• In July 1958, an earthquake shook about 30 million cubic meters of rock into Alaska’s Lituya Bay, and the splash stripped forest from a slope 1,720 feet high, taller than the Empire State Building; Howard Ulrich and his 7-year-old son rode the wave out in their fishing boat

    ByReet Kaur

    The July 9, 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami in southeast Alaska stripped forest from a mountainside 524 m (1 720 feet) above sea level after an earthquake-triggered rockslide crashed into Gilbert Inlet. The extraordinary height marked the water’s run-up on a slope, not a wave of that height traveling through the bay; two people died, while Howard Ulrich and his 7-year-old son survived aboard a fishing boat lifted by the wave.

  • Floods and landslides kill at least 32 in Nepal, Himlung avalanche toll reaches 11

    ByRishav Kothari

    Floods, landslides, and other rain-related disasters have killed at least 32 people across Nepal since September 24, 2026, while rescue teams have recovered 11 bodies from the September 27 Himlung Himal avalanche. Updated figures from Baglung and Manang raised the combined minimum from all incidents to at least 43 by October 1, with five avalanche victims still missing.

  • Typhoon Dujuan leaves 12 dead and 3 missing, record rain, floods and landslides hit Japan

    ByRishav Kothari

    Heavy rainfall from Typhoon Dujuan caused flooding and landslides across eastern Japan on September 21 and 22, 2026. Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) reported 12 deaths and three people missing nationwide as of September 24. Seven deaths were recorded in Chiba, four in Kanagawa and one in Miyazaki, while searche and rescue operations continued in Chiba and Kanagawa.48-hour rainfall total reached 832 mm (32.76 inches) at Oshima, Tokyo setting an all time record for the station.

  • Death toll rises to 10 after deadly flash flood and landslides in Kerala, India

    ByRishav Kothari

    Search teams recovered the last reported missing victim of the Kottapuzha River flash flood in Malappuram, Kerala, India, on September 22, 2026, bringing the flood toll to six. Separate landslides in Kottayam and Idukki killed four others on September 20, the day of the flood, accounting for 10 reported deaths across the three districts.

  • Severe flooding inundates 16 310 homes, landslide kills 3 in Vietnam

    ByRishav Kothari

    Flooding across northern and north-central Vietnam had inundated 16 310 homes by 17:30 LT (10:30 UTC) on September 17, 2026, while a landslide in Phu Tho Province killed three members of one family, according to Vietnam’s National Civil Defense Steering Committee. Several rivers remained above Warning Level 3 (BĐ3) into the evening, and the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF) maintained a Level 2–3 (of 5) natural-disaster risk warning for flooding.

  • Kedarnath trekking route reopens after fatal Chirbasa landslide, India

    ByRishav Kothari

    The Gaurikund–Kedarnath trekking route in Uttarakhand reopened on September 15, 2026, after crews cleared a landslide-hit section near Chirbasa, Rudraprayag Police said. The State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) reported that 7 350 pilgrims had been guided through the affected section by 10:15 IST (04:45 UTC).

  • Landslide kills 14-year-old boy and injures at least four in Vairengte, Mizoram, India

    ByRishav Kothari

    A 14-year-old boy was killed and at least four people were injured when a landslide triggered by heavy rain struck buildings occupied by three families in Vairengte, Mizoram, India, at about 04:30 LT (23:00 UTC on September 11) on September 12, 2026. Police said 17 people occupied the affected structures; separate accounts placed the number of injured at four or five.

  • Landslide blocks Hongu Khola River in Solukhumbu, raises downstream flood risk, Nepal

    ByRishav Kothari

    A landslide blocked the Hongu Khola River near Gudel in Mahakulung Rural Municipality, Solukhumbu District, Nepal, on September 11, 2026, forming a temporary impoundment and prompting warnings for downstream communities. Water later began flowing over the debris barrier, reducing the immediate danger, but district police said the risk of a sudden release had not completely passed.

  • Level 5 Emergency Warnings for landslides issued for Niijima, record rain lashes Oshima and Toshima, Japan

    ByRishav Kothari

    The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued Level 5 Emergency Warnings for landslides in Niijima Village, Oshima Town and Toshima Village in Tokyo’s Izu Islands on September 7, 2026, after 24-hour rainfall totals broke records at multiple stations. Niijima recorded 485 mm (19.1 inches), while the main Oshima station received 581.5 mm (22.9 inches), its highest September total on record. Separately, Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture issued a citywide Level 4 Evacuation Instruction and listed one death in its final disaster report, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA).

  • Landslides leave 4 dead, 10 missing as slope cracks prompt evacuations in Jiangxi, China

    ByRishav Kothari

    Search operations continued in Suichuan County, Jiangxi Province, China, on September 7, 2026 after landslides left four people dead and 10 missing in Mingkeng and Yangfen villages. Crews reopened approximately 600 m (1 970 feet) of access road to the main disaster site late on September 6, while cracks on another slope prompted the precautionary evacuation of 169 residents from Heping Village.