News on Natural Disasters / Failures

Cradley Heath Landslide: How Geotechnical Oversights Impact Communities

A landslide at Haden Cross Drive, a privately owned housing estate in Cradley Heath, has disrupted the lives of residents and highlighted the serious risks associated with slope failures. The inciden...

Predicting Tailings Dam Failures: Are Numerical Models Up to the Task?

Tailings dams, essential for storing mining byproducts, represent one of the most significant geotechnical challenges in engineering. These structures are exposed to diverse factors like material var...

Oregon Recent Landslide Sparks Concern Once Again Over Erosion and Home Safety

An Oregon hillside home was left precariously perched on the edge of collapse after torrential rain and strong winds triggered a landslide on Northeast Cadet Avenue in Portland. The landslide caused...

Seismic Devastation in Tibet: Earthquake Claims Hundred's of Lives and Crumbles Infrastructure

A catastrophic earthquake struck the remote Tingri County in Tibet on January 7, 2025, causing widespread destruction and loss of life. With a magnitude of 7.1 and a shallow depth of just 10 kilomete...

Flood-Induced Collapse of Bridgewater Canal Embankment Raises Infrastructure Alarm

The Bridgewater Canal in Cheshire, a marvel of 18th-century engineering, recently faced a dramatic breach due to heavy flooding, marking the first major collapse of the waterway in over five decades....

Construction Site Tragedy in Panchkula: Soil Collapse Injures Five Workers

In a tragic incident at Barwala Industrial Area, Panchkula, five laborers were injured when a pile of soil collapsed during excavation work at an under-construction site. The accident occurred as the...

Unstable Foundations: Soil Saturation Behind Mombasa Building Collapse

On November 11, 2024, a tragic building collapse in Mombasa’s Majengo area claimed the life of one construction worker and left four others injured. Preliminary findings from the National Construct...

Space-Based Insights: Early Signs of Kakhovka Dam Collapse Detected

The collapse of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine on June 6, 2023, was a catastrophic event that devastated water management systems and hydroelectric power generation. While the exact cause has been linke...

Seismic Shock: Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Unleashes Destruction in Vanuatu

On December 17, 2024, the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu was rocked by a powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake. Centered approximately 30 kilometers west of the capital city, Port Vila, the quake...

Indonesia Landslides Claim Lives, Displace Thousands Amid Torrential Downpours

Indonesia’s West Java province recently witnessed devastating flash floods and landslides triggered by relentless torrential rains. Over 170 villages in Sukabumi district were left in ruins, forcing...

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