Tag: Landslide

• Wednesday, March 15th 2023 - 10:03 UTC

  Manaus: Landslide leaves at least eight dead after heavy rains

  

  Authorities said that at least eight people, including four girls, had been killed after a landslide caused by heavy rains in Manaus, in the Brazilian State of Amazonas. The event occurred late Sunday in the precarious Nova Floresta neighborhood in Manaus.

• Monday, January 28th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  Brazilian prosecutors looking into expanding the case against mining companies

  

  The Brazilian prosecutor running talks to settle a lawsuit over a 2015 tailings dam rupture at the Samarco mine says the deadly dam burst at the mine run by Vale in Brumadinho could scramble those sensitive negotiations.

• Monday, January 28th 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  Landslide crashes into hotel wedding celebration killing 15 in Peru

  

  ”A landslide crashed into a hotel during a wedding celebration in southeastern Peru, killing at least 15 people, authorities said on Sunday.