Landslide threatens to bury Falls Creek's summer economy

Landslide threatens to bury Falls Creek's summer economy

A slow-moving landslip is devastating Falls Creek’s tourism industry,with the main route to town cut off and the cancellation of events costing businesses at least $5.5 million.

  • byBenjamin Preiss

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Beware the crumbling cliffs of the Great Ocean Road

Beware the crumbling cliffs of the Great Ocean Road

Huge cracks run wide and deep,threatening to send massive sheets of rock and sediment cascading onto the beaches below.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
Anglesea cliff collapses ‘with a huge boom like a mine blast’

Anglesea cliff collapses ‘with a huge boom like a mine blast’

A large section of cliff near the Great Ocean Road collapsed onto a beach after authorities closed the area weeks ago over fears that it would give way after heavy rain.

  • byDavid Estcourt
‘Cocktail of disaster’:East Timor asks for Australian aid as floods trigger disease outbreak

‘Cocktail of disaster’:East Timor asks for Australian aid as floods trigger disease outbreak

Australia’s neighbour has declared a state of calamity as COVID,dengue fever and cholera threaten to spread in evacuation centres after floods drowned Dili.

  • byChris Barrett
Landslide fears again forces closure of Surf Coast beach

Landslide fears again forces closure of Surf Coast beach

Emergency authorities have again warned of a “significant risk to human life” associated with a potential cliff collapse at the beach below Demons Bluff near Anglesea.

  • byRob Sharp
‘Fury of the river’:Glacier breaks in India’s north,flooding power plant,homes
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‘Fury of the river’:Glacier breaks in India’s north,flooding power plant,homes

At least nine people were killed and 140 were missing in a disaster experts said appeared to point to global warming.

  • byBiswajeet Banerjee andRishabh R. Jain
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'We are still searching for survivors':Norwegian rescuers hunt for missing after landslide

'We are still searching for survivors':Norwegian rescuers hunt for missing after landslide

Ten people remain missing after a landslide in southern Norway,with rescuers deploying drones and dogs to negotiate unstable clay soil.

  • byGwladys Fouche andNora Buli
'It is a catastrophe':Landslide in southern Norway sweeps buildings away
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'It is a catastrophe':Landslide in southern Norway sweeps buildings away

The landslide struck a residential area in the municipality of Gjerdrum,about 30 kilometres north of the capital Oslo.

  • byNora Buli andVictoria Klesty
Fourteen dead,thousands homeless after floods,landslide in South Korea

Fourteen dead,thousands homeless after floods,landslide in South Korea

The victims included three New Zealanders from the same family,who were found dead on Monday after a landslide hit vacation cottages.

Dozens killed by landslides in Kenya

Dozens killed by landslides in Kenya

Dozens of people have been killed by landslides triggered by unusually heavy rains in northwestern Kenya,officials say.

Hundreds evacuated after landslide cascades through Italian town

Hundreds evacuated after landslide cascades through Italian town

Italian firefighters say 200 people have been evacuated after a landslide cascaded through a mountain town,overturning cars in its path.