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Heavy rains cause flooding and landslides in Italy

Heavy torrential rains, following extensive drought, have caused severe flooding and landslides in the North and East parts of Italy. It was reported on Thursday by the country’s Civil Protection de...

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Sinkhole appeared in Taipei, Taiwan, next to construction site

A sinkhole appeared next to a construction site in Taipei, Taiwan, around 2.50 p.m. on Saturday, May 13. According to the Taipei City government, the sinkhole measured 15 meters in length and 3 met...

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A 6.3-magnitude aftershock hits southern Turkey two weeks after the major earthquake of magnitude 7.8: 3 people killed and hundreds injured

The earthquakes that rocked both countries on February 6 were followed by tremors of magnitudes 6.4 and 5.8 that occurred on Monday February 20 in the southeast, close to the border with Syria. The t...

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Deadly landslide on Italian island of Ischia

At least one person was killed as heavy rain caused a landslide on the Italian holiday island of Ischia on Saturday and thus Italy has declared a state of emergency. On Sunday morning, 10 people rema...

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Floods and landslides in Colombia: 15.000 people affected, hundreds of homes damaged

Floods caused material damages in Puerto Colombia, Atlántico Department from 23 October where 35 homes were destroyed, 274 damaged and 1,545 residents affected or displaced. Heavy rain caused streams...

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Kishtwar landslide: four killed, six injured

A landslide hit an under-construction tunnel of a power project. The death toll reached four on Sunday, as three more bodies were recovered from the debris. At least six were rescued in injured condi...

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Floods and landslides in Philippines: at least 45 fatalities

The Philippines has significantly revised down the death toll from a tropical storm ravaging the country, saying only 45 people have been killed. The civil defence office had earlier reported 72 dead...

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GEER report 2021 Western European Flooding published and available online!

Record rainfall triggered devastating and deadly flooding in Western Europe between July 14-16th, 2021. The extreme weather event killed more than 230 people in Germany and Belgium and cost billions...

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4 lakes in mid-Michigan, disappeared after dam failure, are being restored

Four dams are being restored after catastrophic failures led to four man-made lakes disappearing in May 2020. The dam failures took away Sandford Lake, Wixom Lake, Secord Lake and Smallwood Lake. F...

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Chile: mining areas connected to giant sinkhole were permanently closed

The permanent closure of mining stopes directly related to a giant sinkhole, that appeared in the northern part of the country in July, was announced by Chile's mining minister on Friday (07 October...

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