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Mudslides in Colombia leave more than 200 dead (video)
- Apr, 02, 2017
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Mocoa - Putumayo, Colombia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The mudslides were caused by severe rainfall in Putumayo province, south-west Colombia, on Friday, March 31. The heavy rains of Friday caused rise of the Mocoa River and three tributaries, a repres...
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Impressive submarine landslide outcrop captured in photos
- Mar, 27, 2017
- Geology Highlights Landslides
- Boso Peninsula, Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Outcrops are usually not well enough exposed to view the features of such landslides, but this one created by road making on the Boso Peninsula in Japan is indeed an exception. Landslides occurring...
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Rubbish landslide in Ethiopia leaves more than 100 people dead
- Mar, 16, 2017
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A large volume of trash gave away on March 11, 2017 at a vast garbage dump on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, killing more than 100 people and leaving several more missing. The...
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Footage captures landslide destroying homes in Bolivia (video)
- Feb, 23, 2017
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Several houses were destroyed in the Auquisamaña area of La Paz, Bolivia on February 15, 2017, as a landslide rolled off the mountainside into the neighbourhood of the Bolivian capital. Watch...
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Italian village is being torn apart by slow-moving landslide (video)
- Feb, 28, 2017
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Ponzano di Civitella del Tronto, Province of Teramo, Italy
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Τhe landslide is moving at a rate of about 1 meter per day since February 12, tearing apart the village of Ponzano, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. The landslide was caused due to the combi...
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Landslide crumbles down San Bernardino County’s mountain in California (video)
- Feb, 19, 2017
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- San Bernardino, CA, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A video by San Bernardino County firefighters captures the moment the large volume of snow, rock, soil and timber slides off the mountainside. Being as large as 3 football fields, the landslid...
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Ancient submarine landslide discovered at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia (video)
Remnants of a landslide, known as the Gloria Knolls Slide, were discovered by scientists 75 km off the north Queensland coast, near the town of Innisfail in Australia. Being approximately 30 times...
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Landslide in Greece cuts off access to an entire village (video)
- Jan, 26, 2017
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Moira, Achaia, Greece
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A live video captured the moment of sliding, as the large volume of land moved downslope and blocked the road near the city of Patras, in Achaia province. The mudslide developed gradually, from Jan...
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Washington employs LiDAR technology against landslide risk
- Jan, 25, 2017
- News On Projects / Industry Lidar Landslides
- Washington, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Washington's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is making use of the best technology available to collect, analyze, and publicly distribute detailed information about the state's geology, through a...
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Massive Landslide Strikes Northern Argentina
- Jan, 18, 2017
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Volcán, Jujuy, Argentina
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Intense rainfall caused a major landslide event in the northern Argentine province Jujuy last week. The landslide occurred on Tuesday, January 10 and caused significant damage to infrastructu...
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