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Importing pore-water pressure results from SEEP3D into a two-dimensional SLOPE/W analysis

This example replicates the “Rapid drawdown” examples illustrated in SEEP/W and SIGMA/W. The purpose of this example is to demonstrate the steps required to conduct a stability analysis using the por...

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Record rainfall triggers fatal floods and landslides in Minas Gerais

At least 30 people have died and dozens remain missing after heavy rainfall triggered severe flooding and landslides in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The worst impact was recorded in Juiz de F...

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Pore-Water Pressure Definition for a Levee Stability Analysis

This example explores the effect of a flood event on the stability of a levee underlain by a confined aquifer. The analysis is conducted from the perspective of users with different licensing options...

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Dewatering example on a specific deep well system with GeoStudio

The objective of dewatering is to lower the groundwater table to prevent significant groundwater flow into an excavation, and/or to ensure slope stability. The preferred dewatering system will depend...

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A1 motorway collapses near Coimbra after levee breach on River Mondego

A section of Portugal’s A1 motorway collapsed near Coimbra after a levee on the River Mondego burst amid weeks of heavy rainfall and flooding. According to local authorities, the breach occurred next...

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Rainfall 64% above average leads to floods and landslides in Colombia

Heavy rainfall in early February has triggered flooding and landslides across Colombia, leaving at least 13 people dead, according to national authorities and international agencies cited in the prov...

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Morocco evacuates over 140,000 as extreme rainfall and dam releases trigger widespread flooding

More than 140,000 people were evacuated from towns and rural communities in northwestern Morocco after torrential rainfall combined with emergency dam releases caused widespread flooding across river...

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Embankment failure drains Llangollen Canal, triggering major incident in Shropshire

A major geotechnical incident unfolded in the early hours of Monday morning along the Llangollen Canal near Whitchurch, Shropshire, after a man-made canal embankment failed, causing a large breach th...

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Safeguarding North London’s water supply through ground engineering

The New River aqueduct, commissioned in 1613, remains a critical gravity-fed water transfer system supplying North London with raw water conveyed from the River Lea to downstream treatment facilities...

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Levee failure along Washington’s Green River highlights flood and ground stability risks during atmospheric river events

A levee breach occurred along the Green River near Tukwila, Washington, during renewed atmospheric river rainfall that affected the Pacific Northwest in mid-December 2025. The failure took place alon...

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