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Rainfall triggered rockfall disrupts on Highway 18 in Southern California
- Dec, 27, 2025
- Slope Stability Rock Engineering Engineering Geology News On Natural Disasters / Failures Geology Highlights
- United States, California
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A recent rockfall incident on Highway 18 in San Bernardino County has highlighted the geotechnical vulnerabilities of steep mountain corridors subjected to prolonged rainfall. Following intense winte...
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Severe landslides force indefinite closure of Bach Ma mountain tourism in central Vietnam
- Dec, 05, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Vietnam
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Tourism access to Bach Ma National Park has been suspended indefinitely following widespread landslides triggered by historic rainfall in October 2025. The mountainous park experienced more than 1,70...
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Embankment failure drains Llangollen Canal, triggering major incident in Shropshire
- Dec, 22, 2025
- Slope Stability Road Embankments Groundwater & Seepage Forensics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
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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Soil nailing identified as key to Swanage Green Seafront slope stability
- Dec, 16, 2025
- Slope Stabilization Slope Stability Settlements News On Projects / Industry News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Technical investigations into Swanage’s Green Seafront have confirmed progressive slope instability affecting Sandpit Field, Weather Station Field, and the Spa beach hut terrace. Monitoring surveys c...
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Satellite data indicate over 2,500 U.S. dams are in poor condition
- Dec, 21, 2025
- Dam Engineering Geomatics Satellite-Based Instrumentation Risk & Reliability News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Dams across the United States are aging and underfunded, with geoscientists reporting that over 2,500 of the more than 16,700 structures in the country are classified as high hazard potentials and in...
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Mechanised excavation accelerates Battipaglia–Romagnano rail section with Four Active TBMs
- Dec, 12, 2025
- Tunneling Railway Geotechnics Deep Excavations News On Projects / Industry
- Italy
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
All four tunnel boring machines planned for Lot 1A of the Salerno–Reggio Calabria high-speed and high-capacity railway are now fully operational, marking a critical construction milestone in Southern...
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Safeguarding North London’s water supply through ground engineering
- Dec, 12, 2025
- Groundwater & Seepage Retaining Walls Earth Retaining Structures Road Embankments Deep Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom, London
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
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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USACE tests bedrock anchors for Arkansas river low water dam near Sand Springs
- Dec, 19, 2025
- Foundation Design / Construction Rock Engineering Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Engineering Geology Grouting News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is designing a low water dam on the Arkansas River near Sand Springs, Oklahoma, as part of the Arkansas River Corridor Project, and the Dam Safety Production Center b...
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Call for Papers for Special Issue on “Geo-Hazards: Lessons from the Ground”
- Dec, 19, 2025
- Landslides Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Risk & Reliability Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), through its International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories (IJGCH), invites submissions for a Special Issue...
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Levee failure along Washington’s Green River highlights flood and ground stability risks during atmospheric river events
- Dec, 15, 2025
- Earth Retaining Structures Slope Stability Groundwater & Seepage News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Washington, Tukwila
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
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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