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Russian Federation (the):Landslide:2002/09/21

Duration	2002/09/21	A huge glacier slid down a mountain side in southern Russia, leaving possibly as many as 100 people dead.
Country or District	Russian Federation (the)
Name	Landslide

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Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
OCHA Report 2002/09/30
Dead: 16 people Missing: 120 people	15 houses were covered by the ice mass.
OCHA Situation Report No.2 2002/09/27
Dead: 12 people Missing: 99 people (including a film crew and 20 employees of North Ossetian parliament's staff and administration)		The rescue operations involve 493 people, 106 units of machinery, 3 helicopters, and 8 search dogs.

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Report/Articles OCHA Report 2002/09/30 16 people have been found dead, 120 are missing. Interfax russia 2002/09/30 132 people missing in avalanche area in North Ossetia CNN news 2002/09/27 The 500 rescuers have recovered only 12 bodies since the avalanche on September 12. ABC news online 2002/09/26 Russians Mourns Avalanche Victims OCHA Situation Report No.2 2002/09/27 12 people have been found dead, 27 people have been rescued, and 99 are missing. CNN news 2002/09/24 Hunt goes on for avalanche victims AFP news 2002/09/23 Rescuers found one man alive Monday but hopes faded of finding any other survivors from a devastating weekend avalanche in Russia's mountainous republic of North Ossetia that killed up to 140 people. Boston Globe online 2002/09/23 Russia avalanche toll feared to reach 150 BBC news 2002/09/23 Grim search after Russia avalanche CNN news 2002/09/22 'No hope' for 150 mudslide victims Reuters News　2002/09/23 Eighty missing in Russia mudslide On Line Pravda ( English) 2002/09/21 According to specified information of the operative group of the Northern Osetia Emergency Ministry, working in the Karmadon settlement, where glacier went down, 100 people have got to the disaster area. Reuters News　2002/09/21 Russia mudslide toll could be 100

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Pictures BBC news 2002/09/23 In pictures: Russia's avalanche