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Morocco evacuates over 140,000 as extreme rainfall and dam releases trigger widespread flooding

More than 140,000 people were evacuated from towns and rural communities in northwestern Morocco after torrential rainfall combined with emergency dam releases caused widespread flooding across river...

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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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Safeguarding North London’s water supply through ground engineering

The New River aqueduct, commissioned in 1613, remains a critical gravity-fed water transfer system supplying North London with raw water conveyed from the River Lea to downstream treatment facilities...

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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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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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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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Dewatering and earth retention solutions at Atlantic Park Surf

Keller provides dewatering and earth retention solutions at a new wave park, located just two blocks from where the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay converge. A 2.67-acre surf lagoon joins the beac...

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Satellite isotope landscapes reveal how rivers and snowmelt recharge aquifers in cold catchments

A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment shows that snowmelt and surface-water systems play a dominant role in recharging groundwater in mountain catchments of the western U...

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Groundwater extraction causing alarming urban subsidence across India’s megacities

New research published in Nature Sustainability warns that India’s largest cities are sinking at alarming rates, threatening the safety of thousands of buildings and millions of residents. The study,...

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