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    Tagged: landslide

    Lead Story News

    Floods leave a path of destruction across Burma

    Flash flooding continues to wreak havoc across Burma this week claiming three lives and leaving a path of destruction. Three people have been killed in the floods in Magwe Division,[…]

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    Lead Story Natural resources News

    Jade mine landslide kills 1, injures others

    A villager in Hpakant told DVB the death toll has risen to two as one of the patients at the hospital died.

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    Burmese mahouts presumed dead after landslide in Chiang Mai

    “Two of them survived but the other two are still missing. One of the survivors managed to grab hold of a tree root which saved his life.”

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    Lead Story Natural Disasters News Sagaing

    Rains create chasm in Kalewa road

    “The crack appeared this morning along the road next to the village – it’s about 600 metres in length. If the rain doesn’t stop, it may trigger a landslide.”

    Kachin Lead Story Natural resources News

    Thugs beat up Burman scavengers in Hpakant, says local NLD leader

    “They were tied to bamboo poles and tortured. And they were warned not to scavenge on a ‘Kachin’ site.”

    Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Landslide cuts highway in Arakan

    The Rangoon-Sittwe highway was cut by a landslide in Arakan State’s Ann Township, blocking hundreds of cars and trucks from passing on the important commercial thoroughfare.

    Karenni Lead Story Natural resources News

    Mawchi miners warned of monsoon mudslides

    The warnings come after mining operations were suspended last October for several months following a mudslide that killed at least 28 people.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Three months after landslide, Kachin villagers running out of food

    Villagers in Kachin State’s remote Kawnglanghpu Township say they’ve had not access to outside areas since a major landslide hit on 18 February.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Landslides in Kachin State cause food shortages

    Around 15 villages in Kachin State’s Hsawlaw Township are facing food shortages following landslides triggered by heavy rains on the weekend.

    Chin Ethnic issues Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    New homes not good enough say displaced Chin villagers

    Displaced residents of the landslide-rocked Chin State capital of Hakha took to the streets in protest on Tuesday, enraged over what that say is inadequate replacement housing.

    Hpakant miners back at work after deadly landslide video

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    Hpakant miners back at work after deadly landslide

    Hpakant miners are continuing to risk their lives to find precious stones less than a week after a nearby landslide killed more than a hundred people.

    Kachin Lead Story Natural resources News

    NLD promises to reform jade mine conditions following landslide

    Burma’s newly elected government reacts after a landslide swept over a mining encampment, resulting in a death toll expected to reach around 200 people.

    Lead Story Natural resources News

    Hopes fade for 100 missing at jade mine

    Hopes fade on Monday that any of 100 people still missing would be found alive two days after a landslide hit near a jade mine in Kachin State.

    Kachin Lead Story News

    Death toll climbs in Hpakant mining disaster

    91 bodies have been pulled from a landslide near a jade mine in Kachin State and an estimated 100 people are still missing, an official told DVB on Sunday.

    Karenni Lead Story News

    Mawchi mudslide: death toll rises, rains continue

    The Karenni State government has ordered the suspension of all mining operations in Mawchi, following a deadly mudslide that claimed the lives of 28 locals.

    VIDEO: Search for Mawchi landslide survivors continues video

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    VIDEO: Search for Mawchi landslide survivors continues

    Twenty eight people have now been confirmed dead as a result of a disastrous landslide in eastern Burma on Sunday.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    ELECTION 2015: The show must go on

    After a day of uncertainty, Burma’s election commission announces that the country’s general election will go ahead as scheduled on 8 November.

    2015 Elections Lead Story Natural Disasters News Politics

    Election in limbo

    UEC Chairman Tin Aye has proposed postponing the 8 November election due to recent flooding and landslides across the country.

    Dawei Lead Story News

    Mining firm to compensate for landslide death

    The family of a child killed when a tailing pond at a mine site collapsed will be paid compensation by the site operators, local sources said.

    Dawei Lead Story News

    One dead, several injured as mine accident floods village

    A child was killed and more injured when the embankment of a tailing pond at a tin mine collapsed, triggering a landslide in the Dawei area of southern Burma.

    Kachin Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Glacial floods threaten Myitkyina: expert

    Celebrated Burmese weather expert Tun Lwin warns that the Kachin capital could be hit by flooding and landslides caused by melting Himalayan glaciers.

    Aid Chin Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Food shortages in Chin State following floods, landslides

    Chin political parties urge President Thein Sein to order airlifts of emergency food aid to affected areas.

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    PICTURES: Monsoon batters Burma

    IN PICTURES: Heavy rainfall and flash floods have inundated many parts of the country.

    Environment Kachin Lead Story News

    Six found alive, more missing in Hpakant landslide

    A collapse at a jade mine in Kachin State has buried an unknown number of people, though six were found alive.

    Kachin Lead Story Natural resources News

    Two dead, many missing in Hpakant mine landslide

    At least two people are dead and many more are still missing after a giant mound of soil collapsed in the Hpakant jade mines in Kachin State on Tuesday evening.

    Karenni Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Landslide devastates Karenni refugee camp: 1 dead, 1 missing

    A landslide induced by continuous heavy rains has killed at least one man at a Karenni refugee camp in Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand.

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    Kachin Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Kachin family of 5 killed in landslide at IDP camp

    A family of five, including three children, were killed in a landslide triggered by a flood after several days of heavy rain in Kachin State.

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    Lead Story News

    Bullet Points

    Bullet Points: bringing you the day’s news for Monday 14 July.

    Tragedy in Mrauk-U as two family members killed in landslide video

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News Video

    Tragedy in Mrauk-U as two family members killed in landslide

    Two people, including a four-year-old child, were killed after part of a hillside in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U collapsed on Wednesday afternoon.

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