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Two workers killed after slope incident at Chile's El Teniente copper mine

Two workers have died following a slope incident at the open-pit section of Chile's El Teniente copper mine, with operations in the affected area remaining suspended while authorities investigate the...

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Helical Piles Help Rebuild Storm-Damaged Boardwalks in Remote Alaska

A powerful tropical cyclone, Typhoon Halong developed near Iwo Jima, Japan on October 3, 2025. Four days later, after transitioning into an extratropical cyclone, the storm hit western Alaska, deliver...

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Panama assesses widespread earthquake damage as fresh 6.1 quake rattles southern region

Panama is assessing widespread damage to homes, schools, churches, roads and bridges after a powerful earthquake sequence struck the country, with a fresh magnitude 6.1 earthquake shaking the southern...

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Three dead and infrastructure damaged as eastern Spain recovers from severe flooding

Communities in eastern Spain are assessing the damage left by several days of intense rainfall and flash flooding that killed at least three people, inundated homes and roads and disrupted transport a...

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Severe flooding puts New Mexico dam and downstream communities at risk

Severe flash flooding in southern New Mexico forced the evacuation of several communities in Dona Ana County after intense rainfall caused rivers and drainage channels to rise rapidly and water to ove...

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Damage at Khao Chuk Dam prompts urgent evacuation in Rayong as Prasae Reservoir exceeds maximum level

Authorities in Rayong province, eastern Thailand, ordered residents of at-risk areas to evacuate urgently on Monday, September 28, 2026. The order followed reports of damage at Khlong Ra-ok Reservoir,...

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Retaining wall collapse at Belgrade construction site swallows car and parking area; Prosecutors open investigation

A retaining wall at a construction site on Vojvode Vlahovića Street in Belgrade, Serbia, collapsed at approximately 17:00 local time on September 23, 2026. The failure took place in the Braće Jerković...

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Floods and landslides kill 70 across India and Nepal as rivers exceed danger levels

Heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides have killed at least 70 people across India and Nepal, while rising rivers and continued rainfall are keeping large areas under flood and flash-flood warnings.I...

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GEER report of the 2026 Mindanao Earthquake is published and available online!

A full report on the investigation of the 2026 Mindanao Earthquake has been published on the GEER website. The report documents the immediate geotechnical and structural impacts of the earthquake and...

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Malibu sinkhole near reported Nicolas Cage property exposes coastal erosion risk

A large ground collapse beside a beachfront Malibu property reportedly owned by Nicolas Cage has been linked to coastal erosion, seawall undermining and strong wave action associated with Hurricane Ma...

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