China landslide toll reaches nine

October 1st, 2009 Quake toll in western Indonesia reaches 467JAKARTA, Indonesia — A government official says the death toll in Wednesday's earthquake on Indonesia's Sumatra island has reached 467. Tugiyo Bisri of the Social Affairs Ministry's crisis center says a total of 467 people are confirmed dead and 421 seriously injured in Wednesday's 7.6 magnitude quake.

September 30th, 2009 Philippine storm death toll reaches 100MANILA, Philippines — Officials say the death toll in the massive flooding that hit the Philippine capital and nearby provinces has reached 100. Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said that army troops, police and civilian volunteers, backed by U.S.

September 2nd, 2009 Strong Indonesian quake kills 15, flattens homesJAKARTA, Indonesia — A disaster management official says the death toll from a powerful Indonesian earthquake has risen to 15 with scores more injured. Disaster Management Agency spokesman Priyadi Kardono says the victims died when the quake hit Wednesday in West Java.

August 11th, 2009 China landslide buries unknown number of residentsBEIJING — A massive landslide triggered by a deadly typhoon toppled at least six apartment buildings burying an unknown number of residents in eastern China, a state news agency said Tuesday. The official Xinhua News Agency said the landslide in the town of Pengxi, in Zhejiang province's Wenzhou city, was triggered by heavy rains carried by the storm Morakot, which has already killed six people and left three missing in mainland China.

July 23rd, 2009 China media say 4 dead, 53 missing in landslideBEIJING — A landslide triggered by heavy rain hit a county in southwestern China's Sichuan province early Thursday, killing at least four people and leaving 53 others missing, state media said. The official Xinhua News Agency said the Ministry of Civil Affairs confirmed four people were killed and 53 others were missing in Kangding county, but gave no additional details.

July 23rd, 2009 CHENGDU - At least four people were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in southwest China's Sichuan province, authorities said Thursday. Fiftythree people were still missing in Kangding county, the ministry of civil affairs said.

July 23rd, 2009 China media say 4 dead, 50 missing in landslideBEIJING — A landslide triggered by heavy rain hit a county in southwestern China's Sichuan province early Thursday, killing at least four people and leaving 50 others missing, state media said. The dead were employees of an engineering company who were working on a hydropower project in Sichuan's Kangding county where the landslide occurred, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

July 23rd, 2009 China media says at least 53 missing in landslideBEIJING — Chinese state media says at least 53 people are missing after a landslide hit a county in Sichuan province in the country's southwest. The official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday that the landslide was triggered by heavy rain in Kangding county.

June 6th, 2009 Report: 26 people killed in China landslideBEIJING — A landslide buried an iron ore plant and several homes, killing at least 26 people and leaving dozens missing in a valley in southwestern China, state television said Saturday. CCTV reported that 19 miners and seven staff from a mobile phone company were killed in the landslide Friday in Wulong county, about 90 miles (150 kilometers) from Chongqing city.

June 6th, 2009 Report: 26 people dead in China from landslideBEIJING — China's state television says 26 people have died in a landslide that buried an iron ore plant and several homes in a valley in southwestern China. CCTV said Saturday that seven people have been rescued, three of which were seriously injured but in a stable condition in the hospital.

June 6th, 2009 Landslide in Chinese mining region buries 78BEIJING — Rescuers searched for 78 missing people Saturday after a landslide buried an iron ore plant and several homes in a valley in southwestern China. Seven people were rescued, three of which were seriously injured, said an official with the propaganda office in the city of Chongqing, who would only give her surname, Zhu.

June 6th, 2009 Report: 26 people killed in China from landslideBEIJING — A landslide buried an iron ore plant and several homes killing 26 people and leaving dozens missing in a valley in southwestern, state television said Saturday. CCTV reported that 19 miners and seven staff from a mobile phone company were killed in the landslide Friday in Wulong county, about 90 miles (150 kilometers) from Chongqing city.

June 5th, 2009 Landslide in Chinese mining region buries 59BEIJING — At least 59 people were buried by a landslide Friday in the southwestern Chinese iron mining region of Chongqing, safety officials said. Those buried included 50 miners and nine residents of remote Tiekuang, or "iron mine," township, said an official with the Chongqing work safety supervision bureau, who would give only his surname, Dong, because he was not authorized to speak to media.

June 5th, 2009 CHONGQING - Three people were rescued while 56 others remained buried under rocks Friday following a landslide in a mining area in southwest China. The landslide occurred at about 3 p.m.

May 28th, 2009 SILIGURI - With the recovery of three more bodies, the toll in the landslides in West Bengal's hill district of Darjeeling due to Cyclone Aila has risen to 27, police said Thursday. "We have recovered three bodies from the debris at Rangiabong under Jorbungalow police station area this (Thursday) morning.