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Landslide in east Taiwan: Suhua Highway tunnel blocked
- Jan, 20, 2023
- Landslides Slope Stability Rock Mechanics Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical
- Taiwan
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
According to Liberty Times, a landslide destroyed a section of a rock shed on the Suhua Highway in eastern Taiwan around 11:55 p.m. on Wednesday blocking the traffic. The rock shed connected the No....
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Highlands and Islands: multiple landslides among chaos ensued by strong winds and rain
- Jan, 18, 2023
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Slope Stability Analysis Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Engineers have worked to clear 100 tonnes debris from a landslide that closed the road and railway line near Falls of Cruachan. Debris and boulders also fell onto the A85 Oban to Bridgend road, closi...
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Hollywood Hills: mudslide damages homes
- Jan, 12, 2023
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A number of homes in the Hollywood Hills were hit by a small mudslide on Monday evening as heavy rain douses the area during yet another winter storm. According to Los Angeles Fire Department, a s...
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California storms: videos and photos of the damage
- Jan, 12, 2023
- Landslides Slope Stability Other Geotechnical
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A catastrophic string of storms continued to pummel California on Tuesday, with the additional rain aggravating ongoing flooding conditions and raising the risk of flash floods and mudslides. Scenes...
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Kalinga, Philippines: Rains damage bridge and trigger landslides
- Jan, 09, 2023
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical
- Philippines
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Barangay officials on Wednesday closed a bridge to motorists in Tabuk City in Kalinga province after incessant rains caused by the northeast monsoon damaged it. The San Julian bridge broke and its...
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Malaysia landslide: At least 16 fatalities and more missing
- Dec, 16, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical
- Malaysia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
At least 16 people including children have been killed after a landslide enveloped a holiday campsite in Malaysia's Selangor state, officials say. Families were sleeping in their tents when a lands...
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Colombia landslide: at least 34 fatalities
- Dec, 12, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical
- Colombia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Heavy rains in northwest Colombia sent a wall of earth crashing onto a winding road, swallowing up a bus and other vehicles and killing 34 people, emergency services said Monday. The landslide Sunda...
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Deadly landslide on Italian island of Ischia
- Nov, 29, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Geotechnical
- Italy
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
At least one person was killed as heavy rain caused a landslide on the Italian holiday island of Ischia on Saturday and thus Italy has declared a state of emergency. On Sunday morning, 10 people rema...
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Indonesian landslide due to earthquake: rescuers focus on survivors
- Nov, 25, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Seismic Seismic Slope Stability Other Geotechnical
- Indonesia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia on Monday killing at least 272, more than a third of them children. On an increasingly urgent search, Indonesian rescuers narrowed their focus to a landslide...
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Floods and landslides in Colombia: 15.000 people affected, hundreds of homes damaged
- Nov, 04, 2022
- Landslides Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Slope Stabilization Slope Stability Other Geotechnical
- Colombia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Floods caused material damages in Puerto Colombia, Atlántico Department from 23 October where 35 homes were destroyed, 274 damaged and 1,545 residents affected or displaced. Heavy rain caused streams...
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