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Alaska rocked by M7.0 earthquake as aftershocks intensify, raising infrastructure risks

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near Yakutat, Alaska, triggering more than 160 aftershocks within 24 hours and generating widespread ground shaking across southeastern Alaska and parts of Canada. T...

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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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Vietnam Hit by multiple landslides after extreme rainfall, intensifying the human impact

Vietnam has experienced one of its most severe sequences of rainfall-induced hazards in decades, with prolonged storms triggering extensive flooding and more than a dozen landslides across Lam Dong p...

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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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Landslides and flash floods in North Sumatra kill at least 10, leave six missing

Torrential monsoon rains over the past week unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 10 people and leaving six others missing, police said on We...

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Heavy rainfall triggers fatal Sri Lanka landslide amid rising regional geohazard pressures in Asia

A severe landslide in Sri Lanka’s Central Province has resulted in the deaths of four people, according to the country’s Disaster Management Centre. The event occurred when a slope above a small road...

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Villages blanketed in ash as Semeru Volcano forces mass evacuations

Mount Semeru in East Java has entered a new phase of intense activity, prompting authorities to raise the alert level to its highest classification. The volcano released ash clouds reaching more than...

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Lake Naivasha floods displace 7,000 in Kenya’s rift valley

Tourist boats on Kenya’s Lake Naivasha have been repurposed to evacuate residents after rising waters submerged parts of the Kihoto district in Naivasha. The lake, which has been rising for more than...

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Central Java landslides highlight severe slope instability

Heavy rainfall across Indonesia’s Central Java region has triggered multiple landslides, resulting in significant loss of life and widespread damage. The most severe event occurred in Cibeunying vill...

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