• Large landslide near Chandigarh-Manali highway, India

    A large piece of a mountain near Chandigarh-Manali highway, India collapsed on December 7, 2015, sending tourist below running for their lives. Video credit: Santosh Rana via YouTube The large landslide was caught on a mobile phone camera, in a 31 second video, as…

  • Deadly landslides hit Sumatra, Indonesia

    A landslide caused by heavy rainfall hit a village in western Indonesia on Thursday, December 3, burying the local villagers. This is the second deadly landslip at this area for this week. Twenty huts were brought under the rubble up to 5 meters (16 feet) high…

  • Sumatra hit by floods and landslides

    Heavy rainfalls triggered floods and landslides in portions of West and North Sumatra on November 29, 2015. More than 500 homes have been inundated and some reported severe damage, being completely buried by the landslides. Severe rainstorms which have been…

  • Large landslide hits the village of Lidong, eastern China

    ​A large landslide triggered by heavy rains burried nearly 30 homes in China's Zhejiang Province on the evening of November 13, 2015. On Sunday, November 15, local authorities said the death toll has risen to 21, with 16 people still missing. Only one person…

  • A giant rock avalanche recorded in the Swiss Alps

    A giant rock broke off the side of the Mel de la Niva mountain, near Evolene region in the Swiss Alps on October 19, 2015. A geologists who was taking video shots near the area witnessed the fall and documented it on a footage. The 2 000 cubic meters (70 269 cubic…