Italian Cliffside Cemetery, and Its Coffins, Carried Away by a Landslide
ROME — A landslide carried away a cemetery on the edge of a cliff in the northern Italian region of Liguria, scattering about 200 coffins and bodies across a hillside and into the Mediterranean Sea. Scuba divers managed to retrieve 12 coffins from the sea by Wednesday after the landslide in the town of Camogli, […]
Kosovo’s left-wing opposition party sees landslide win
Next PM faces various challenges, including reviving the economy, reducing unemployment, and fighting the pandemic. Kosovo’s left-wing main opposition party has registered a clear victory in an early election held amid the coronavirus pandemic, economic downturn and stalled negotiations with wartime foe Serbia. With 98 percent of the votes counted on Monday, the Determination Movement […]
Japarov on course for landslide victory in Kyrgyzstan election
Preliminary results show nationalist Sadyr Japarov, 52, won almost 80 percent of the vote, avoiding a run-off. Nationalist politician Sadyr Japarov is on course to win a landslide victory in Kyrgyzstan’s snap presidential election, which was triggered by the collapse of the previous government. Japarov has won almost 80 percent of the vote on Sunday […]
Rescuers Search for Survivors in Norway Landslide That Killed at Least 7
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of seven people killed in a landslide in Norway last week, and they are still looking for survivors, the police said Monday. Three people remained missing after the disaster in the village of Ask, about 30 miles northeast of Oslo, the police said. Officials said the landslide on Wednesday, which […]
Norway: Three remain missing after landslide that left seven dead
Harsh winter conditions hamper search for survivors on ravaged hillside in village north of Oslo. Norwegian officials have insisted there was “still hope” in finding survivors in air pockets five days after a landslide killed at least seven people as it carried away homes in a village north of the capital. Three people are still […]
‘Surreal and terrible’: Third body found after Norway landslide
Rescue teams are still searching for survivors four days after a landslide carried away homes in a Norwegian village. Rescue workers have recovered a third body and continue searching for another seven people still missing four days after a landslide buried homes in a Norwegian village. “We still have hope of finding survivors,” rescue operations […]
Norway: 10 missing, including children, after landslide disaster
The landslide struck a residential area north of the capital, Oslo, forcing some 700 people to evacuate. At least 10 people, including children, are missing after a landslide in southern Norway swept away more than a dozen buildings in the early hours of Wednesday, police said. A rescue operation continued overnight with drones and helicopters, […]
Norway Landslide Injures 10 and Leaves 15 Missing
At least 10 people were injured and 15 people were missing on Wednesday after a landslide in a village about 30 miles northeast of Oslo that Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway said was one of the worst in the country’s history. More than 700 people were evacuated from the village of Ask and at […]
Landslide in Norway leaves nine injured, forces 200 to evacuate
Landslide in a village north of the capital, Oslo, destroys several homes. A landslide has smashed into a residential area near the Norwegian capital, injuring nine people and destroying several homes, authorities said. Some 200 people have been evacuated on Wednesday amid fears of further landslides. Norwegian police were alerted at 4am (03:00 GMT) to […]
Guatemala ends rescue operations at deadly landslide site #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Dozens of people are believed to have been killed by a landslide during Tropical Storm Eta last week. Guatemala has ended rescue operations at the site of a huge landslide believed to have killed dozens of people in Queja village during Tropical Storm Eta last week, the country’s National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) agency […]
Myanmar’s ruling party claims new landslide in general election #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) has claimed a resounding victory in Sunday’s general election, the second since the military began to withdraw from civilian politics in 2011. Based on its own unofficial tally of votes, the NLD, which is led by Aung San Suu Kyi, expects to win even more seats in parliament […]
New Zealand’s Ardern sworn in for second term after landslide win #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Ardern says her government will prioritise fight against COVID-19 and rebuilding the economy. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was sworn in for a second term on Friday, as final election results showed her landslide victory was even bigger than previously thought. Ardern and her ministers, who were appointed earlier this week, took their oaths […]
The landslide that wasn’t: What the elections say about America #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
The United States presidential elections were supposed to produce a sweeping victory for Joe Biden and a decisive win for the Democrats. The vote was supposed to signal a clear break with the past; ushering in a new morning after a dark night in America. November 3 was supposed to be “judgement day” when, after […]
Ivory Coast president claims landslide win, opposition cries foul #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Election commission says Alassane Ouattara, 78, garnered 94 percent of the votes amid opposition boycott of the polls. Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has provisionally won a third term in office with 94.27 percent of the vote, the electoral commission announced, after a bitter election which sparked deadly violence and which opposition voters boycotted. “Thus […]
El Salvador: At least 7 dead, more than 30 missing in landslide #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Emergency crews are working to rescue any survivors after heavy rains cause mudslides near the capital, San Salvador. At least seven people have been killed in a landslide sparked by heavy rains in El Salvador, the government said on Friday, and more than 30 others are suspected missing under a deluge of mud. The mudslide […]
Landslide hits Vietnam army barracks, 22 soldiers missing #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Landslide in Quang Tri province comes days after another mudslide killed 13, mostly soldiers, in neighbouring region. A landslide early on Sunday left at least 22 soldiers missing in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri, the government said, as the Southeast Asian country battles the worst flooding in years. Intense rains since early October have […]