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Second Ontario Line Tunnel Shaft Marks Key Milestone in Toronto Transit Expansion

The Ontario government has officially broken ground on the second tunnel launch shaft for the Ontario Line near the future Gerrard Station. This shaft will serve as the northern starting point for tu...

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Announcing the Publication of the 2025 Geotechnical Business Directory

GeoWorld, with the support of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), has just published its 2025 Geotechnical Business Directory. This is the eleventh yea...

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Dam Safety Authority Flags High-Risk Condition at Singur

The National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) has issued an urgent directive to the Telangana government following alarming findings at the Singur Dam on the Manjeera River. The dam, with a gross capacity...

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Carne Wall Landslide Removes 200,000 Cubic Metres of Rock Removing Historic Climbing Routes

A significant landslide occurred at Carne Wall near Blackheath in Australia’s Blue Mountains between 1 and 2 August 2025, dislodging an estimated 200,000 cubic metres of sandstone. The rockfall remov...

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Earthquake Rocks Balikesir, Reviving Memories of 2023 Disaster

On August 10, 2025, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir, with its epicenter in the town of Sindirgi. Shaking was felt as far as 200 kilometers away in Istanb...

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Saturated Slopes and Flash Floods: Hazards in the Himalayas and Caucasus

Recent weeks have seen intense rainfall triggering destructive mudslides in two mountainous regions, Uttarakhand in India and Kabardino-Balkaria in Russia. In Dharali village, Uttarakhand, heavy mons...

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Six Lost in Chilean Mine: Seismic Shock Triggers Collapse

On August 1, 2025, a collapse at Chile’s El Teniente mine claimed the lives of six workers and injured nine others. Operated by state-owned Codelco, El Teniente is the world’s largest underground cop...

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Sydney Metro West Marks Tunnelling Milestone at Parramatta Station

The Sydney Metro West project reached a major tunnelling milestone with the arrival of tunnel-boring machine (TBM) Dorothy at the Parramatta station box. After a 17-month journey through solid sandst...

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Inside the 8.8 Quake That Shook the Pacific Rim and Triggers Global Tsunami Alerts

On July 30, 2025, a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. Occurring at a shallow depth of approximately 20 kilometers, this seismic event is amo...

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Hebei and Yunnan Provinces Hit by Severe Geohazards Claiming At Least 5 Lives

In late July 2025, northern and southwestern China experienced deadly landslides caused by prolonged and intense rainfall. In Hebei Province, a village near Chengde City was hit by a landslide that k...

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