1963    In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.

1970    The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed.

1971    In Peru a landslide crashes into Lake Yanahuani, killing 200 at the mining camp of Chungar.

2000    A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills 7, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.

2010    A train derailed near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people.