The highly traveled US 340 in West Virginia is back open after a much-needed safety upgrade. Led by Access Limited , a leading rockfall mitigation firm, and Triton Construction Inc., a top Heavy/High...
Read MoreA coal train got partially derailed after it hit a landslide in New Zealand’s Buller Gorge during the early hours of Monday, the 16th of October. Buller Gorge is located in the northern part of Sout...
Read MoreA massive rockfall occurred on the cliffs of Seatown in Dorset, UK, overnight on Thursday. Furthermore, the same cliffs have also been subject to a rockslide that blocked the beach previously, in 20...
Read MoreHeavy rain caused flash floods and landslides in the Himachal Pradesh state of India, on Sunday, June 25. 301 roads remained closed due to the events, including the Chandigarh-Manali highway and its...
Read MoreThe peak of mountain Fluchthorn in Tyrol, Austria, was caught on video collapsing in a huge rockslide on Sunday, June 11. Furthermore, helicopters were dispatched after the event to assess the situa...
Read MoreAn unusual rockslide took place in Sand in Taufers, Italy, on the morning of April 24 and was caught on surveillance video. The incident involved a large boulder going down a hill without any rotati...
Read MoreA landslide halted traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in J&K’s Ramban, India, on Sunday, April 2. More specifically, the landslide occurred just outside the brand new 880m long T5 Pa...
Read MoreA cliff collapse, which took place on the 14th of March on the Van Duzen River, California was caught on video. Furthermore, what can be seen in the video is a cliff failure right over the river, th...
Read MoreA freight train was derailed due to a rockslide on Wednesday, March 8 at 4.51 a.m. near Sandstone, West Virginia. More specifically, the train mainly consisted of empty coal cars and, according to U...
Read MoreIf you are working on rock mechanics, you are likely to have encountered, or used, the Hoek and Brown rock strength criterion. The Hoek and Brown Strength criterion is used to derive strength estimate...
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