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Potential Mosul Dam Failure Puts Millions at Risk

The Mosul Dam on the Tigris River in northern Iraq is the largest Dam in the country and provides power to nearly two million people. According to engineers, the dam is at serious risk of collapse and...

Landslide in Fujian, China leaves 35 dead and 1 missing

On May 8th, a landslide occurred at the site of a future hydropower plant in Taining county of the Fujian province in China; 41 workers were unaccounted for.     The landslide occurred...

Taiwanese Developer Arrested Who Built Apartments Destroyed in Earthquake

The developer of a Taiwanese apartment complex that collapsed during 6.4 magnitude earthquake Tainan, Taiwan has been arrested on suspicion of criminal misconduct resulting in fatalities.   Th...

Debris Flow Recorded in Argentina

Trekkers Acagua in Argentina encounte red a debris flow in January, 2016. Julian Insarralde was the trek guide, and was aware that debris flows are common during this time of year.  The landslide...

Independent report blames EPA for Colorado Gold King spill

United States Federal investigators said that engineering errors by an Environmental Protection Agency-contracted team “led directly” to the August, 2015 Gold King Mine spill, which could have been pr...

Fukushima radioactivity detected off coast of U.S., Canada

Scientists have detected heightened levels of radioactivity in the waters along the west coast of Canada and the United States, which can be traced back to the Japanese earthquake nuclear disaster in...

Oso Washington Landslide Risk Goes Back Decades

In March, 2014, 40 people perished in a landslide in Oso, Washington.  Based on research from the University of Washington, many landslides in the same place may have occurred many times in the p...

China Landfill Slide: Search for Survivors Still Underway

Hundreds of rescue workers are searching for survivors after a manmade landfill failed and overcame 33 buildings and damaged utilities, including natural gas pipelines, in the southern Chinese City of...

Massive Rockslide in Northern India

A massive rockslide occurred on December 7, 2015 in Hanogi in Mandi district of Himachal, India. The site conditions consist of a practically vertical rock face adjacent to a roadway running along...

Video: Massive Sinkhole Opened Up in Bangladesh

A massive sinkhole opened up in Bangladesh and swallowed a whole house. The house is located on the coastline of Bangladesh. According to local media, however, no injuries were reported in the inc...

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