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Laura Jackel.

Looters are raiding Laura’s crumbling home. She’s powerless to stop them

Victims of a shock landslip will probably never return to their homes, but a dispute between council and the state government has left them in limbo.

  • Jessica McSweeney

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Heavy rains triggered Thursday’s landslide at Mount Maunganui on the island’s east coast.

Recovery of NZ landslide victims halted on safety concerns

Authorities have been working to identify the victims after human remains were found at the site on Saturday.

  • Samuel McKeith
Sonny Worrall from Newcastle said the scene felt “like a movie”.

‘A caravan almost hit me’: Australian tourist’s terrifying escape from NZ campground landslide

Sonny Worrall says he was swimming in a pool when a caravan smashed through a cinder block wall and crashed down beside him.

  • Eva Gallot
A landslide in McCrae on the Mornington Peninsula damaged several homes on January 14.

Tens of thousands of Melbourne homes deemed at risk of landslides

Home owners in swathes of Melbourne’s coastal and hilly suburbs face property value losses and insurance hikes from proposed new overlays for landslide risk.

  • Adam Carey and Gemma Grant
Rescuers evacuate the body of a flood victim in West Sumatra.

Death toll surpasses 1200 after simultaneous storms devastate Asia

The casualty figure is set to rise as rescuers sift through mud and debris for hundreds of people still missing across multiple countries.

  • Zach Hope
Rescuers carry the body of a flood victim, in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sunday.

More than 1000 dead in devastating fortnight of Asian storms

Hundreds more remain missing after the latest extreme weather to hit the region caused floods and landslides, in a horror wet season.

  • Zach Hope
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The cliff in McCrae experienced four landslides between November 2022 and January 2025.

Warning signs missed for months before disastrous McCrae landslide

A final report into a devastating landslide has criticised South East Water and Mornington Peninsula Shire for failing to urgently respond to residents’ concerns.

  • Adam Carey
The cliff in McCrae experienced four landslides between November 2022 and January 2025.

Mornington Peninsula in belated push to protect homes from landslides

A coastal council whose management of landslide risk has come under the microscope is moving to add new planning controls in areas prone to erosion.

  • Adam Carey
Landslide in Sassafras

‘Likely and imminent’: Thousands of Dandenongs homes at risk of landslides

Communities in the Yarra Ranges face a growing risk of landslides, with a council report identifying thousands of properties that require erosion controls.

  • Adam Carey
Video shows a huge mudslide near Blatten, with homes and buildings partially submerged under a mass of brownish sludge.
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Swiss alpine village wiped out by collapsing glacier

Video shows a huge mudslide near Blatten, with homes and buildings partially submerged under a mass of brownish sludge.