Torrential rains have unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 17 people and leaving six others missing

Videos show shops being looted as weather conditions and cut off communication lines have hampered rescue efforts.

PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll from flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island rose to 164 on Friday with 79 people missing, authorities said, as rescue workers found their efforts hampered by damaged bridges and roads and a lack of heavy equipment.

New research demonstrates shipborne navigation systems have potential to improve tsunami detection and warning. Landslide-generated tsunamis pose a serious risk to coastal communities, particularly within narrow fjords where tall cliffs can trap and ...

A landslide buried a passenger bus on a treacherous mountain pass in Vietnam, killing six people and injuring 19 others, as more heavy rain was forecast into the week. The earth and rocks collapsed onto the bus late Sunday as it was traveling through the Khanh Le pass in the central highlands,

With more storms on the way, that could change.

The recent landslide-generated tsunami in Tracy Inlet of Southeast Alaska recalls the granddaddy of them all: the giant wave that scarred Lituya Bay in 1958. Lituya Bay, on the Pacific coast about 100 miles southeast of Yakutat and 40 miles west of Glacier ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska -- A landslide in Ketchikan, Alaska, blocked roads and damaged houses, killing at least one person, officials said. Three other people were transported to a nearby hospital, Kacie Paxton, a public information officer for the Ketchikan ...