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Corinth Canal in Greece closed due to landslide (video)

Greece temporarily shut Corinth Canal for marine traffic on Monday, February 26, after intense storms and bad weather caused a rockfall in the area. The Corinth Canal cuts through the narrow Isthmu...

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Cars swallowed up after road collapses in Rome (video)

The road collapsed after what appears to be a deep excavation failure at the nearby active construction site. At least six cars fell into the 10m deep hole in Rome, when the ground collapsed beneat...

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Landslide destroys homes in Tijuana, Mexico (video)

More than 80 homes were destroyed after a landslide hit Tijuana's Lomas del Rubí neighborhood on Saturday morning, February 3, 2018. The landslide was caused by nearby construction work and fortuna...

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Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Taiwan

The M6.4 quake hit Hualien County of eastern Taiwan at 15:50 UTC (23:50 local time) on Tuesday February 6, 2017. According to the USGS, the epicenter was located 21.4 km (13.3 miles) NNE of Hualien...

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75,000 people evacuated as Mount Mayon volcano erupts in Philippines (video)

Lava is spilling from Mount Mayon volcano in Philippines, covering nearby towns with ash, during a nearly two-week eruption. The most active volcano in the South-East Asian country has been spewing...

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Landslide hits a bus in Colombia, killing 13

Thirteen people are reportedly dead, after a landslide pushed a bus into a ravine in southwest Colombia on Saturday, January 20. The landslide occurred on Tumaco-Pasto highway, a mountainous highwa...

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Bridge collapses in Colombia killing at least nine (video)

A motorway bridge under construction collapsed in central Colombia on Monday, January 15, killing at least nine workers and injuring another five. The suspension bridge, located in Chirajara on the...

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California gets hit by deadly mudslides

Heavy rainfall caused rivers of mud and debris to run down from hillsides in Santa Barbara County, California, last Tuesday, killing several people and causing extensive damage to infrastructure. T...

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Landslide damages cars in Ataşehir, Istanbul (video)

Τhe incident that took place in Ataşehir district, Istanbul on January 4, 2018, was caught on camera. The landslide was the result of a collapsed retaining wall, near a car park in Barbaros. Cars w...

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Huge crack spreading on Washington’s Rattlesnake Ridge prompts evacuations (video)

Authorities in Yakima County, Washington are closely monitoring Rattlesnake Ridge, after a large tension crack formed recently on the hillside and a landslide is imminent. The crack on Rattlesnake...

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