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Landslide triggers a bridge collapse in north Italy
A bridge located near Savona, north Italy, was swept away by a landslide on November 24, 2019. The bridge was part of the Italian A6 motorway between Turin and Savona. The landslide was caused due...
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Mudslides in Kenya caused at least 53 fatalities
Mudslides that occurred on November 23, 2019, in West Pokot County, Kenya, have caused at least 53 fatalities as victims were buried under the debris. The slides were triggered after intense precipit...
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Rockfall in New Zealand's road: One driver dead
- Nov, 13, 2019
- Landslides Rock Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- New Zealand, Murchison
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A rock boulder detached from a slope near a road hitting a car and killing its driver in New Zealand. The incident occurred at about 1:50 pm local time on November 13, 2019, in the State Highway 6. T...
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Mudslide struck Mansfield, UK: 35 residences evacuated
- Nov, 07, 2019
- Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
35 residences have been evacuated after a mudslide hit near the Bank End Close in Mansfield, United Kingdom. The ground failure occurred at about 17:00 local time on November 7, 2019, following a he...
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Deep landslides triggered by the 1964 Alaska earthquake were not re-activated in the 2018 Anchorage earthquake
- Oct, 29, 2019
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Research / Academia Landslides
- United States, Alaska, Anchorage
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, published in Seismological Research Letters, the deep landslides that were triggered by the massive M 9.2 Alaska earthquake in 1964 were not re-activated by the M 7.1 earthq...
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New findings about Martian landslides
A new study, published in Nature Communications, reveals new evidence about Martian landslides. The surface of Mars consists of large ridges that were formed 400 million years ago and were a result...
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Landslide struck 3 vehicles in India: 8 fatalities
- Oct, 19, 2019
- Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India, Chandigarh
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
8 people were reported dead after a landslide hit 3 vehicles in India. The incident occurred on Saturday, October 19, 2019. The landslide struck in a road near Chandikadhar area which belongs to Rudr...
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Landslide struck a house near Carmarthen, UK: Family barely escapes
- Sep, 29, 2019
- Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United Kingdom, Cynwyl Elfed
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A family barely escaped before debris from a landslide hit their residence. The incident occurred on September 29, 2019. The house is located between the villages of Cynwyl Elfed and Bronwydd and the...
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Swiss Alps are destabilizing due to global warming
- Oct, 09, 2019
- Engineering Geology Landslides Rock Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Switzerland, Airolo
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Rockfall incidents are starting to increase as a result of temperature rise and glacier melting in the Swiss Alps. Swiss Alps that are located south, south-east of Switzerland, create a mountainous t...
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Landslide in Chad's gold mine: At least 30 people dead
- Sep, 24, 2019
- Mining Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Chad
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At least 30 people died due to a landslide in an illegal gold mine in Chad. The landslide occurred on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. The illegal gold mine is located in Kouri Bougoudi, an area in north...
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