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Large-scale landfill slope failure strikes central Philippines
- Jan, 10, 2026
- Landslides Landfill Engineering Slope Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Philippines
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Rescue teams in Cebu City are continuing round-the-clock operations after a massive landfill collapse at the privately operated Binaliw site left dozens of workers missing. The failure occurred while...
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Landslide at Cebu City landfill kills one, exposes waste slope stability risks
- Jan, 08, 2026
- Landslides Landfill Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Philippines, Cebu City
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A fatal landslide struck the Cebu City landfill in Barangay Binaliw on January 8, 2026, claiming the life of one landfill worker and injuring several others. The collapse affected a Material Recovery...
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Magnitude 6.5 earthquake shakes Southern and Central Mexico, triggering landslides
- Jan, 02, 2026
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Mexico
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 struck southern and central Mexico on January 2, 2026, with its epicentre located near San Marcos in the state of Guerrero, northeast of Acapul...
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Severe landslides force indefinite closure of Bach Ma mountain tourism in central Vietnam
- Dec, 05, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Vietnam
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Tourism access to Bach Ma National Park has been suspended indefinitely following widespread landslides triggered by historic rainfall in October 2025. The mountainous park experienced more than 1,70...
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Call for Papers for Special Issue on “Geo-Hazards: Lessons from the Ground”
- Dec, 19, 2025
- Landslides Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Risk & Reliability Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), through its International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories (IJGCH), invites submissions for a Special Issue...
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Alaska rocked by M7.0 earthquake as aftershocks intensify, raising infrastructure risks
- Dec, 07, 2025
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Landslides Engineering Seismology News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Alaska
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
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
- Dec, 05, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Forensics Groundwater & Seepage Groundwater Pumping News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- South Korea
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
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
- Dec, 05, 2025
- Landslides Groundwater & Seepage News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Vietnam
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
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
- Nov, 27, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability Seepage News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- French Polynesia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
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
- Nov, 30, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability Groundwater & Seepage News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- South East Asia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
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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