News

  1. Home
  2. News
Going digital: Winning the race to deliver AI-scale data centers begins on Jun 24th 2026
More
Create a free account and view content that fits your specific interests in geotechnical engineering Learn More
Register

News on Natural Disasters / Failures

Greek village evacuated after huge mining-induced landslide (video)

The village of Anargyroi in the region of Kozani, Greece has been evacuated over the past weekend, after a massive landslide occurred at the area's lignite mine. According to the Greek media, the l...

Read More

Large earth crack opens in Manipur, India

The crack developed on June 4, 2017, threatening several villages in the Kangpokpi district of India and forcing more than 250 people to evacuate. According to The Sangai Express, the origin of the...

Read More

Massive landslide buries part of California highway (video)

Part of the mountainside went off into the Pacific Ocean, covering up a big part of scenic Highway 1 in Big Sur area, California, on Saturday, May 20th. Aerial photos and video of the massive...

Read More

Deadly M5.5 earthquake hits Xinjiang, China

At least 8 people were found dead and many more were injured after a shallow earthquake hit Taxkorgan County of Kashi Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 10, 2017....

Read More

Landslide in Kyrgyzstan kills 24 (video)

The landslide occurred due to heavy rain on Saturday, April 29, in the southwestern part of the country, tearing through Ayu village and burying 24 people under the debris.  According to the M...

Read More

10,000 homes could be damaged by earthquake-induced landslides in Wellington, NZ

Up to 10,000 houses of Wellington, New Zealand are threatened by damage due to landslides, if a big quake strikes the region, according to QuakeCoRE, New Zealand's centre for earthquake resilience....

Read More

Garbage dump collapse in Sri Lanka kills at least 28 people

The Meethotamulla rubbish dump collapsed on Friday, April 14 on top of a residential neighborhood in Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka, destroying dozens of homes. The 300 ft (91m) high pile o...

Read More

Dam collapse in Paraguay causes major flooding (video)

The dam of San Benito Lake in Paraguay's Itapúa department breached on April 9, 2017, leading to a major flash flooding event, that broke the Graneros del Sur road in two. Authorities said the...

Read More

Slow-moving landslide discovered near the 2014 Oso landslide site in Washington

Signs of the landslide were first discovered on Tuesday, April 4 by Washington's Department of Transportation workers, who noticed cracks on a hillside road. The slide is about 1.5 miles west of th...

Read More

Mudslides in Colombia leave more than 200 dead (video)

The mudslides were caused by severe rainfall in Putumayo province, south-west Colombia, on Friday, March 31. The heavy rains of Friday caused rise of the Mocoa River and three tributaries, a repres...

Read More