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A family gathers in a prefabricated house donated by the Philokalia Foundation in Kerala state in India.

Catholic groups offer prefabricated houses for victims of landslides in south India

Dec 17, 2024

By Anto Akkara

The devastating July 30 landslide that virtually wiped out two townships in the mountain areas claimed more than 400 lives... Read more

People look on as an excavator helps search for people trapped under debris after a landfill collapsed in Kampala, Uganda, on Aug. 10, 2024. Eight people including two children were killed when mountains of garbage collapsed at a landfill, the city authority said.

Garbage landslide kills nearly two dozen people in Uganda

Aug 12, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The 36-acre garbage dump known as Kiteezi is the only one serving the whole of the Ugandan capital, a city... Read more

Rescue workers search for missing people at a landslide site in Kerala state Aug. 10, 2020.

Dozens killed, missing after landslide in India

Aug 12, 2020

A landslide in southern India has killed at least 52 people and destroyed dozens of buildings, including one Protestant church,... Read more

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