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News on debris flows
Risk assessment on natural disasters in densely populated Himalayan regions
- Sep, 18, 2021
- Landslides Risk & Reliability Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Research / Academia
- Hindu Kush
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new study focuses on the multi-hazard susceptibility of a densely populated region in the Himalayas. Until recently, most of the studies are focusing on the individual effect of a natural disaster ...
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Numerous landslides triggered after M7.2 earthquake in Haiti
- Sep, 06, 2021
- Landslides Earthquake Reconnaissance News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Haiti, Duplantin
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Numerous landslides have been recorded in Haiti after a M7.2 earthquake struck in August 2021. The M 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti on August 14, 2021, at 8:29 am local time causing massive infrastructu...
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Typhoon Vamco devastates Philippines and advances to Vietnam
- Nov, 12, 2020
- Landslides Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Philippines, Manila
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Numerous people have been reported dead and many more missing in the Philippines due to the impact of typhoon Vamco. Vamco is a typhoon that initiated as a tropical depression in the Pacific Ocean, e...
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Many regions prone to landsliding in California due to the impact of wildfires
- Sep, 17, 2020
- Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, California
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The scorched earth that will be left behind once the California wildfires are put out may become prone to massive landslides. The wildfire season in California consists of numerous wildfires. Accordi...
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Mega-tsunami generated by an ancient landslide in Mars
According to research from the University of Milan “Bicocca” in Italy, a mega-tsunami was generated by a massive landslide in Mars, billions of years ago. The study, recently published in Planetary...
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