NATO helicopter crash kills 11 in Afghanistan

The NATO-led international military coalition says a helicopter crash in Afghanistan has killed 11 people including seven international service members. The crash took place in the Shah Wali Kot...

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Landslide Fatalities Are Greater Than Previously Thought

ScienceDaily (Aug. 15, 2012) — Landslides kill ten times more people across the world than was previously thought, according to research by Durham University, UK. A new database of hazards shows...

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Landslides, cloudbursts kill 10 in Uttarakhand

Ten people were killed and 38 others went missing as incessant rain battered north Indian state of Uttarakhand on Saturday triggering landslides, cloudbursts and flash floods which flattened homes...

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60 killed in quarry collapse in Congo

An official in northeast Congo says at least 60 people are dead following a landslide at a gold mine in a remote area. More than 60 people died this week when a quarry collapsed in an abandoned mine...

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