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Coastal Erosion Crisis: Nigeria's Oil-Rich Amatu 2 Faces Extinction Without Urgent Intervention

Amatu 2, a coastal oil-producing community in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, faces an existential threat from severe coastal erosion. Nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and an estuary, the community has his...

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Oregon Recent Landslide Sparks Concern Once Again Over Erosion and Home Safety

An Oregon hillside home was left precariously perched on the edge of collapse after torrential rain and strong winds triggered a landslide on Northeast Cadet Avenue in Portland. The landslide caused...

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Thames Towpath Collapse: A Wake-Up Call for Resilient Riverbank Design

The recent collapse of a section of the Thames towpath near Kew Gardens has highlighted the challenges facing urban infrastructure along riverbanks. Following heavy rain and rising river levels in mi...

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Historic Cottage Threatened by Huge Cliff Collapse in Devon

A dramatic cliff collapse in Devon, England, has left a historic cottage just 10 metres from a 120-metre drop, following a massive landslip at Jacob’s Ladder Beach. Thousands of tonnes of earth fell,...

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Breached Chinese lake dike to be sealed by Tuesday noon

On Friday, July 5, a 10-meter breach occurred on a dike along China’s second largest freshwater lake, Dongting Lake, which had quickly widened to 226 meters by the next day. Restoration work on the...

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Under construction subway creates large sinkhole in Chinese city of Chengdu

A large sinkhole appeared on a road in the city of Chengdu, China, on the morning of Friday, June 21, due to an under-construction subway site collapse. The Chengdu Rail Transit Group released a rel...

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Lake Chippewa’s floating island that has to be boat-pushed every year

Lake Chippewa, also known as Chippewa Flowage, is Wisconsin’s third-largest lake and home to some peculiar “floating islands”. As for the lake’s history, it was created by humans in central Sawyer C...

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British farmhouse demolished after landslide leaves it teetering over cliff edge

An 18th century farmhouse that was hanging over a cliff edge in England’s North Norfolk district was demolished in the early hours of Friday, May 10th. The property was a three-bedroom farmhouse tha...

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Sinkhole on Naples road swallows two cars

A large sinkhole appeared on a road in Naples, Italy, on the morning of Wednesday, February 21, swallowing two cars. Furthermore, the incident occurred around 5:00 a.m. in the city’s Vamero district...

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Record-breaking precipitation in Greece causes widespread damage to housing and infrastructure

Record-breaking precipitation, locally reaching up to 754 mm in a single day, wreaked havoc in Greece and caused widespread damage to housing and infrastructure, starting Monday, September 4. Storm...

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