Sentinel 2 image dated 14 June 2026 showing landslides triggered by the Mindanao earthquake.

A failure in a coastal cliff at Sitio Buhangin, Barangay Patuco, Sarangani following the 8 June 2026 earthquake near Mindanao. Image tweeted by Radyo Pilipinas.

Initial Pager map of landslide hazard from the 8 June 2026 earthquake offshore Mindanao in the Philippines. Source: USGS.

More than 5 000 people are at the risk of landslides as widening earth cracks continue to affect villages across the Namisindwa District in Uganda, authorities said on June 3, 2026. More than 125 villages have already been affected by landslides that destroyed multiple homes and caused widespread damage.

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A landslide killed 11 miners in the Niherenana village of Vatomandry district in eastern Madagascar on June 2, 2026. The victims aged between 21 and 49 years old were illegally mining gold when the incident occurred.

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An earthquake triggered landslide from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.

The WMO 2026 South Asia monsoon forecast.

Over 10 000 pilgrims were rescued after multiple landslides disrupted the Kedarnath pilgrimage route in Uttarakhand late on May 19, 2026, temporarily blocking movement between Sonprayag and Gaurikund.

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A render of the completed Cheekeye Debris Barrier. Image via the District of Squamish.

Tree branches, tree trunks, mud, and building materials were deposited by a debris flow after the 2020 Cameron Peak Fire in Colorado. Credit: USGS/Jason Kean, Public Domain

Google Earth image of the Manrique neighbourhood of Medellin in Colombia.

Planet Labs image of a part of the area affected by landslides during heavy rainfall in Sancheong County, South Korea on 19 July 2025. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission. Image dated 23 July 2025.

Here be landslides - typical landslide-prone terrain in New Zealand.

The landslide at Lamarain in Papua New Guinea. Still from a video posted to Facebook by NBC East New Britain.

This aerial photo shows the north side of Alaska’s Tracy Arm Fjord in the aftermath of the 2025 landslide and tsunami. The lighter-colored rock is the exposed surface, where the mountainside collapsed and fell into the water. The foot of South Sawyer Glacier is visible at lower right; in decades past, the ice extended much farther and was thick enough to hold the rock slopes in place. Credit:…

Items are scattered across grocery store aisle floors in Fallon, Nev., after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake on April 13.
(Kaitlin Ritchie via Associated Press)

By Rong-Gong Lin II
Staff Writer

May 4, 2026 3 AM PT

A recent series of earthquakes in Nevada has served as a jolting reminder of the state’s seismic risk.

It started with a scary earthquake near Reno, then more unsettling shaking…

Flooding and landslides triggered by persistent rainfall in Kenya have affected at least 39 counties as of May 3, 2026, leaving 18 people dead and more than 60 missing. Nearly 55 000 households and 34 schools have been affected by the flooding that has destroyed approximately 8 100 ha (20 000 acres) of crops. Rivers overflowed across multiple regions, while landslides in Tharaka Nithi,…

After wildfires, storms can lead to higher peak streamflow, increasing flooding risk for nearby communities. Credit: Haley Canham, CC-BY-NC

A reactivated landslide in Old Fort, northeastern British Columbia, Canada, on April 20, 2026, prompted authorities to issue an evacuation order affecting approximately 150 residents. The movement damaged critical infrastructure, including the closure of the main access road, while Emergency Support Services coordinated evacuations and opened a reception center. Rainfall forecast over the next 48…

Multiple landslides struck mountainous districts of Dagestan, Russia, between April 12 and 16, 2026, destroying at least 17 homes, damaging dozens more, and forcing the evacuation of 178 residents in Dakhadayevsky district, while a separate very large landslide in Levashinsky district raised concerns over potential localized flooding. The events occurred amid an ongoing regional emergency driven…

The landslide at Lamarain in Papua New Guinea. Still from a video posted to Facebook by NBC East New Britain.

A landslide in the remote Lamarain area of Gazelle District, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, killed 10 people after prolonged heavy rain linked to Tropical Cyclone Maila. Local community accounts said the victims had been sheltering in makeshift garden houses after flooding cut off access between their village and gardens.

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The relationship between the land use - land cover change rate and the density of fatal landslides for mountain areas around the world. Figure from Fidan et al. (2026), published under a Creative Commons Licence.

Google Earth image of the site of the 8 March 2026 garbage landslide at the Bantar Gebang Integrated Waste Processing Site in Bekasi, Indonesia.

A large landslide reactivated in Petacciato, Campobasso Province, Italy, on April 7, 2026, after more than 200 mm (7.9 inches) of rainfall within a few days, blocking a 4 km (2.5 miles) section of the A14 motorway and the Adriatic railway line and forcing precautionary evacuations. Approximately 50 people were evacuated as authorities activated emergency response measures and rerouted traffic…

A typical landslide threatening a rural road in Nepal.

At least 20 people were killed in Mbeya Region, southwestern Tanzania, after a rainfall-induced landslide struck Rungwe District, local authorities announced on March 26, 2026.

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Deformation velocity maps for pre- and post- failure conditions in the 9 March 2018 Cadia Mine, Australia event, where mean VLOS was calculated: (a) before the failure, (b) after the failure. From Wang et al. (2026).

A slow-moving Kona low brought extreme rainfall to the Hawaiian Islands between March 10--16, 2026, producing record-breaking totals at multiple long-term stations, particularly on Maui and Oʻahu. Honolulu and Kahului both set new daily rainfall records on March 13, while multi-day accumulations on Maui reached up to about 1 170 mm (46 inches), triggering flooding, landslides, and widespread…

A landslide struck above residential areas in Crosia, Province of Cosenza, Italy, on March 17, 2026, as severe weather caused the Trionto and Fiumarella rivers to overflow, triggering flooding and emergency evacuations.

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