China: Massive Landslide Buries G215 Highway in Yunnan, Leaving Road Impassable

On September 2, 2025, in Yunnan, China, a large section of the G215 National Highway between Shangri-La and Daocheng Yading collapsed. The landslide with the large amount of soil and rocks, which created massive clouds of dust, has left vehicles stranded and the road completely impassable, burying the highway in seconds.

Villages in French Alps cut off by mudslide

STORY: Villages in French Alps cut off by mudslide SHOOTING TIME: June 23, 2024 DATELINE: June 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of rockslide blocking access to the village of La Berarde 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): JEAN LOUIS ARTHAUD, Mayor of Saint Christophe en Oisans 3. various of mayor of Saint-Christophe en Oisans speaking on the phone 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): JEAN LOUIS ARTHAUD, Mayor of Saint Christophe en Oisans 5. various of blocked street STORYLINE: On the night between Thursday and Friday, a torrent of water, mud and rock swept across the village of La Berarde in Isere in the French Alps, cutting off the village from the outside world. Four helicopters were deployed to evacuate about 100 people. With no casualties, all the homes of the village were destroyed. The French government has promised an emergency fund to rebuild the village. Other villages in the surrounding area, whose inhabitants were not evacuated, are completely isolated. Electr

1 dead, 8 injured after bullet train derails in SW China

STORY: 1 dead, 8 injured after bullet train derails in SW China DATELINE: June 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: GUIZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue operation STORYLINE: A train driver died and eight others were injured after a bullet train derailed at around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday in Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. Two carriages of the train D2809 from Guiyang to Guangzhou came off the tracks that were hit by mud and rockslide as the train was about to arrive at the Rongjiang station, the company said. The injured people include one train attendant and seven passengers. They have been receiving treatment at local hospitals. A total of 136 other passengers have been evacuated, the company said. The investigation of the accident is under way. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guizhou, China. (XHTV)

(SPOT NEWS) CHINA-GUIZHOU-TRAIN DERAIL (CN)

(SPOT NEWS) CHINA-GUIZHOU-TRAIN DERAIL (CN)

(220604) -- GUIYANG, June 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers evacuate a passenger at the site of the train derail accident in Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 4, 2022. A train driver died and eight others were injured after a bullet train derailed at around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday in Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. Two carriages of the train D2809 from Guiyang to Guangzhou came off the tracks that were hit by mud and rockslide as the train was about to arrive at the Rongjiang station, the company said. The injured people include one train attendant and seven passengers. They have been receiving treatment at local hospital. A total of 136 other passengers have been evacuated, the company said. The investigation of the accident is under way. (Xinhua)

1 killed, 5 hurt in rockslide in Gifu village

1 killed, 5 hurt in rockslide in Gifu village

GIFU, Japan - Photo taken by the Itadori village office in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on June 6 shows the scene of a rockslide that killed a junior high school student and injured five others. They were part of a group of 280 students who were on a three-day school camping trip to the village.