The death toll after landslides caused by heavy rainfall in Brazil’s southern coastal region of Baixada Santista has risen to 27, and 43 others are missing, Sao Paulo authorities said Thursday. The state civil defence agency and the fire department said that around 50 homes had been destroyed by landslides in the coastal town of […]
Umuahia – Many houses and farmland have been reported swept away by a landslide in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia state. The landslide according to eyewitnesses happened on Monday night at Umuchime Amuzukwu-Ibeku in Abia Mrs Ijeoma Emmanuel, a nursing mother and her child who escaped the incident, said on Tuesday, that the […]
At least 10 people are missing, feared dead, in Burundi after landslides which have destroyed hundreds of homes, officials say. Some 3,000 people have been left homeless, according to a BBC reporter who has been to the scene. Their houses were destroyed after mud and rocks, dislodged by the rain, plunged down the hillside. Reports […]