ZHOUQU, Gansu, – The death toll from a massive rain-triggered mudslide in Zhouqu County in northwest China’s Gansu Province has risen to 702, with 1,042 others still missing, local civil affairs authorities said Tuesday afternoon. Some 1,243 people have been …
Three people were killed in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands on Saturday, police said. The three had become trapped while out with six others on Buachaille Etive Mor on Glencoe, near Fort Willliam. Two were rescued by helicopter and …
FERNIE, British Columbia (AP) — Search teams recovered the bodies of seven snowmobilers Monday, a day after they were swept away by avalanches in western Canada’s backcountry, police said. An eighth man was missing and believed dead. The bodies were …
EIGHTY thousand homes were without electricity this morning and two people have died after bad weather hit across France. Heavy snowfall continues to affect the Massif Central and severe downpours have hit the south east. Four departments will remain under …
Three Japanese climbers have been killed in an avalanche while scaling a mountain in Tibet, a mountaineering official said Friday. The men were trying on Wednesday to climb Mount Kulagangri, one of the peaks greatly revered in Tibet, when the …