At least 12 people were killed and at 5 others were injured when a slope collapsed at an open-pit gold-mining site in the Puerto Rico area of Policarpa, Nariño, Colombia, on August 19, 2026. Community members and firefighters conducted the search with support from two excavators, and the operation ended at about 02:00 local time (LT) on August 20.
A landslide struck a railway construction site in Nandan County, Hechi City, Guangxi, China, at about 11:26 LT (03:26 UTC) on August 17, 2026, burying five workers. All five were confirmed dead after search operations ended on August 19.
Fourteen people were killed when a landslide struck Tasadkane Debre Mitmak Saint Mary Monastery in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region at approximately 07:00 LT on August 3, 2026. The slope failure hit while hundreds of worshippers were gathered at the monastery for a holy-water ritual.
Eight people were confirmed dead, eight remained missing and 13 were injured after heavy rainfall caused floods and landslides across Kerala, Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan said on August 2, 2026. A total of 5 792 people were relocated to 209 relief camps, while 27 houses were destroyed and 196 sustained partial damage.
At least five people have died after torrential monsoon rainfall triggered flash floods and landslides between July 15 and 18, 2026, affecting Lai Châu and Lào Cai provinces in northern Vietnam. The People’s Committee of Lai Chau Province declared a state of emergency as flooding destroyed homes, washed out sections of major highways, and caused significant agricultural losses. Heavy rainfall is forecast across northern mountainous and midland regions through July 19 as rescue and relief efforts continue.
At least eight people have been confirmed dead and 34 remain missing after a mountainside collapsed onto a residential area in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality on July 17, 2026, burying more than 10 buildings beneath thousands of cubic meters of rock and soil. Rescue operations continued into July 18 despite persistent rain, unstable terrain, and the risk of additional collapses.
Floods and landslides caused by heavy rainfall have killed 51 and affected more than 1 million people in Bangladesh since last week, according to the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry.
A landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rainfall struck the under-construction Anakkampoyil–Kalladi–Meppadi tunnel road project near Kalladi in Kerala’s Wayanad district at about 11:00 LT on July 7, 2026, killing three migrant workers, injuring seven others and leaving five people missing, according to Kerala authorities. Rescue operations continued on July 8 despite persistent rainfall that hampered access to the site.
Eight Rohingya refugees, including women and children, were killed early July 6, 2026, after monsoon rain triggered landslides at four locations across camps in Cox’s Bazar, southeastern Bangladesh. A separate hillside collapse in Cox’s Bazar killed a Bangladeshi man and injured two relatives, police said.
A landslide trapped 33 people at the Minjiang Forestry General Farm in Rencang Village, Gansu, China, at 06:56 LT on July 7, 2026. As of 12:30 LT, 18 people had been rescued. 13 had normal vital signs and five were undergoing emergency treatment.
