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Venezuela landslide: 22 fatalities, at least 52 missing

A landslide in central Venezuela left at least 22 people dead and more than 52 missing after a river overflowed, officials said Sunday, in the latest deadly disaster caused by heavy rains to hit the...

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Landslide damages dam wall in Arunachal Pradesh

A massive landslide triggered by heavy rain in Arunachal Pradesh has damaged the guard wall of Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHP) at Gerukamukh. The intake tunnel of the project has been cl...

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Tropical Cyclone Noru Leaves 4 Dead, Thousands Displaced in Vietnam and Thailand

Before the storm struck in Vietnam as many as 327,937 people had been pre-emptively evacuated across the provinces of Thua Thien Hue, Danang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Bình Định. Vietnam’s Disaster...

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Kefalonia, Greece: Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake hits the island

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit between the islands of Kefalonia and Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea on Thursday 8 September morning. The earthquake occurred a few minutes after 10:30 local time. There we...

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Heavy rains trigger landslides in Uganda: at least 16 fatalities

At least 16 people died in western Uganda after heavy rains in the Kasese district on Tuesday night caused a landslide early Wednesday, according to tweets from the Uganda Red Cross. Most of the reco...

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Eastern India: Dozens fatalities due to floods and landslides

At least 50 people are dead due to floods and landslides that triggered by intense monsoon rains in northern and eastern India over the last three days, officials said on Sunday. The rains overwhe...

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Wellington CBD road: landslide block part of the road - 12 homes evacuated

Twelve households have been evacuated after a landslide blocked part of The Terrace in central Wellington on Monday 8/8/2022 afternoon. The slip occurred towards the southern end of the road, which i...

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Sinkhole opened up in private pool: one man found dead after being swept into

A man was found dead on Thursday afternoon, hours after a sinkhole opened up in an inground swimming pool at a private home in central Israel, with the receding water dragging him away along with ano...

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Northern Philippines: At least five fatalities and dozens injuries after 7.0-magnitude earthquake triggers landslides

At least five people have been killed and dozens have been injured after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in the northern Philippines set off multiple landslides and damaged buildings. So far, 64 people ha...

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Parametric Study: Homogeneous Slope Stability Under Rainfall with RS2

Slope failure induced by rainfall is a common geotechnical problem in tropical locations with abundant soils; landslides in Hong Kong are one such example. Soils found in tropical locations typically...

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