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Rainfall triggered rockfall disrupts on Highway 18 in Southern California

A recent rockfall incident on Highway 18 in San Bernardino County has highlighted the geotechnical vulnerabilities of steep mountain corridors subjected to prolonged rainfall. Following intense winte...

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Severe landslides force indefinite closure of Bach Ma mountain tourism in central Vietnam

Tourism access to Bach Ma National Park has been suspended indefinitely following widespread landslides triggered by historic rainfall in October 2025. The mountainous park experienced more than 1,70...

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Embankment failure drains Llangollen Canal, triggering major incident in Shropshire

A major geotechnical incident unfolded in the early hours of Monday morning along the Llangollen Canal near Whitchurch, Shropshire, after a man-made canal embankment failed, causing a large breach th...

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Soil nailing identified as key to Swanage Green Seafront slope stability

Technical investigations into Swanage’s Green Seafront have confirmed progressive slope instability affecting Sandpit Field, Weather Station Field, and the Spa beach hut terrace. Monitoring surveys c...

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Levee failure along Washington’s Green River highlights flood and ground stability risks during atmospheric river events

A levee breach occurred along the Green River near Tukwila, Washington, during renewed atmospheric river rainfall that affected the Pacific Northwest in mid-December 2025. The failure took place alon...

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Stabilisation nears completion as Bridgewater Canal embankment design progresses

The recovery programme for the Bridgewater Canal embankment breach at Little Bollington has moved into a critical new stage, with stabilisation works nearing completion and formal engineering design...

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Highway embankment gives way in Kollam, investigation begins

A newly built embankment along National Highway 66 at Mylakkadu in Kollam collapsed without warning, trapping several vehicles, including a school bus, and causing deep ground fissures across the ser...

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Investigation reveals combined failures behind the fatal Seoul sinkhole collapse

A government investigation has concluded that the March 2025 sinkhole in Myeongil-dong, which resulted in one fatality, was caused by weakened ground conditions driven by human-related factors. The C...

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Afaahiti hillside collapse leaves eight dead as saturated slopes fail in Tahiti

A catastrophic landslide in the village of Afaahiti, on Tahiti’s southeastern coast, has left at least eight people dead and several others missing after saturated hillside slopes collapsed during th...

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Record floods and landslides devastate Southeast Asia as death toll surpasses 600

Southeast Asia is facing one of its most severe flood–landslide seasons in recent years, with more than 600 fatalities confirmed across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. In particular, Sr...

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