Levee collapse in China threatens village
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Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Kaemi caused a levee in southern China to collapse, threatening to inundate an area that's home to 20,000 villagers, the official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday.
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LA CONCHITA, Calif.  - Officials warned residents  of a California hamlet on Wednesday that the steep hills  overlooking their community could collapse again as the death  toll from a mudslide rose to 10 with six still missing.
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Â·  Chaos as rescue teams rush to save villagers Â·  More than sixty now dead despite mass evacuation
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Over the past 14 years there have been 114 deaths from cancer in Huangmengying, a village with a population of more than 2,400 in Shenqiu County, Central China&#39;s Henan Province.
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Dozens of people are trapped in a building in south-western China after it collapsed, officials say.
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With the weather showing little sign of improving, thousands of Chinese remain stranded and many are without power
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When the local government announced it was going to confiscate their homes and businesses to make room for a new development, residents of this village in southeastern China fought back.
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A landslide destroyed 25 village houses  in the southwestern Chinese province of Guizhou on Friday and  65 villagers were missing, Xinhua news agency said.
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BEIJING, China -- At least 90 people were killed and 77 were missing after some of the worst rainstorms in recent years triggered landslides and flash floods in southwest China, disaster relief officials said Monday.
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One of Alaska's most eroded coastal villages faces a new crisis: the closest river has become so shallow that barges can no longer make regular fuel deliveries to the remote community.
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Boscastle, a fishing village in Cornwall, has been devastated by a flash flood following torrential rain and a rising tide.
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China flooded dozens of evacuated  villages on Tuesday to ease pressure from a swollen river after  torrential rains that have killed more than 100 people  nationwide.
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The roof of a newly built house in a northern Chinese village collapsed during a celebration for its completion, killing 16 people and injuring another 14, the official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday.
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A landslide destroyed 25 village houses in the southwestern Chinese province of Guizhou on Friday and 65 villagers, asleep at the time, were missing, Xinhua news agency said.
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China&#39;s giant Three Gorges Dam project could lead to an ecological &quot;catastrophe&quot;, Chinese experts warned in comments published Wednesday.
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More than half the residents of an isolated Arctic village were evacuated as storm surges threatened to flood their slender barrier island Thursday, the latest chapter in their losing battle against the sea.
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Torrential floods in southwest China have claimed at least 64 lives, prompting the beleaguered local government to seek help Monday from the military in rescuing hundreds trapped by mudslides and caved-in roads, state media reported.