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Nepal’s Himalayan settlements face escalating flood and landslide threats

Extreme weather patterns and climate-related hazards are increasing flood and landslide risks across Nepal, particularly in the Himalayan districts of Karnali Province, where fragile mountain terrain,...

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Mexico City’s sinking crisis mapped by next-generation satellite

Mexico City’s long-documented subsidence problem is receiving renewed attention after the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission mapped areas of the metropolitan region sinking by more tha...

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From Conservative to Precise: Settlement Prediction in Layered Soils with Settle3, RS2, and RS3

In geotechnical design, settlement prediction is only as reliable as the stress distribution used to drive it. Long before consolidation theories, constitutive models, or serviceability criteria enter...

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Landslide leads to sinkhole formation and road collapse risk in Oregon

A landslide triggered by prolonged rainfall has resulted in the formation of a sinkhole and the closure of a roadway in Portland. NW Cornell Road, which connects Portland and Washington County, was sh...

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Multiple sinkholes trigger emergency in Phillipsburg after dump truck collapse

A state of local emergency has been declared in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, after multiple sinkholes opened along Summit Avenue near Lewis Street, swallowing a dump truck and forcing evacuations. The...

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Shanghai Metro works site sealed after sinkhole opens at Qixin Road

A large sinkhole opened on the morning of 12 February 2026 at the junction of Qixin Road and Li’an Road in Shanghai’s Minhang District, swallowing part of the roadway near an active metro constructio...

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Soil nailing identified as key to Swanage Green Seafront slope stability

Technical investigations into Swanage’s Green Seafront have confirmed progressive slope instability affecting Sandpit Field, Weather Station Field, and the Spa beach hut terrace. Monitoring surveys c...

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LTA begins wtrengthening of circle line tunnels to counter ground deformation

Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has initiated a targeted strengthening programme for two Circle Line tunnels where progressive ground deformation, known as tunnel squatting, has been iden...

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Suspected mineshaft collapse swallows car in Redruth: managing risk in historic mining towns

A parked Mini partially subsided into a suspected mineshaft in a private car park behind Berrymans Bakery in Redruth, Cornwall, on 1 November 2025. The void is estimated at about two metres deep. The...

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MRTA confirms no further ground movement in Purple Line Tunnel Zone

Bangkok authorities have confirmed steady progress in repairing the section of Samsen Road affected by last month’s ground collapse above the under-construction Vajira Hospital station on the MRT Pur...

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