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McCrae Landslide: Lessons from a Hillside Collapse

On January 14, 2025, a coastal community in McCrae, Victoria faced a sudden and destructive landslide that sent a multi-million-dollar home tumbling down an ancient sea cliff. The collapse seriously...

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Landslide Tragedy at Lai Chau Hydropower Site Raises Safety Concerns in Vietnam

A devastating landslide struck the Ta Pao Ho 1A hydropower plant construction site in Lai Chau Province, northern Vietnam, on the morning of May 16, 2025, resulting in the loss of multiple lives and...

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Seoul’s Underground Infrastructure Raises Ground Stability Concerns

Seoul’s recent sinkholes have raised public safety concerns and questions on how existing and future underground infrastructure affects such events.  On March 25th, as you can see in the following vi...

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Embankment Stabilization Success on Brighton Main Line

In January 2025, a landslip between Three Bridges and Gatwick Airport prompted immediate geotechnical intervention on the Brighton Main Line. Network Rail swiftly acted to prevent further ground mov...

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Colombia’s Rain Crisis Escalates with Deadly Landslide Claiming Five Lives, Two Missing

A landslide struck the municipality of Sabaneta, just south of Medellin, Colombia, in the early hours of May 8, 2025, leaving five people dead and two still missing. The incident occurred in a reside...

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Cracks Ignored: How Warnings Went Unheeded in Algeria’s Landslide Tragedy

Late on the night of April 26, 2025, a landslide struck the coastal city of Oran, Algeria, collapsing fragile tin homes in the historic Sidi El Houari district. The disaster claimed four lives—report...

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When Dams Fail: The Growing Crisis of Tailings Management

In recent months, a disturbing pattern has emerged across three continents: catastrophic tailings dam failures that have taken lives, destroyed livelihoods, and poisoned environments. From Zambia and...

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Slope Failures and Submerged Homes: April Disasters in Indonesia

Indonesia’s landscapes—while rich in biodiversity and beauty—remain increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather, as evidenced by recent floods and landslides that struck Java and Kalimantan in early A...

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Another Tailings Tragedy in Indonesia: Lessons from Fatufia

On March 22, 2025, a fatal tailings landslide struck the Fatufia region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, claiming the lives of three excavator operators. The landslide followed days of heavy rainfall and occu...

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Istanbul’s 6.2 Magnitude Seismic Warning: Revisiting Risk After the 2023 Catastrophe

On April 23, 2025, Istanbul experienced a magnitude 6.2 earthquake beneath the Sea of Marmara, just 40 kilometers southwest of the city. With a shallow focal depth of 10 kilometers, the quake rippled...

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