Report: Landslides kill 10 people in Bangladesh’s southeast

October 8th, 2009 MANILA - At least 75 people were killed in a series of landslides brought about by days of heavy rains in the northern Philippines, officials said Friday. Seventy two remained missing in the landslides, which occurred in Benguet and Mountain provinces since Thursday.

October 7th, 2009 Landslides kill 34 in remote western NepalKATMANDU, Nepal — Landslides triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 34 people in various parts of western Nepal, government officials said Wednesday. At least 18 people were killed Tuesday afternoon in Achham district, said Thir Bahadur Gharti Chhettri, an official at the Disaster Management Section of the Home Ministry.

September 9th, 2009 SHIMLA - The Chandigarh-Manali National Highway-21 has been closed at various points due to massive landslides in Himachal Pradesh, police said Thursday. "The Chandigarh-Manali highway has been closed at various places between Bilaspur and Mandi towns since Wednesday night due to landslides triggered by uninterrupted rain in the region for the past two days," Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Sharma told IANS.

August 16th, 2009 SILIGURI - Three of a family and two others died following landslides in the hilly Kurseong sub-division of Darjeeling district in West Bengal Sunday. More casualties are feared, an official said.

August 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW, India —Landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 43 people in three remote villages in northern India, a police official said. Twenty bodies were pulled from the debris Sunday after the landslide buried the villages in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state a day earlier, said S.M.

August 10th, 2009 Report: 5 dead, 10 missing as typhoon hits JapanTOKYO —Public broadcaster NHK says a typhoon has slammed into Japan leaving five people dead and 10 others missing. Japan's Meteorological Agency says Typhoon Etau has caused torrential rain to hit the region.

July 31st, 2009 Police: Landslides kill 10 people in BangladeshDHAKA, Bangladesh — Landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains killed 10 people in southeastern Bangladesh on Friday, authorities said. The pre-dawn deaths occurred in Bandarban district, a mountainous region 155 miles (248 kilometers) southeast of the capital, the area's police chief Quamrul Ahsan said.

July 31st, 2009 KATHMANDU - At least nine people were killed and four injured after landslides hit three districts in western Nepal, officials said Friday. The landslides followed heavy monsoonal rains since Thursday night.

July 28th, 2009 Heavy monsoon rains leave 22 dead in NepalKATMANDU, Nepal — Flooding and landslides brought on by two days of heavy monsoon rains in Nepal have left 22 people dead and several more missing, officials said Tuesday. Home Ministry official Iswor Regmi said the death toll from the rains that began over the weekend could rise as reports pour in from remote villages, some of them several days' walk from the nearest town or telephone.

July 6th, 2009 22 die in Vietnam landslides, floodsHANOI, Vietnam — The government says the death toll from landslides and floods in Vietnam's mountainous north has risen to 22. Thirteen other people are still missing after the heavy rains that struck on Friday night.

July 4th, 2009 DHAKA - At least six people have died in landslides triggered off by heavy rains in Bangladesh's Habibganj District. Flash floods have stranded 500,000 people, officials said on Saturday.

July 1st, 2009 NANCHANG - At least 11 people were killed Wednesday in landslides caused by rainstorms in China's Jiangxi and Guizhou provinces, officials said. Rainstorms have hit the eastern Jiangxi and southwestern Guizhou provinces since Sunday, triggering landslides at several places Wednesday.

May 26th, 2009 SILIGURI - At least 22 people were killed and several injured in landslides - triggered by Cyclone Aila - in West Bengal's hill district of Darjeeling Tuesday, police said. "At least 22 people died and 10 were injured in landslides across Darjeeling district.

May 26th, 2009 SILIGURI - At least 10 people were killed and 23 injured following landslides Tuesday in West Bengal's hill district Darjeeling, police said. "At least 10 people died and 23 were injured in landslides across Darjeeling district.

April 27th, 2009 Landslides in southern China kill 11; 15 missingBEIJING — A local government spokesman says two landslides in southwestern China have killed 11 people. Fifteen others are missing.