News on Natural Disasters / Failures

Glacier Collapse Submerges 90% of Swiss Alpine Village in Mud and Debris

A significant glacial collapse occurred above the village of Blatten in the Lötschental valley of southern Switzerland on May 28, 2025. The incident originated from a large section of the Birch Glaci...

Ten Houses Lost to Riverbank Collapse in An Giang and the on-going Crisis

On May 18, 2025, a 70-meter stretch of riverbank along the Ong Chuong River in Vietnam’s An Giang Province failed, causing the rear sections of ten homes in Cho Moi District to collapse into the wate...

Case Study: The Failing Mechanism of the Tailing Dam Breach at Kolontár, Hungary

A new case recently published by Jozsef Garai and Imre Kovács at the ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, reveals the failing mechanism of the Ajka Alumina tailing dam at Ko...

Sinking Cities: The U.S. Subsidence Crisis

A recent study has revealed a trend affecting the stability of American urban infrastructure: land subsidence. Using high-resolution satellite radar data, researchers identified that all but three of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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