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Greece's prefectures devastated by river overflows, as levees break and villages evacuated

Flooding phenomena continue to strike many areas in Greece, causing serious problems in populated areas and farming land as existing levees can no longer restrain the waters of swollen rivers. See the...

Photogallery: Torrential rain causes landslides and floods to Epirus prefecture; Greece

Days of torrential rain have flooded and triggered landslides in many regions of Epirus prefecture in Greece, which have been declared in a state of emergency. See the extent of destruction in the pho...

Is the California levee system earthquake proof?

According to a recent state report, California's levee system appears to be vulnerable to earthquakes or other natural disasters. Despite recent remediation efforts, about $40 billion would be require...

Video: Rock-A-Nore rockfall - cliff collapses and caught on video!

A steep coastal cliff collapses at Rock-a-Nore in Hastings, UK, and the event is captured in video! The collapse occurred after days of continuous rain, which caused additional damage and many more la...

Landslides in Indonesia engulf entire villages and cause casualties

 Following days of heavy rains, massive landslides in Indonesia caused many casualties and burried entire villages under mud and rubble. Many people are still reported as missing while more rain...

Ormenio, Greece saved by flooding thanks to last-minute levee

The construction of a kilometer long levee resulted in saving the village of Ormenio in the northeast of Greece from the rising water of Evros River. The extreme weather conditions resulted in damagin...

Has the world's largest landslide occurred in Utah?

Millions of years ago, the sloping ground of southwest Utah was frequently covered with ash and debris, as a result of the intense volcanic activity taking place in the area. Those ash and debris laye...

Deadly landslides occur in Italy and Switzerland due to torrential rainfall

Switzerland and northern Italy are severely battered by heavy rain in the last days, which caused extensive landslides and cost several lives. Weather forecasts predict that rain will continue to hit...

Landslides and earthquakes to be correlated, according to recent study

A recently published study demonstrates that earthquakes instead of climate change as previously thought, have an effect on the rate of landslides in Peru. The particular findings were published in Na...

Sri Lanka: Fatal landslides devastate the country

Fatal landslides are triggered by monsoon rains in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, causing many casualties, leaving hundreds of missing and washing away homes and destroying a tea-growing region of the countr...

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