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Massive Slab is in Jeopardy of Falling

A 500,000-pound slab is up to crash down from a canyon wall to the base of Glen Canyon dam. In this type of rock, erosion is very common. A 500,000-pound slab is up to crash down from a canyon...

Video: Popped Pool In Florida

Sinkholes that vanish into the Earth buildings are very common in Florida. Sinkholes that vanish into the Earth buildings are very common in Florida. As you can see in the video here, somethin...

California enters the fifth year of a drought and more and more water is pumped from the aquifer. California enters the fifth year of a drought and more and more water is pumped from the aquifer. B...

SW China Landslide

A landslide which buried a section of a road in southwest China's Yunnan Province has claimed three lives and eight people missing. A landslide which buried a section of a road in southwest China's...

Video: Christchurch Earthquake Showing the Sand Liquefaction Process with Vibration

See how the sand is converted into liquid state due to vibrartion. This is what happened during the earthquake of September 4 and February 22 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Watch the video provided un...

Sinkhole in Brooklyn

A large sinkhole appeared in the main junction in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York, but nobody injured. A large sinkhole appeared in the main junction in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York, but nobody...

3rd Lava Eruption Of The Year of Piton De La Fournaise, Reunion

The volcano Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion erupted again this year at 05:30 UTC on 31 July, 2015. The volcano Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion erupted again this year at 05:30 UTC on 31 July, 2015. O...

Deadly Sinkhole Accident in Kentucky

A 61-year-old woman was killed when her vehicle fell into a massive sinkhole which was caused by heavy rainfall in Kentucky, Caldwell County. A 61-year-old woman was killed when her vehicle fell in...

This is the Lake of Death of Cameroon!

August 1986. A terrifying noise breaks the silence of the night and immediately a poisonous gas cloud emerges from the Lake Nyos. Most residents of villages that were nearby the lake died of suffoc...

M6.9 near Nikolski, Alaska

6.9 magnitude earthquake shook the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, USA, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, USA, acco...

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