There were 25 people at the mine digging for gold when the landslide struck, killing 15 and injuring three people, according to an official. Mineral resources in Indonesia are located in remote areas in conditions difficult for authorities to regulate.

Landslides have been reported from a number of places in the hills of Darjeeling and Kalimpong in northern Bengal, following heavy showers in the entire zone since last night.

Monsoon rains had recently raised water levels across India, killing dozens and displacing thousands as houses collapse into the Ganges (File photo)

Hurricane Helene knocked out power for millions of customers across the southeast United States on Friday and left at least four dead after it slammed into the Florida coast.

Earlier in the day, Nepal's Weather Forecasting Division issued a red alert for four continuous days, indicating 56 out of 77 districts are at high risk for heavy rainfall.

Roads have been closed and rail services cancelled - as flood threat to re-emerge on Sunday.

In 2007, researchers at University of Gothenburg, Sweden published the first in a series of studies showing massive pollution with antibiotics from pharmaceutical factories in India.

The UK is set to be battered by more storms this weekend with gusts of 55mph hitting parts of the country along with heavy rain as another low pressure system arrives

Dog bites are on the rise in Karnataka with the number of cases this year so far have already crossed last year’s total. While 2,73,037 cases have been reported this year till date, as many as 2,32,754 were reported in the whole of 2023. 

As the residents that stayed on the island woke on Friday morning, they discovered the island had been stripped bare by the winds, with debris littering the streets.

The storm has caused widespread destruction and flooding in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, swamping neighbourhoods and leaving more than 4 million homes and businesses without power.