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Landslide struck a house near Carmarthen, UK: Family barely escapes
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 Mechanics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Switzerland, Airolo
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
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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Huge rockfall in Boulder Canyon triggered by blasting works
- Sep, 11, 2019
- Landslides Rock Mechanics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Colorado
A huge rockfall caused by blasting works closed a highway located near Boulder, Colorado. The rockslide occurred on September 11, 2019. The scheduled blast was supposed to take down about 305 m3. How...
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Heavy rainfalls struck Japan: Massive evacuations and fear for landslides
2 people were reported dead and 847,000 more were evacuated after heavy rainfalls triggered floods in Japan. The torrential rains struck southwestern Japan on August 28, 2019. Authorities issued a le...
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Rockfall in Glacier National Park killed a 14-year-old girl
A little girl died and 4 members of her family were injured after a rockfall was triggered in Glacier National Park, located on the Canada–United States border in Montana. The incident occurred on Au...
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Cliff collapse in Lake Superior, Michigan: Debris nearly miss a group of kayakers
A large section of a sandstone cliff suddenly collapsed into Lake Superior, located in northern Michigan, barely missing a group of kayakers on Monday, August 10, 2019. The kayakers that were taking...
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Digital strategy for a landslide disaster protection project in West Java, Indonesia
A catastrophic landslide affected the road between Bogor and Cianjur two months before the annual Indonesian Homecoming Festival in West Java. Τhe already terrible traffic situation on West Java’s ma...
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Cliff collapse in Californian beach: 3 women dead
- Aug, 02, 2019
- Erosion Slope Stability Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, California , Encinitas
Three women were killed after a sandstone bluff collapsed at Encinitas beach, located north of San Diego. The tragic incident occurred at about 3 pm on Friday, August 2, 2019. A 3-meter wide sandston...
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Rockfall in Cornwall coast, UK: One fatality
- Jul, 16, 2019
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Rock Mass Characterization Landslides
- United Kingdom, Stibb
A rockfall incident at Cornwall's Sandymouth beach in the UK has caused the death of an unfortunate man. Sandymouth beach is located near Bude. The rockfall occurred on July 16, 2019 at about 11:45 a...
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