As the firemen set off, they know the road ahead is blocked by landslides.
On every side, there was evidence of landslides that tore down the mountains last week.
Brazilian television has broadcast pictures showing houses destroyed and roads blocked by the landslides.
Rescuers have been hampered by freezing weather, altitude sickness and risks of further landslides.
Jamaica was spared a direct hit by Emily, but the island still suffered flooding and landslides.
In the past four years the road has been closed three times by landslides.
The report's numerous authors also attack claims that the presence of trees prevents catastrophic landslides.
Mr Flower said the area had been hit by a number of landslides in the past.
The rapid lowering of the reservoir's level has also raised fears of landslides and earthquakes.
The storm has also caused power cuts, travel disruption and flooding in areas at risk of landslides.
That has led to severe erosion and left Haitians vulnerable to massive landslides when heavy rains fall.
Work on an emergency diversion route for a road frequently hit by landslides in Argyll is almost complete.
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In the past 50 years, landslides and floods have caused an average of seven Italian deaths every month.
About half of those killed in Maharashtra have died in Mumbai - drowned, electrocuted or buried in landslides.
The bypass on the A890 in Wester Ross has been closed by large landslides in the last two years.
T-phase waves produced by landslides can be heard by hydrophones (underwater microphones) of the sort used to detect submarines.
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The quake triggered some landslides, stranded people on overnight trains, cut off water supplies and shut down some expressways.
The area around Petropolis has seen deadly landslides before - 900 people were killed in an incident in 2011.
It was earthquakes earlier this year, now, Northwest China has been hit with severe landslides triggered by heavy rain.
Many of those who died were sleeping as Typhoon Washi caused rivers to burst their banks, leading to landslides.
Heavy deforestation has left Haiti particularly vulnerable to floods and landslides, correspondents say.
Police told the BBC that landslides in Krabi have killed two people and left at least 20 people missing.
Often on the outskirts of cities, such settlements occupy wasteland, which is susceptible to landslides, flooding and other natural hazards.
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Their work was hampered by the huge scale of the devastation, where landslides and collapsed buildings made many roads impassible.
He was photographed wading chest high in muddy flood waters when heavy rains brought landslides and chaos to Miranda in 2010.
At least 27 people have been killed in landslides in a mountainous area north of Rio de Janeiro, after heavy rains.
Bolivia suffers from frequent flooding and landslides, and older people there have been organised into "Brigadas Blancas" - White Haired Brigades.
The force of the earthquake sheared off the sides of those mountains, and the landslides roared straight down onto the city.
The quakes set off landslides, which -- along with heavy rains -- were blocking roads and hampering rescue efforts, Pandey said.
Since 1892, scientists have recorded at least 1, 173 serious landslides in Campania and in another almost equally shaky southern region, Calabria.
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