The magnitude 6.2 quake early Friday was centered 36 kilometers (22 miles) south of West Sulawesi province's Mamuju district, at a depth of 18 kilometers.

The second landslide in Cihanjuang village of West Java province occurred as rescuers were still evacuating people following the first disaster: Reports

Nivar is the second cyclone in the Bay of Bengal this year succeeding cyclone Amphan

A total of 50 NDRF teams has been earmarked for combating any situation emerging out of the cyclone that is expected to make landfall

Rescuers dug up eight bodies in Tra Van village where a hillside collapsed on houses: Reports

The state disaster management cell has reported disruption in half a dozen National Highways, 300 link roads, 4,440 drinking water and irrigation schemes.

The rains have brought relief to the apple growers who had been complaining about a long dry spell ahead of the harvesting season.

Two teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have initiated search and rescue operations on Saturday morning.

Several people were trapped when a mound of earth caved in on a row of houses of tea estate workers in Idukki district of Kerala early Friday morning.

Army patrol was operating at an altitude of approximately 18,000 feet in Southern Siachen Glacier when it was hit by the avalanche.

The 17 missing people were carrying out maintenance work on the track Wednesday, when the hill above them gave way, China Daily reported.

Rains subsided in many parts of the flood-hit states, where over 12 lakh people have been affected, and the water level has started receding in the deluge-ravaged area.

Efforts are underway to rescue people trapped in the rubble inside their houses and evacuate those living in the affected area to safety.

The accident occurred between 11 p.m.-11.30 p.m. on Tuesday when a portion of earth broke loose trapping 13 workers and machinery at work at an open cast mine in Odisha's Talcher.

Thousands of vehicles, which had left for Srinagar from here this morning, remain stranded on the highway following the closure of the road.

Footage run by Taiwanese television station showed overturned furniture in homes and offices, and at least one landslide along the mountainous and lightly populated east coast.

A group of labourers was on the way to Banihal on foot when they came under the landslide at Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district.

The lurking threat of more landslides has created fear among hundreds of passengers travelling on the highway.

Police are still searching for the three missing persons and their trucks after a massive landslide hit the Jammu-Srinagar highway.

A search and rescue operation helmed by a team of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and several district administration officials is underway.