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Why historic clay embankments are increasingly vulnerable? The Gloucestershire’s railway landslip

A renewed embankment failure on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway has highlighted how seasonal weather cycles can expose geotechnical vulnerabilities in legacy railway infrastructure. The...

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Landslide in Northern Peru Forces Evacuation of Over 170 Residents

More than 170 people have been evacuated from their homes in northern Peru following a landslide and continued ground movement affecting the area.Local authorities have confirmed that the slope remain...

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Landslide leads to sinkhole formation and road collapse risk in Oregon

A landslide triggered by prolonged rainfall has resulted in the formation of a sinkhole and the closure of a roadway in Portland. NW Cornell Road, which connects Portland and Washington County, was sh...

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Landslides in Sikkim, India cut off critical mountain transport routes

Severe rainfall across the Himalayan state of Sikkim has triggered multiple landslides and road failures, cutting off access to key high-altitude regions and leaving thousands of tourists stranded. Th...

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Coastal landslide destabilizes cliffside Chalets in Devon as erosion risks intensify

A coastal landslide along the East Devon coastline has destabilised several beach chalets at Branscombe, leaving structures tilted and partially unsupported near the cliff edge, according to BBC repo...

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Deep cement mixing linked to deadly quick clay failure in Norway

A fatal landslide that occurred during a railway expansion project in Levanger, Norway, has been linked to ground stabilization works involving deep cement mixing (DCM), according to a detailed engin...

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Geotechnical challenges at Santorini port access road

Access to Santorini’s main port at Athinios has been temporarily suspended following a new rockfall incident along the only road connecting the port to the island’s upper settlements. The event, alth...

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Indonesia’s waste and mining slopes under pressure: Deadly landfill collapse in Bekasi and industrial landslide in Morowali

A major waste landslide at the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST) in Bekasi, West Java, has resulted in multiple fatalities and renewed concerns about landfill stability at one of S...

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Rainfall saturation triggers deadly hillside collapses in Ethiopia

At least 102 people have been killed after a series of landslides and floods struck the Gamo Zone in southern Ethiopia following several days of intense rainfall. The disaster unfolded across highlan...

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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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