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mudslide stories: 10 news summaries

 Dalai Lama to Visit Taiwan 


Aug 26, 09 9:30 PM CDT
(AP) - Taiwan has agreed to let the Dalai Lama visit the island to comfort survivors of a devastating typhoon, a decision that could anger China. Beijing considers the Buddhist spiritual leader a "splittist" for promoting autonomy in the Chinese region of Tibet. Allowing him to visit Taiwan could undermine the... More »

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China • Taiwan • Dalai Lama • mudslide • Ma Ying-jeou • Typhoon Morakot

(Newser) - Some 700 people feared dead in Taiwan's mudslides have been found alive and rescued from the disaster zone, the BBC reports. Military helicopters have been evacuating people from rural areas in southern Taiwan, where mudslides caused by Typhoon Morakot engulfed several mountain villages. Hundreds of other people are still missing... More »

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  Taiwan Mudslide Buries 500 
 in Wake of Typhoon 

Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, China hit; at least 35 dead

Aug 10, 09 9:48 AM CDT
(AP) - A typhoon-spawned mudslide engulfed a mountain village in southern Taiwan, burying up to 600 people, a police official and a rescued villager said today. Earlier, Typhoon Morakot had struck the Philippines, leaving at least 22 dead. Another typhoon slammed into Japan's west coast today, bringing heavy rain that triggered floods... More »

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China • weather • Japan • severe weather • Taiwan • storm • evacuation • Philippines • typhoon • natural disaster • mudslide • Typhoon Morakot

(Newser) - At least 19 people have been killed and close to 200,000 driven from their homes by floods and massive mudslides in northern Brazil, reports CNN. Over 1000 tons of emergency food are being delivered in six northern states as residents negotiate streets with boats amid roofs jutting from rivers... More »

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Brazil • flood • flooding • mudslide • disaster • Amazon

(Newser) - A Southern California recently ravaged by wildfires will now have to contend with its heaviest rainfall in 9 months—and the possibility of destructive mudslides, the Los Angeles Times reports. The denuded hills of Yorba Linda and Montecito are prime spots for mud flows, having lost vegetation that stabilizes... More »

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California • Los Angeles • wildfires • mudslide • reverse 911 • Yorba Linda • Montecito

China Mourns; 200 Rescuers Buried by Mudslides

A week after quake, flags fly at half-mast amid national silence

May 19, 08 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Millions across China bowed their heads and observed 3 minutes of silence today in the first of 3 official days of mourning for the 71,000 dead or missing in last week's earthquake. Flags flew at half mast, rescue workers paused in their efforts and trading was halted on stock... More »

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China • mudslide • earthquake • mourning

2 Skiers Die, 2 Missing in Calif. Avalanches

Rain-drenched state braces for more storms, mudslides

Jan 26, 08 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Winter weather has wreaked havoc in southern California, leaving two skiers dead and at least two more missing in avalanches in the San Gabriel mountains. The avalanches followed days of pounding storms, tornadoes, and mudslides, and the area is bracing for another major storm tonight, AP reports. Some 11,000... More »

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California • severe weather • Southern California • mudslide • avalanche • San Gabriel Mountains

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Storm Battering Northern Calif.

300K lose power under onslaught of wind, rain; enormous snowfall totals forecast

Jan 4, 08 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Thousands of Northern California residents are without power today as a massive storm buffets the region with winds over 80 mph and heavy rains. As many as 313,000 lost power in the San Francisco Bay Area, where some bridges were closed and ferry service was interrupted, the Chronicle reports.... More »

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Flooding Claims 9 in Caribbean

Tropical storm batters Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico

Dec 13, 07 7:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Tropical Storm Olga set off flash floods in the Dominican Republic yesterday, killing at least 8 people, reports Reuters. Another man died in a mudslide in nearby Puerto Rico. The storm was downgraded to a tropical depression by the end of the day, and predicted to head between Jamaica and... More »

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Cuba • Jamaica • Caribbean • tropical storms • Puerto Rico • Dominican Republic • Bahamas • tropical depression • mudslide • Tropical Storm Olga • flash floods

Mudslide Buries Mexican Village

More than 30 missing after mountain slides down valley onto Chiapas town

Nov 6, 07 6:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Landslides yesterday sent a muddy torrent through the village of San Juan Grijalva in flood-ravaged southern Mexico, burying more than 100 homes. At least 30 people were missing, according to media reports. Rescuers were sheltering some 70 survivors and searching for the rest. "A mountain fell into the river... More »

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Mexico • flood • landslide • mudslide • Villahermosa

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