Date

Location

Occurrence

Degree of damage

January 2010

Stein an der Traun
Germany

Rockfall on house

2 dead persons, 2 persons injured

August 2009

Albufeira,
Portugal

Rockfall on Algarve beach

5 dead persons

August 2009

Dürnstein,
Austria

Rockfall on main road

Burying of a road

July 2009

Nachterstedt,
Germany

Landslide in lake of surface mining

3 dead persons, destruction of housing development

May 2009

Bad Ems,
Germany

Rockfall on apartment buildings

Destruction of apartments

January 2009

Stockach,
Germany

Mud flow on highway A 98

4 persons injured and destruction of cars

September 2008

Kairo,
Egypt

Rockfall on slums

around 500 dead persons, destruction of housing development

April 2008

Dienten,
Austria

Landslide on country road

Burying of a road

April 2008

Insel Rügen,
Germany

Rockfall at coast

Impairment of landscape

March 2007

Insel Flores,
Indonesia

Mud flow

around 70 dead persons, burying of housing development and cars

March 2007

Kaschmir,
Pakistan

Mud flow

around 30 dead persons, destruction of apartments

November 2006

Insel Luzon,
the Philippines

Mud flow

around 500 dead persons, burying of housing development and cars

May 2006

Gurtnellen,
Switzerland

Rockfall on Gotthard highway

2 dead persons, highway blocking for several weeks

October 2005

Bello,
Colombia

Landslide on housing development

26 dead persons

June 2005

San Antonio,
Guatemala

Mud flow

21 dead persons, burying of housing development and roads

February 2005

Java,
Indonesia

Mud flow

around 140 dead persons, burying of housing development and roads