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Rainfall 64% above average leads to floods and landslides in Colombia

Heavy rainfall in early February has triggered flooding and landslides across Colombia, leaving at least 13 people dead, according to national authorities and international agencies cited in the prov...

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Morocco evacuates over 140,000 as extreme rainfall and dam releases trigger widespread flooding

More than 140,000 people were evacuated from towns and rural communities in northwestern Morocco after torrential rainfall combined with emergency dam releases caused widespread flooding across river...

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Heavy rain triggers 200-metre landslide on Ionian Motorway

A major landslide forced the full closure of the Ionian Motorway in western Greece on Monday after a large section of a cut slope collapsed, depositing soil and rock across both carriageways. The fai...

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Major Advancement: Geotechnical Lab Data Entry and Testing Workflow Now Available in OpenGround

OpenGround is proud to announce a transformative enhancement to its platform: support for geotechnical laboratory testing and reporting. This release brings together raw lab data entry, automated cal...

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Anatomy of a Reactivated Landslide: How Combined Analysis Informed a Difficult Decision

A 21,000 m² landslide was actively threatening the settlement of Köprülü in northeastern Turkey. Ground deformation accelerated, structures cracked, and engineers needed clarity fast. This case study...

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At least 200 dead following mine shaft collapse in rebel-held Eastern Congo

At least 200 people have been killed following the collapse of multiple mine shafts at the Rubaya coltan mining complex in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to local authorities and...

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Antarctica’s subglacial world revealed in unprecedented detail

For decades, Antarctica’s ice surface has been mapped in remarkable detail, yet the terrain beneath remained one of Earth’s least understood landscapes. That gap has now narrowed significantly. Using...

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GriffinLink project signals shift toward integrated European offshore power grids

The United Kingdom and Germany have announced plans to jointly develop GriffinLink, a proposed multi-purpose electricity interconnector designed to connect offshore wind generation directly into both...

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Blasting completed on Stockholm Metro Service Tunnel linking Hagastaden and Arenastaden

Blasting works have been completed on a new service tunnel forming part of the Stockholm Metro Expansion programme, marking a key underground construction milestone beneath the Swedish capital. The f...

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Automating Back Analysis in RS2: A Scalable Workflow for Model Calibration

Back analysis is where geotechnical models stop being purely predictive and start being confronted by observed behaviour. In deep excavations, that test is unforgiving. Small, defensible changes in s...

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