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Independent report blames EPA for Colorado Gold King spill

United States Federal investigators said that engineering errors by an Environmental Protection Agency-contracted team “led directly” to the August, 2015 Gold King Mine spill, which could have been pr...

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Fukushima radioactivity detected off coast of U.S., Canada

Scientists have detected heightened levels of radioactivity in the waters along the west coast of Canada and the United States, which can be traced back to the Japanese earthquake nuclear disaster in...

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Oso Washington Landslide Risk Goes Back Decades

In March, 2014, 40 people perished in a landslide in Oso, Washington.  Based on research from the University of Washington, many landslides in the same place may have occurred many times in the p...

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China Landfill Slide: Search for Survivors Still Underway

Hundreds of rescue workers are searching for survivors after a manmade landfill failed and overcame 33 buildings and damaged utilities, including natural gas pipelines, in the southern Chinese City of...

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Massive Rockslide in Northern India

A massive rockslide occurred on December 7, 2015 in Hanogi in Mandi district of  Himachal, India.  The site conditions consist of a practically vertical rock face adjacent to a roadway running along...

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Video: Massive Sinkhole Opened Up in Bangladesh

A massive sinkhole opened up in Bangladesh and swallowed a whole house. The house is located on the coastline of Bangladesh. According to local media, however, no injuries were reported in the inc...

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Video: Greece: Strong Quake Hits Lefkada

Two elderly women were killed by the strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 6.1 which occurred today at 9:10 a.m. 13 kilometers west of Lefkada, according to the Athens Geodynamic...

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Video: Meridian 'Sinkhole'

A sinkhole which is about 50 feet wide and 600 feet long, opened up in Meridian, Mississippi, USA. A sinkhole which is about 50 feet wide and 600 feet long, opened up in Meridian, Mississippi, USA....

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Dam Breach of Toxic Sludge

A mudslide unleased at Bento Rodrigues in southeastern Brazil, when a dam broke at a mining deposit site. At least 17 people died and 40 people are missing. A mudslide unleased at Bento Rodrigues i...

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Video: Scary landslide in Pakistan

The slope of a mountain in Hunza Valley collapsed after the deadly earthquake that has killed nearly 266 people while levelling thousands of homes and forcing many to camp out in the open. The slop...

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