangay Casili, but the Mandaue City government sent a team to evaluate the risk posed by the soil erosion which damaged two houses. |
| 2009-03-31 | Mudslide closes W.Va. road; school cancels classes (Daily Mail - Charleston, USA) EAST BANK, W.Va. (AP) - Water leaking from an abandoned mine has caused a mudslide that closed a section of State Route 61 in eastern Kanawha County and canceled classes at a middle school. |
| 2009-03-31 | Massive Rockslide Blocks Only Road to Buckhorn Lake (WYMT, USA) Highway officials say it will be at least ten days before Highway 1833 is cleaned up. They say contactors are needed to break up the rocks blocking the only road to the Buckhorn Lake State Park. |
| 2009-03-31 | Rock slide closes forest service road near Brevard (Asheville Citizen-Times, USA) Brevard – A rock slide on Sunday has closed Courthouse Creek Road in the Pisgah National Forest indefinitely. |
| 2009-03-31 | Seven people missing in central China quarry blast (Xinhua, China) YICHANG, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Seven workers were buried Tuesday evening in a landslide triggered by a quarry explosion in central China's Hubei Province, local authorities said Wednesday. |
| 2009-03-31 | Over 1,000 escape after flood, landslide hit Sumatra, Indonesia (Xinhua, Indonesia) JAKARTA, March 31 (Xinhua) -- About 1,000 residents have fled home after floods and landslides hit West Sumatra province of Sumatra island in Indonesia, Disaster Management Agency said here Tuesday. |
| 2009-03-30 | Clean-Up Continues on East Bank Mudslide (WOWK, USA) EAST BANK - Crews continue cleaning up the muddy mess left behind after a massive mudslide on Route 61 in East Bank. |
| 2009-03-28 | 3 killed in Khulna mud slide (The Daily Star, Bangladesh) A landslide claimed the lives of three labourers on the Chitra at Tero Kheda upazila in Khulna yesterday. It also left two others injured. |
| 2009-03-26 | Mudslide Forces Road Closure in City Creek Canyon (Fox 13 Now, USA) A surge of water caused a mudslide in City Creek Canyon Thursday morning, forcing the closure of Bonneville Drive. |
| 2009-03-24 | Mudslide blocks one lane of Highway 34 west of Osage on Tuesday night (DL-Online, Canada) A small mudslide blocked traffic on Highway 34 for a few hours Tuesday night. |
| 2009-03-22 | Mudlside kills 2 in Columbia (Latin American Herald Tribune) BOGOTA – A young woman and her daughter died when a mudslide hit several dwellings in a poor section of the southwestern Colombian city of Cali, which has been drenched by heavy rains this weekend, a fire department spokesman said. |
| 2009-03-19 | Rockslide buries drilling rig at Haywood quarry (Asheville Citizen-Times) WAYNESVILLE – Federal mine safety investigators are looking into a rockslide that sent an estimated 480,000 tons of earth down a near-vertical cut at the Allens Creek rock quarry in Haywood County. |
| 2009-03-18 | Landslide kills four in Indonesian Papua (Sydney Morning Herald) A landslide has killed four people after heavy rain outside the capital of Indonesia's remote eastern Papua province, an official said on Wednesday. |
| 2009-03-15 | Bushfire area hit by landslides (Melbourne Herald Sun) THE State Emergency Service (SES) is warning people in bushfire-affected areas to watch out for landslides, with falling debris closing two roads this weekend. |
| 2009-03-14 | Heavy rains damage houses in central Sri Lanka (Colombo Page) Mar 14, Colombo: People in various parts of the country have been affected by heavy showers throughout the country, Disaster Management Center of Sri Lanka (DMC) said. |
| 2009-03-13 | Several buildings swept away in Norwegian mudslide (The Associated Press) OSLO (AP) — A mudslide hit several houses and vacation homes in central Norway on Friday, sweeping some into the fjord below, police and rescue officials said. There were no reports of injuries. |
| 2009-03-13 | Road crews were kept busy around Omeo on the weekend as strong wind and heavy rain brought down trees and caused a series of mudslides. (ABC Regional Online) Reports from Benambra say about 70 millimetres of rain fell on Saturday, filling farm dams to overflowing, but damaging fences. |
| 2009-03-07 | Early morning rock slide shuts down parts of Interstate 65 near Warrior (al.com) An early morning rock slide has shut down parts of Interstate 65 near Warrior and backed up traffic, according to the Alabama Department of Transportation. |
| 2009-03-05 | 'Carvan-e-Aman' cancelled amid landslides and rains (Indopia) Srinagar , Mar 5 Landslides triggered by heavy rains across the border prompted the authorities here to cancel the weekly bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad today, official sources said. |
| 2009-03-05 | Rock Slide in Mercer County (WVNS) LASHMEET--- Traffic was slowed traffic in Mercer County after a dangerous rock slide. |
| 2009-03-04 | Small rock slide falls on highway outside Yosemite (San Jose Mercury News) EL PORTAL, Calif.—State transportation officials have reopened all lanes of a main highway leading into Yosemite National Park after clearing several tons of rock and debris from the road. |
| 2009-03-03 | Mudslides cleared on Old Foresthill Road (Sacramento Bee) Mudslides that blocked traffic on a Placer County roadway have been cleared. The two slides blocked westbound lanes of Old Foresthill Road at Highway 49, a California Highway Patrol report states. |
| 2009-03-02 | Seremban-Kuala Pilah road closed to heavy traffic (Malaysia Star) SEREMBAN: The Seremban-Kuala Pilah road, an important link from here to the East Coast, will be closed to heavy traffic from 6pm Monday until further notice. |
| 2009-03-02 | UPDATE 1-Peru landslide kills at least 10, more missing (Reuters) LIMA, March 2 (Reuters) - Peruvian rescue workers dug frantically on Monday in the rubble of a landslide that killed at least ten people, including a child, and trapped more than 20, government and mining officials said. |
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| 2009-02-26 | Landslide blocks part of Highway 175 (Santa Rosa Press Democrat) Motorists reported a small landslide on Highway 175 between Hopland in Mendocino County and Lakeport early Thursday. |
| 2009-02-24 | Flash flood, landslide hit Malang, one killed (Jakarta Post) Heavy rains that fell for more that 10 hours on Monday night in Malang, East Java, caused flash flooding, which has killed a teenager, and a landslide that blocked the road between Malang and Blitar on Tuesday. |
| 2009-02-23 | Rain Brings Flooded Roads, Mudslides (KHSL) Heavy rains left many North State roads flooded making for dangerous conditions for drivers. |
| 2009-02-20 | Creek OK after spill — No fines or charges (Sault Star) Environmental damage is not suspected after about 45 gallons of transmission oil was discovered recently in a creek off upper Pim Street. |
| 2009-02-19 | Burst water main causes mudslide damage to Whittier home (Whittier Daily News) WHITTIER - A water main burst in the predawn hours Thursday, causing a mudslide and damaging a residence, city officials said. |
| 2009-02-18 | Disaster Declaration (Bellingen Shire Courier Sun) Bellingen Shire was declared a natural disaster area last Wednesday (Feb 18) after minor to moderate flooding inundated many parts of the shire the previous day. |
| 2009-02-18 | Six Missing in Ecuador Mudslide (Latin American Herald Tribune) QUITO – Six people were missing after a mudslide spurred by heavy rains buried a stretch of a main highway, Ecuador authorities said. |
| 2009-02-18 | Hundreds of Vehicles Stranded by Peru Landslides (Latin American Herald Tribune) LIMA – Hundreds of vehicles were stranded on Wednesday along the highway linking Lima with the Peruvian interior because of landslides of mud and stones caused by the heavy rains that have lashed the region in recent weeks, authorities said. |
| 2009-02-18 | 300 hurt in Bolivia landslide (ABC Online) At least 300 people have been injured following a serious mudslide in the Bolivian city of La Paz, Mayor Juan del Granado says. |
| 2009-02-17 | Rock slide causes closure on Highway 152 (Hollister Free Lance) Traffic on eastbound Highway 152 near the Santa Clara/Merced County line has been reduced to one lane since a rock slide occurred at about 12:30 p.m. today, a California Highway Patrol spokeswoman said. |
| 2009-02-17 | Fierce storm blankets California, closing part of key interstates and raising mudslide fears (Minneapolis Star Tribune) LOS ANGELES - A winter storm blanketed California with heavy rain and snow on Monday, forcing the temporary closure of major highways and the cancellation of the final round of a national golf tournament. |
| 2009-02-17 | Mudslides close Highway 1 near Big Sur (San Jose Mercury News) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities have shut down Highway 1 in Monterey County after mudslides triggered by heavy rain. |
| 2009-02-17 | East Java landslides isolate Tosari (The Jakarta Post) SANDAKAN, Feb 16 (Bernama) -- Landslides that occurred on Monday night following heavy rainfall in Pasuruan regency have isolated accesses to Tosari City in East Java, the Antara news agency has reported. |
| 2009-02-16 | Sim-Sim Muslim Cemetery Closed Due To Landslide (Bernaman) SANDAKAN, Feb 16 (Bernama) -- The Sim-Sim Muslim Cemetery here has been closed as the soil on the hillslope where the cemetery is sited is unstable, Minister in the Chief Minister's Department Datuk Nasir Tun Sakaran said. |
| 2009-02-08 | Heavy rains cause flood, landslide (Cebu Daily News) HEAVY rains spawned by a low pressure area caused two planes bound for Iloilo and Tagbilaran cities to divert their flight to Mactan Cebu International Airport for a few hours. |
| 2009-02-08 | Road reopens following landslide (BBC News) A main road in Shropshire that was blocked by about 80 tonnes of rock following a landslide has reopened. |
| 2009-02-08 | One killed in landslides in Central Java (Antara News) Semarang, Central Java (ANTARA News) - A resident was killed after he was hit by ruins in a landslide accident in Jalan Talangsri Raya, Bendan Duwur village, Semarang, Central Java, at the wee hours on Sunday. |
| 2009-02-07 | Two people dead in Papua from landslide (The Archipelago) TIMIKA, Papua: Two residents of Kimbeli village, Tembagapura district in Mimika regency, Papua, died Tuesday evening after being hit by a landslide. |
| 2009-02-06 | Landslides stop work at Washington mine (The Oregonian) State geologists ordered the suspension of surface mining at a basalt mine near Bingen, Wash., late Wednesday because of "an immediate danger to the public health, safety, welfare" and blamed the lumber company that operates the mine for mining outside its permit boundary. |
| 2009-02-06 | Landslides Near Philippine Mission (Bru Direct) A landslides occurred last evening at a house in Jalan Chempaka, Jalan Tutong behind the residence of the Philippines Embassy. |
| 2009-02-06 | Landslide disrupts traffic (Indopia News) Feb 6 Traffic disrupted on the Tanakpur-Tawaghat national highway which was blocked today after a landslid near Rangtila, 100 kms from here, causing inconvenience to the commuters, authorities said. |
| 2009-02-06 | Brunei: More rain, flashfloods and landslides (Global Voices Online) The recent downpour has been continuous and caught many by surprise. |
| January | |
| 2009-01-07 | Roads closed throughout Clackamas County (The Oregonian) A number of roads in Clackamas County are closed due to high water, landslides and other weather-related messes from recent heavy rains. |
| 2009-01-07 | Landslide Wrecks Home With Sleeping Couple Inside (Greenville News) MAGGIE VALLEY, N.C. -- Two people were injured early Wednesday morning when a landslide knocked a mountainside house off its foundation, crumpled it and left it strewn across a roadway in Maggie Valley, N.C. |
| 2009-01-07 | Woman Rescued From Morton Home After Landslide (kirotv.com) LEWIS COUNTY, Wash. -- Lewis County Sheriff’s Office rescued a woman trapped in her house north of the Morton area. |
| 2009-01-07 | Landslide hits near Cougar (Columbian.com) COUGAR - A slide just east of the Swift power canal closed Lewis River road No. 90 on Wednesday, the U.S. Forest Service reported. |
| 2009-01-07 | Landslide blocks students' way home (Columbian.com) Landslides in north Clark County have blocked two rural roads, cutting off access to a number of homes, a Clark County spokesman said Wednesday. |
| 2009-01-06 | Landslide Causes Grave Problem Damaging 50 Graves (Sabah News) SANDAKAN, Jan 6 (Bernama) -- Residents of Kampung Sim-Sim are facing a very grave problem, indeed. A pre-dawn landslide damaged 50 graves at its Muslim cemetary Tuesday. |
| 2009-01-06 | Landslide death toll rises to 33 in Guatemala (www.chinaview.cn) MEXICO CITY, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a massive landslide in northern Guatemala rose to 33 on Monday, the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conred) in Guatemala said. |
| 2009-01-03 | Landslide hits village in Sorsogon - report (GMANews.TV) MANILA, Philippines - A landslide caused by several days of heavy rains hit a village in Sorsogon province in Bicol, a radio report said early Saturday. |
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